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Amazon stakes $4bn more in Anthropic–the next tech arms race?

Amazon has announced an additional $4 billion investment in Anthropic, bringing the company’s total commitment to $8 billion, part of its expanding artificial intelligence strategy. The investment was announced on November 22, 2024 and strengthens Amazon’s position in the AI sector, building on its established cloud computing services in the form of AWS.  While maintaining

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CrowdStrike: Cybersecurity pros want safer, specialist GenAI tools

CrowdStrike commissioned a survey of 1,022 cybersecurity professionals worldwide to assess their views on generative AI (GenAI) adoption and its implications. The findings reveal enthusiasm for GenAI’s potential to bolster defences against increasingly sophisticated threats, but also trepidation over risks such as data exposure and attacks on GenAI systems. While much has been speculated about

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New Clarifai tool orchestrates AI across any infrastructure

Artificial intelligence platform provider Clarifai has unveiled a new compute orchestration capability that promises to help enterprises optimise their AI workloads in any computing environment, reduce costs and avoid vendor lock-in. Announced on December 3, 2024, the public preview release lets organisations orchestrate AI workloads through a unified control plane, whether those workloads are running

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A new decentralised AI ecosystem and its implications

Artificial Intelligence and its associated innovations have revamped the global technological landscape, with recent data released by the US government predicting 13% growth in IT-related opportunities over the next six years – potentially adding 667,600 new jobs to the sector. Researchers have stated that by 2034, the AI sector’s cumulative valuation may reach $3.6 trillion

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Gemini 2.0: Google ushers in the agentic AI era 

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced the launch of Gemini 2.0, a model that represents the next step in Google’s ambition to revolutionise AI. A year after introducing the Gemini 1.0 model, this major upgrade incorporates enhanced multimodal capabilities, agentic functionality, and innovative user tools designed to push boundaries in AI-driven technology. Leap towards transformational

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