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Move is the latest of a string of CMA investigations into technology tie-upsAmazon’s $4bn investment into US artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is to be examined in the latest investigation into technology tie-ups by the UK’s competition watchdog.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday that it was launching a preliminary investigation into the deal, before deciding whether to refer it for an in-depth review. Continue reading...

The rise of artificial intelligence has sparked a panic about computers gaining power over humankind. But the real threat comes from falling for the hypeIn Arthur C Clarke’s short story The Nine Billion Names of God, a sect of monks in Tibet believes humanity has a divinely inspired purpose: inscribing all the various names of God. Once the list was complete, they thought, he would bring the universe to an end. Having worked at it by hand for centuries, the monks decide to employ some mode

Alex Hern reports on recent problems artificial intelligence companies have faced and asks whether the billions invested are paying off“Even if the AI boom turns out to be an AI bubble, the LLMs aren’t going anywhere,” the Guardian’s UK technology editor, Alex Hern, tells Michael Safi.“Whether or not OpenAI goes bust, whether or not Google and Microsoft’s valuations plummet back to the ground, there is this technology that was created. They may go bust, but th