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We learned earlier this period that Google and Anthropic had inked a woody that would assistance nan creator of nan Claude AI models entree to unreality servers and chips. Today, The Information reported that Anthropic has agreed to salary a staggering $200 cardinal to Google complete nan adjacent 5 years.
Contracts for illustration this, aliases Anthropic's different recent multi-billion dollar arrangement pinch Amazon, now relationship for a ludicrous magnitude of money promised to immoderate of nan world's largest tech companies. The Information claims that deals pinch Anthropic and OpenAI are responsible for a gross backlog of $2 trillion crossed Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle. These unreality work providers person been early investors successful nan AI boom, gambling that nan startups' request for their resources arsenic they turn would output lucrative dividends. So far, they've been correct. Previous projections estimated that server costs successful 2026 could scope $45 cardinal for OpenAI and $20 cardinal for Anthropic.
Similar moves person besides happened astatine chipmakers for illustration NVIDIA, which has made its ain investments into OpenAI. These costly information deals are portion of what's driving nan existent AI boom, but they aren't precisely a sustainable business practice. Data centers put a strain connected limited resources and RAM shortages aren't expected to extremity bringing prices up and sales down for related gadgets immoderate clip soon.
