Anthropic Investments Add to Fears About Circular AI Deals: Q&AI

Anthropic is taking a page from OpenAI’s investment playbook. Plus: Google scores a big win with the release of Gemini 3. But first…

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A new normal

OpenAI has been on a nonstop spending spree in recent months, committing to invest $1.4 trillion on data centers and chips to support its artificial intelligence services. Now, rival Anthropic is beginning to follow a similar playbook, flexing ...