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亚马逊向AI初创公司Anthropic投资40亿美元

亚马逊向AI初创公司Anthropic投资40亿美元

PAOLO CONFINO 2023-09-30
Anthropic是最热门的生成式人工智能聊天机器人开发者。

 
 
亚马逊将向人工智能初创公司Anthropic投资高达40亿美元。摄影:ANDREW CABALLERO —— REYNOLDS

亚马逊(Amazon)将向Anthropic投资,金额最高可达40亿美元。Anthropic是最热门的开发生成式人工智能聊天机器人的初创公司之一。该笔交易在周一对外公布。这是Anthropic从第二家大型科技公司获得巨额投资。去年年末,Anthropic已经从谷歌(Google)获得3亿美元投资。谷歌的投资当时并未对外公布。预计谷歌通过这笔投资获得了该公司10%的股份。据TechCrunch报道,在5月的最近一轮融资中,Anthropic估值接近50亿美元。亚马逊最近投资Anthropic并未对外披露最新估值,也没有公布亚马逊获得的少数股份的数量。

亚马逊成为生成式人工智能初创公司的又一个重要投资者。此前,ChatGPT的开发者OpenAI获得了微软(Microsoft)130亿美元投资。

亚马逊与Anthropic的交易是一笔综合性投资,而不只是注入一大笔资金——当然这确实是一笔巨额投资。除了前期的12.5亿美元投资外,Anthropic还可以使用亚马逊创建的人工智能开发者工具和产品。具体而言,Anthropic可以使用计算芯片、大语言模型以及亚马逊云科技(Amazon Web Services,AWS)的云计算能力。Anthropic已经推出了一款人工智能聊天机器人Claude,还有一个成熟的大语言模型。它将是亚马逊在AWS内部嵌入的不断扩充的人工智能工具“军火库”的最新成员。

亚马逊云科技CEO亚当·塞利普斯基在周一接受彭博电视台采访时表示:“我们的人工智能和生成式人工智能策略很大一部分与客户选择有关,不可能有任何一种解决方案适用于所有客户的所有使用案例。”

Anthropic与亚马逊的合作将如何开展?

Anthropic当然会得到一大笔投资。亚马逊前期将投资12.5亿美元,未来可能再投资27.5亿美元,总投资额可能达到40亿美元。亚马逊拒绝披露该交易的具体结构。

Anthropic将使用亚马逊为了与英伟达(Nvidia)竞争所开发的新人工智能芯片。英伟达目前垄断了该市场。该芯片名为Trainium,顾名思义,其目的就是为了训练机器学习模型。此外,亚马逊的Inferentia芯片将主要用于在模型建成后帮助运行模型。Anthropic的大部分工作将在AWS云平台上完成。

亚马逊和Anthropic自今年春天以来,一直在合作开发人工智能。当时,Anthropic通过亚马逊的新Bedrock服务发布了一些人工智能模型。Bedrock采取订阅制,用户可通过该项服务使用人工智能模型。塞利普斯基在接受彭博社采访时表示,两家公司将继续合作,帮助AWS客户开发自己的生成式人工智能应用。塞利普斯基提到,其客户Lonely Planet和律商联讯(LexisNexis)有意使用亚马逊和Anthropic的人工智能功能。在宣布此次合作的新闻稿中还提到了对冲基金桥水联合基金(Bridgewater Associates)。由传奇投资人雷·达里奥创建的该基金一直看好人工智能提高生产力的潜力。

塞利普斯基说道:“我们许多客户的数据平台都在AWS上。既然你的数据都在这个平台上,你肯定也希望你的生成式人工智能和其他强大的功能都在同一个平台上。”

值得注意的是,亚马逊的客户既有消费者也有企业客户,企业客户使用亚马逊的许多数字产品运营自己的公司。亚马逊CEO安迪·贾西在X(原Twitter)上发推文称:“通过携手,我们可以帮助整合许多客户体验。”

Anthropic是一家什么公司?

Anthropic成立于2021年,最初宣传其重点开发“可靠的”和“可操控的”人工智能,号称是一家“更安全的”人工智能公司。

Anthropic并未立即回复置评请求。

Anthropic的创始人是丹妮拉和达里奥·阿莫迪兄妹二人,他们分别担任董事长和CEO。达里奥曾担任过OpenAI研究副总裁,而丹妮拉则担任过该公司的安全与政策副总裁。两人在2020年12月离开OpenAI,创立了Anthropic。

Anthropic较为知名的产品包括其Claude生成式人工智能助手。这款产品经过编程后,在不理解提示词的情况下可以提出说明性的问题。与OpenAI一样,Anthropic也采用了免费增值模式,用户可免费使用其聊天机器人的基础版,也可以每月付费使用更强大的版本。

达里奥·阿莫迪被评价为一位谨慎的人工智能高管。他曾对《纽约时报》表示,他宁愿Claude无聊一些,也不希望它变得危险,这代表他同样担心人工智能可能毁灭人类。但与硅谷大多数人工智能先锋一样,他对人工智能充满了热情。在上周召开的TechCrunch Disrupt大会上,当在台上被问到人工智能的极限时,阿莫迪回答说:“我并不确定人工智能是否有任何极限。”(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

亚马逊将向人工智能初创公司Anthropic投资高达40亿美元。摄影:ANDREW CABALLERO —— REYNOLDS

亚马逊(Amazon)将向Anthropic投资,金额最高可达40亿美元。Anthropic是最热门的开发生成式人工智能聊天机器人的初创公司之一。该笔交易在周一对外公布。这是Anthropic从第二家大型科技公司获得巨额投资。去年年末,Anthropic已经从谷歌(Google)获得3亿美元投资。谷歌的投资当时并未对外公布。预计谷歌通过这笔投资获得了该公司10%的股份。据TechCrunch报道,在5月的最近一轮融资中,Anthropic估值接近50亿美元。亚马逊最近投资Anthropic并未对外披露最新估值,也没有公布亚马逊获得的少数股份的数量。

亚马逊成为生成式人工智能初创公司的又一个重要投资者。此前,ChatGPT的开发者OpenAI获得了微软(Microsoft)130亿美元投资。

亚马逊与Anthropic的交易是一笔综合性投资,而不只是注入一大笔资金——当然这确实是一笔巨额投资。除了前期的12.5亿美元投资外,Anthropic还可以使用亚马逊创建的人工智能开发者工具和产品。具体而言,Anthropic可以使用计算芯片、大语言模型以及亚马逊云科技(Amazon Web Services,AWS)的云计算能力。Anthropic已经推出了一款人工智能聊天机器人Claude,还有一个成熟的大语言模型。它将是亚马逊在AWS内部嵌入的不断扩充的人工智能工具“军火库”的最新成员。

亚马逊云科技CEO亚当·塞利普斯基在周一接受彭博电视台采访时表示:“我们的人工智能和生成式人工智能策略很大一部分与客户选择有关,不可能有任何一种解决方案适用于所有客户的所有使用案例。”

Anthropic与亚马逊的合作将如何开展?

Anthropic当然会得到一大笔投资。亚马逊前期将投资12.5亿美元,未来可能再投资27.5亿美元,总投资额可能达到40亿美元。亚马逊拒绝披露该交易的具体结构。

Anthropic将使用亚马逊为了与英伟达(Nvidia)竞争所开发的新人工智能芯片。英伟达目前垄断了该市场。该芯片名为Trainium,顾名思义,其目的就是为了训练机器学习模型。此外,亚马逊的Inferentia芯片将主要用于在模型建成后帮助运行模型。Anthropic的大部分工作将在AWS云平台上完成。

亚马逊和Anthropic自今年春天以来,一直在合作开发人工智能。当时,Anthropic通过亚马逊的新Bedrock服务发布了一些人工智能模型。Bedrock采取订阅制,用户可通过该项服务使用人工智能模型。塞利普斯基在接受彭博社采访时表示,两家公司将继续合作,帮助AWS客户开发自己的生成式人工智能应用。塞利普斯基提到,其客户Lonely Planet和律商联讯(LexisNexis)有意使用亚马逊和Anthropic的人工智能功能。在宣布此次合作的新闻稿中还提到了对冲基金桥水联合基金(Bridgewater Associates)。由传奇投资人雷·达里奥创建的该基金一直看好人工智能提高生产力的潜力。

塞利普斯基说道:“我们许多客户的数据平台都在AWS上。既然你的数据都在这个平台上,你肯定也希望你的生成式人工智能和其他强大的功能都在同一个平台上。”

值得注意的是,亚马逊的客户既有消费者也有企业客户,企业客户使用亚马逊的许多数字产品运营自己的公司。亚马逊CEO安迪·贾西在X(原Twitter)上发推文称:“通过携手,我们可以帮助整合许多客户体验。”

Anthropic是一家什么公司?

Anthropic成立于2021年,最初宣传其重点开发“可靠的”和“可操控的”人工智能,号称是一家“更安全的”人工智能公司。

Anthropic并未立即回复置评请求。

Anthropic的创始人是丹妮拉和达里奥·阿莫迪兄妹二人,他们分别担任董事长和CEO。达里奥曾担任过OpenAI研究副总裁,而丹妮拉则担任过该公司的安全与政策副总裁。两人在2020年12月离开OpenAI,创立了Anthropic。

Anthropic较为知名的产品包括其Claude生成式人工智能助手。这款产品经过编程后,在不理解提示词的情况下可以提出说明性的问题。与OpenAI一样,Anthropic也采用了免费增值模式,用户可免费使用其聊天机器人的基础版,也可以每月付费使用更强大的版本。

达里奥·阿莫迪被评价为一位谨慎的人工智能高管。他曾对《纽约时报》表示,他宁愿Claude无聊一些,也不希望它变得危险,这代表他同样担心人工智能可能毁灭人类。但与硅谷大多数人工智能先锋一样,他对人工智能充满了热情。在上周召开的TechCrunch Disrupt大会上,当在台上被问到人工智能的极限时,阿莫迪回答说:“我并不确定人工智能是否有任何极限。”(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

Amazon will invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, one of the buzzy startups building a generative AI chatbot. With the deal, announced Monday, Anthropic secures a major investment from a second Big Tech company, after already receiving $300 million from Google at the end of last year. Google’s investment, which wasn’t reported at the time, gave Google an estimated 10% stake in the company. In its latest fundraising round in May, Anthropic was valued at nearly $5 billion, according to TechCrunch. An updated valuation was not disclosed for Amazon’s most recent investment nor details about the size of its minority stake.

Amazon becomes the latest major player to invest in up-and-comers in the generative AI world, after ChatGPT maker OpenAI received $13 billion from Microsoft.

Amazon’s deal with Anthropic is more comprehensive than just a large infusion of cash—although it is of course that as well. In addition to the $1.25 billion in upfront funding Anthropic will also get access to tools for AI developers and products that Amazon is creating. These include access to computing chips, large language models, and Amazon’s cloud computing capabilities under Amazon Web Services. Anthropic, which already has an AI chatbot called Claude and an established large language model, will be the latest addition to the ever-expanding arsenal of AI-specific tools Amazon is embedding within AWS.

“A big part of our strategy in AI and generative AI specifically is all about customer choice and there’s not going to be any one solution that works for all customers for all use cases,” Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky told Bloomberg TV in an interview Monday.

How does Anthropic’s partnership with Amazon work?

Anthropic will, of course, get a big check. Amazon will invest $1.25 billion up front with the possibility for another $2.75 billion later, for a potential total of $4 billion. Amazon declined to provide further details about the deal’s structure.

Anthropic will use Amazon’s new AI chips, which the e-commerce giant developed in a bid to rival Nvidia, which has so far cornered the market. Trainium, which as the name suggests, is primarily used to train machine learning models. Meanwhile, Amazon’s Inferentia chips mostly help run the models once they’ve been built. The majority of Anthropic’s work will also be done on the AWS cloud.

Amazon and Anthropic had been working together on AI since this spring. At that time, Anthropic made some of its models available via Amazon’s new Bedrock service, which gives customers access to AI models through a subscription. In the Bloomberg interview, Selipsky said the two companies will continue to work together to help AWS customers develop their own generative AI applications. Selipsky cited Lonely Planet and LexisNexis as customers interested in using Amazon and Anthropic’s combined AI capabilities. A press release announcing the partnership also mentioned hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, the firm founded by legendary investor Ray Dalio, who has been bullish on artificial intelligence’s potential to spur productivity.

“So many of our customers have their data platforms on AWS,” Selipsky said. “And if you’ve got your data here, you really want to have your generative AI and all the powerful capabilities in the same place.”

It’s worth remembering that for Amazon, customers include both consumers and corporate customers that use its vast digital products to run their own businesses. “Together we can help include many customer experiences,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy posted on X, the former Twitter.

What is Anthropic?

Anthropic was founded in 2021, originally billing itself as a “safer” AI company by touting its emphasis on “reliable” and “steerable” AI.

Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The company was founded by siblings Daniela and Dario Amodei, president and CEO respectively. Dario was formerly vice president of research at OpenAI, while Daniela was vice president of safety and policy. The duo left OpenAI in December 2020 to found Anthropic.

Among Anthropic’s better known products is its Claude generative AI assistant that can be programmed to ask clarifying questions if it doesn’t understand a prompt. Like OpenAI, Anthropic operates on a freemium model that gives users a free rudimentary version of its chatbot or a more powerful version for a monthly fee.

Dario Amodei has cultivated an image as a cautious AI executive. He once told the New York Times, he’d rather Claude be boring than dangerous—a nod to the fears that AI will potentially destroy humanity. Although like most of Silicon Valley’s AI pioneers his excitement is effusive. When asked about AI’s limits onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt last week, Amodei replied: “I’m not so sure there are any.”

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