Google Leads $2 Billion Investment in AI Startup Anthropic as Tech Giants Race to Dominate Conversational AI

Google investing $2 billion in Anthropic, creators of Claude AI, after putting in $400 million in February

E-commerce giant Amazon previously committed to investing $4 billion in Anthropic

Investment part of ongoing AI arms race between Google, Microsoft, Amazon

Microsoft partnering with Australian government on $3.2 billion AI and data center deal

Google launched its own ChatGPT rival, Google Bard, in February and committed $20 million to "responsible AI" through Digital Futures Project