Google is placing a huge bet on an artificial intelligence start-up whose owners have admitted it could wipe out humanity.
The tech giant's parent company, Alphabet, has reportedly committed $2 billion in funding to Anthropic, a startup that develops AI systems.
Anthropic is seen as one of the biggest rivals to OpenAI, behind the hugely popular ChatGPT that took the world by storm this past year - leaving Google's Bard in the dust.
Anthropic's CEO and co-founder, Dario Amodei (left) said earlier this week that AI has a '10 to 25 percent' chance of destroying humanity.
The report has claimed an upfront $500 million has already been invested into the startup, and the rest will be allocated over time.
The whooping investment comes just one month after Amazon invested $4 billion in Anthropic, The Wall Street Journal reports. READ MORE...
Anthropic is seen as one of the biggest rivals to OpenAI, behind the hugely popular ChatGPT that took the world by storm this past year - leaving Google's Bard in the dust.
Anthropic's CEO and co-founder, Dario Amodei (left) said earlier this week that AI has a '10 to 25 percent' chance of destroying humanity.
The report has claimed an upfront $500 million has already been invested into the startup, and the rest will be allocated over time.
The whooping investment comes just one month after Amazon invested $4 billion in Anthropic, The Wall Street Journal reports. READ MORE...
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