Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re diving into the DOJ’s push for Google to sell off Chrome to break up its monopoly, OpenAI’s mishap in deleting evidence for a lawsuit, and how AI companies are using TikTok for study tools. Let’s get into it.
The U.S. Department of Justice is calling for Google to divest its Chrome browser to address the company’s monopoly in online search. A judge previously ruled that Google unlawfully monopolized the search market, and the DOJ now argues that Google’s ownership of Android and Chrome presents a barrier to creating a competitive search market.
Anthropic has secured an additional $4 billion from Amazon, making AWS the primary platform for training its generative AI models. In collaboration with Annapurna Labs, Anthropic is developing future Trainium accelerators, AWS’ custom-made chips for AI training. Amazon’s investment brings their total backing of Anthropic to $8 billion.
OpenAI mistakenly deleted potential evidence in a copyright lawsuit with The New York Times and Daily News. Lawyers claim that OpenAI erased publishers’ search data stored on a virtual machine, compromising the case.
In other news:
– Kim Kardashian meets Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, in a fun interaction
– Oura smart ring’s valuation exceeds $5 billion, thanks to a $75 million investment
– Apple Pay, Google Pay, and others might face stricter supervision under new rules from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
That’s all for this Week in Review. Stay tuned for more updates next week!
