Ryan Daws@AI News
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OpenAI is set to release its first open-weight language model since 2019, marking a strategic shift for the company. This move comes amidst growing competition in the AI landscape, with rivals like DeepSeek and Meta already offering open-source alternatives. Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, announced the upcoming model will feature reasoning capabilities and allow developers to run it on their own hardware, departing from OpenAI's traditional cloud-based approach.
This decision follows OpenAI securing a $40 billion funding round, although reports suggest a potential breakdown of $30 billion from SoftBank and $10 billion from Microsoft and venture capital funds. Despite the fresh funding, OpenAI also faces scrutiny over its training data. A recent study by the AI Disclosures Project suggests that OpenAI's GPT-4o model demonstrates "strong recognition" of copyrighted data, potentially accessed without consent. This raises ethical questions about the sources used to train OpenAI's large language models.
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- Fello AI: OpenAI Secures Historic $40 Billion Funding Round
- AI News | VentureBeat: In a move that surprised the tech industry Monday, OpenAI said it has secured a monumental $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, catapulting its valuation to an unprecedented $300 billion -- making it the largest private equity investment on record.
- InnovationAus.com: OpenAI has closed a significant $40 billion funding round, led by SoftBank Group, pushing its valuation to $300 billion.
- Maginative: OpenAI Secures Record $40 Billion in Funding, Reaching $300 Billion Valuation
- www.theguardian.com: OpenAI said it had raised $40bn in a funding round that valued the ChatGPT maker at $300bn – the biggest capital-raising session ever for a startup.
- The Verge: OpenAI just raised another $40 billion round led by SoftBank
- SiliconANGLE: OpenAI bags $40B in funding, increasing its post-money valuation to $300B. The bumper funding round was led by SoftBank Group Corp. and saw participation from existing backers of OpenAI, including Microsoft Corp., Coatue Management, Thrive Capital and Altimeter Capital.
- techxplore.com: OpenAI says it raised $40 bn at valuation of $300 bn
- THE DECODER: OpenAI nears completion of multi-billion dollar funding round
- Kyle Wiggers ?: OpenAI raises $40B at $300B post-money valuation
- THE DECODER: Softbank leads OpenAI's $40 billion funding round
- Verdict: OpenAI has secured a $40 billion funding round, marking the biggest capital raising ever for a startup, with a $300 billion valuation. The deal is led by SoftBank and backed by leading investors.
- Crunchbase News: OpenAI secured $40 billion in funding in a record-breaking round led by SoftBank, valuing the company at $300 billion.
- bsky.app: OpenAI has raised $40 billion at a $300 billion valuation. For context, Boeing has a $128 billion market cap, Disney has a $178 billion market cap, and Chevron has a $295 billion market cap. So, OpenAI has been valued at something like Boeing plus Disney, or just some $5 billion more than Chevron.
- Pivot to AI: OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably
- TechInformed: OpenAI has raised more than $40 billion in a fundraise with Japanese telco SoftBank and other investors, valuing the ChatGPT company at more than $300bn.… The post appeared first on .
- www.techrepublic.com: OpenAI Secures $40B in Historic Funding Round — But There’s a $10B Catch
- venturebeat.com: OpenAI to release open-source model as AI economics force strategic shift
- CyberInsider: OpenSNP to Shut Down and Delete All User-Submitted DNA Data
- techstrong.ai: OpenAI has secured up to $40 billion in a record new funding round led by SoftBank Group that would give the artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer a whopping $300 billion valuation as it ramps up AI research, infrastructure and tools.
- SiliconANGLE: OpenAI to launch its first ‘open-weights’ model since 2019
- AI News: Study claims OpenAI trains AI models on copyrighted data
- www.techrepublic.com: Find out how to provide OpenAI with your input about its upcoming open language model, which Sam Altman stated will be a "reasoning" model like OpenAI o1.
- Charlie Fink: OpenAI raises $40 billion, Runway’s $380 million raise and its stunning Gen-4 AI model, Anthropic warns AI may lie, plus vibe filmmaking with DeepMind.
- thezvi.wordpress.com: Greetings from Costa Rica! The image fun continues. We Are Going to Need A Bigger Compute Budget Fun is being had by all, now that OpenAI has dropped its rule about not mimicking existing art styles.
- Pivot to AI: OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably
- THE DECODER: OpenAI plans GPT-5 release in "a few months," shifts strategy on reasoning models
Matt Marshall@AI News | VentureBeat
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Anthropic has recently secured a substantial $3.5 billion in funding, catapulting the company's valuation to $61.5 billion. This significant investment underscores the robust investor confidence in Anthropic's AI technology and its capacity for future growth. The funding positions Anthropic as a major player in the competitive landscape of advanced AI, rivaling industry leaders like OpenAI. The company has been making notable strides, particularly with its Claude 3.7 Sonnet model, which has demonstrated impressive coding performance and is increasingly becoming the coding agent of choice for enterprise companies.
Alongside this financial boost, Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet has been setting new benchmarks in AI coding. The model achieved a notable score of 70.3% on the SWE-bench benchmark, surpassing competitors like OpenAI's o1 and DeepSeek-R1. Furthermore, Anthropic launched Claude Code, an AI coding agent designed to accelerate application development. CEO Dario Amodei has even suggested that AI could potentially replace 90% of developers in a mere six months, automating nearly every coding task.
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- Silicon Canals: After Claude 3.7 Sonnet launch, Anthropic secures €3.3B funding, valuation soars to €58.3B
- THE DECODER: Anthropic raises $3.5 billion in new funding, valuing the AI company at over $60 billion
- venturebeat.com: Anthropic raises $3.5 billion, reaching $61.5 billion valuation as AI investment frenzy continues
- GeekWire: Anthropic, which opened a Seattle office last year, now valued at $61.5B after raising $3.5B
- SiliconANGLE: Anthropic raises $3.5B at $61.5B valuation to advance its AI research
- TechCrunch: Anthropic raises $3.5B to fuel its AI ambitions
- Last Week in AI: Our 202nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 03/07/2025 Hosted by and . Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at and/or Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at . https://discord.gg/nTyezGSKwP In this episode: Alibaba released Qwen-32B, their latest reasoning model, on par with leading models like DeepMind’s R1. Anthropic raised $3.5 billion in a funding round, valuing the company at $61.5 billion, solidifying its position as a key competitor to OpenAI. DeepMind introduced BigBench Extra Hard, a more challenging benchmark to evaluate the reasoning capabilities of large language models. Reinforcement Learning pioneers Andrew Bartow and Rich Sutton were awarded the prestigious Turing Award for their contributions to the field.
- Last Week in AI: Anthropic raised $3.5 billion,DeepMind introduced BigBench Extra Hard, and more!
- GZERO Media: The GZERO Media discusses the Justice Department ending its attempt to make Google sell off its stakes in Anthropic.
Matthias Bastian@THE DECODER
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Anthropic has successfully closed a Series E funding round, securing $3.5 billion and elevating the company's valuation to an impressive $61.5 billion. This substantial financial injection will be channeled towards accelerating Anthropic's research efforts, expanding its compute capacity and infrastructure, and driving the company's international growth strategy. Lightspeed Venture Partners spearheaded the funding round with a $1 billion contribution, underscoring strong investor confidence in Anthropic’s mission.
The financing round also attracted participation from several prominent investors including Salesforce Ventures, Cisco Investments, Fidelity Management & Research Company, General Catalyst, D1 Capital Partners, Jane Street, Menlo Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners. The company's annualized revenue reached $1 billion by December 2024, representing a tenfold increase year-over-year and the company plans to further enhance its AI systems with the new funding. Anthropic aims to advance the development of next-generation AI systems and expand what humans can achieve.
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- THE DECODER: Anthropic raises $3.5 billion in new funding, valuing the AI company at over $60 billion
- venturebeat.com: Anthropic secured $3.5 billion in series E funding at a $61.5 billion valuation as the AI company's revenue grows 1,000% year-over-year, intensifying competition with OpenAI amid massive industry investment.
- SiliconANGLE: Anthropic raises $3.5B at $61.5B valuation to advance its AI research
- TechCrunch: AI startup Anthropic on Monday announced it raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- Analytics Vidhya: February 2025 has been yet another game-changing month for generative AI, bringing us some of the most anticipated model upgrades and groundbreaking new features. From xAI’s Grok 3 and Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet, to OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 and the promise of GPT-5, this month saw fierce competition in the AI race. Meanwhile, both OpenAI and Perplexity […]
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Alana Loftus@Daily Express US :: Feed
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An investment group spearheaded by Elon Musk has made an unsolicited bid of $97.4 billion to acquire the nonprofit organization that oversees OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. This move marks a significant escalation in the ongoing feud between Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who co-founded the company in 2015. The offer, reported by the Wall Street Journal, was delivered to OpenAI's board of directors by Musk's attorney, Marc Toberoff.
Musk, who departed from OpenAI in 2019, has expressed concerns about the company's shift from its original nonprofit structure to a for-profit model. He has accused OpenAI of abandoning its initial mission to act as a charity focused on openness and safety in AI development. In response to Musk's bid, Altman issued a counteroffer on X, suggesting OpenAI would buy Twitter for $9.74 billion. Musk's bid is backed by his AI startup xAI and aims to return OpenAI to its earlier open-source principles, according to a statement from Musk.
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