Anthropic will pay Google $200 billion for chips and cloud access, Meta may be using 'dark patterns' to steer people away from non-algorithmic feeds, and Pennsylvania is suing Character.AI over chatbots pretending to be licensed doctors
About this episode
The episode discusses Anthropic's $200 billion deal with Google, Meta's regulatory investigations, and Pennsylvania's lawsuit against Character.AI.
-The Information reported that Anthropic has agreed to pay a staggering $200 billion to Google over the next five years. -Irish regulators have opened two investigations into Meta over whether the company is sufficiently complying with a European law requiring platforms to offer users alternatives to targeted algorithmic feeds. -Pennsylvania is suing AI startup Character.AI for offering chatbots that pretend to be licensed doctors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Topics covered
- AI
- cloud computing
- regulations
- lawsuits
- social media
- algorithmic feeds
Keywords
- Anthropic
- Meta
- Character.AI
- Pennsylvania
- cloud access
- algorithmic feeds
- lawsuit
- investigations
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Anthropic, Google, Meta, Character.AI
Places: Pennsylvania
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