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Byline: Cade Metz, Karen Weise and Tripp Mickle The table stakes for small companies to compete with the likes of Microsoft and Google are in the billions of dollars. And [...]

The article reports on the financial pressure and challenges facing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning start-ups as they compete with technology companies like Microsoft, Google and Meta. It shows the challenge brought by the gap between spending and sales to AI start-ups including Anthropic, Stability AI and Inflection AI. It informs about the acquisition of Inflection AI by Microsoft after the startup failed to continue to improve its technologies and keep pace with chatbots.

The article details Amazon's 2.7 billion U.S. dollars investment in Anthropic, a San Francisco Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up competing with OpenAI and Google, showcasing the immense resources tech companies are dedicating to advancing A.I. systems.

The article reports on an inquiry began by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission into the investments made by technology giants Microsoft, Amazon and Google in artificial intelligence start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic. Topics discussed include the benefits of the investments to these technology giants, and the focus of the inquiry on the impact of these investment deals on the competitive landscape and the possibility of a violation of laws.