AInsights: Generative insights in AI. This special series offers executive-level insights into the rapidly shifting landscape of generative AI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says artificial general intelligence is on the horizon but will change the world much less than we fear. Rumor is that Sam Altman was fired as CEO by the board over concerns in how Altman was aggressively pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI). Now Altman is on record saying that our concerns over AGI may be overblown. “People…
AInsights: Anthropic Funding, Midjourney Antifunding, Rabbit R1 Sellout Debut, and Microsoft Copilot’s Takeoff
AInsights: Generative insights in AI. This series rapid fire series offers executive level AInsights into the rapidly shifting landscape of generative AI. OpenAI rival Anthropic in talks to raise $750 million led by Menlo Ventures Anthropic, an OpenAI rival founded by ex-OpenAI employees, is in talks to raise a $750 million funding round led by Menlo Ventures at a valuation of ~$18 billion — nearly 4.5 times the startup’s $4.1 billion valuation earlier this year. This approach keeps new players…