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May 02, 2024

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Scale AI has released its AI readiness report. Scale surveyed over 1,800 ML practitioners and leaders directly involved in building or applying AI solutions. I highlighted the key takeaways from the report.
Claude gets a team plan and iOS app. Anthropic has added a new $30/user/month plan to Claude for small teams. There’s a new iOS app too which has all the features of the Claude web app.
The fears from Google pushed Microsoft to invest in OpenAI. Emails from 2019 show some back and forth between Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO), Kevin Scott (CTO) and Bill Gates talking about Google’s scary good AI features and how behind they are. Satya had pushed to invest in OpenAI to get into the AI race.
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