Anthropic and Snowflake have forged a landmark multiyear partnership with a $200M deal that integrates advanced language models into Snowflake’s cloud platform. This collaboration is set to accelerate enterprise AI by converging data and intelligent language processing.
Apple is reworking its design leadership as VP Alan Dye transitions to Meta, with veteran Stephen Lemay stepping in during a critical shake-up (more details). Meanwhile, European regulators have launched an antitrust probe into Meta’s WhatsApp AI enhancements, scrutinizing potential market advantages.
A federal judge’s decision ordering OpenAI to release 20 million anonymized ChatGPT logs has put privacy and intellectual property issues center stage. At the same time, Amazon is considering severing its longstanding $6 billion partnership with USPS to develop an independent delivery network (read details).
Additional moves include Meta planning a 30 percent cut in its metaverse budget (link), Proton launching Proton Sheets as a secure rival to mainstream spreadsheet tools (info), and London’s Curvestone AI raising $4M for regulated automation (more info). Finally, Nvidia restored 32-bit PhysX support for its RTX 50 GPUs (details).