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Microsoft launches its own AI deployment company with $2.5 billion commitment

Microsoft follows Amazon, OpenAI, and Anthropic with its new AI deployment group.

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At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated.

Just for kicks, I took a look at Jersey Mike's IPO documents. Surely a sandwich shop would have no need to mention AI. But lo and behold.

Meta has quietly launched Pocket, an experimental AI app that lets users generate and share interactive mini games using text prompts.

The news comes about a week after OpenAI announced its own custom AI chip in a partnership with Broadcom.

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