Musk turns to rival Anthropic to power Grok
Elon Musk has opted to buy competing technology as he is set to use rival Anthropic’s AI models to power parts of Grok, despite spending heavily to build his own AI challenger. Musk said on Wednesday that the Grok bot would use the “best back-end model for any given task”, including Anthropic’s latest Claude Opus [...]
Elon Musk has shifted strategy by acquiring rival Anthropic's AI models to enhance Grok, the AI chatbot he is developing. Despite investing heavily in building his own AI competitor, Musk announced on Wednesday that Grok will utilize the "best back-end model for each task," including Anthropic's latest Claude Opus chatbot, alongside image generator Midjourney and AI music platform Suno.
This decision marks a departure from Musk's earlier plan to rely solely on his own technology for Grok. The move also provides Anthropic with a significant commercial boost, as the AI company is gaining a larger share of business spending ahead of a potential stock market listing. Data from City AM showed that Anthropic accounted for up to half of UK businesses' spending with major AI providers in September, while ChatGPT's share dropped from 60% to 36%.
The shift in AI strategy could signal a broader change in how companies compete in the AI market, as models excel in different tasks and owning the decision-making interface becomes as important as building the underlying technology.
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