Anthropic宣布与谷歌达成大规模AI芯片交易

编辑：AI导航5 - 老五

• 译文

  人工智能巨头Anthropic周四表示，正在扩大使用谷歌云计算和专用芯片，这笔交易价值数百亿美元。

  这家总部位于旧金山的初创公司表示，该协议将包括Anthropic采购高达100万个张量处理单元，这些是由谷歌自定义设计的集成电路。

  Anthropic首席财务官Krishna Rao在一份声明中表示，此次扩展预计将在2026年底前为其带来超过一吉瓦的新计算能力，使其能够满足对其Claude AI模型"指数级增长的需求"。

  Anthropic表示拥有超过30万企业客户。

  Anthropic由OpenAI的前员工于2021年初创建，这些员工认为他们的雇主在控制和预防其模型的潜在危害方面做得不够。

  在亚马逊的支持下，它迅速加入了生成式AI的主要参与者行列。自2022年11月OpenAI的ChatGPT问世以来，该领域展开了激烈的竞争，新模型以极快的速度发布，功能不断扩展。

  尽管在用户数量和知名度上落后于OpenAI，但数月来，Anthropic在生成式AI用于计算机编码方面一直被认为是表现最佳者。

  与此同时，谷歌一直在人工智能领域大力投资，与OpenAI、微软、亚马逊等公司竞争，以引领该技术。其处理单元与英伟达备受追捧的GPU竞争。

  谷歌云首席执行官Thomas Kurian表示："Anthropic选择显著扩大其对TPU的使用，反映了其团队多年来在使用TPU方面看到的强劲性能价格比和效率。我们将继续创新，并进一步提高TPU的效率和容量。"

  Anthropic于上月发布了其最新的生成式AI模型Claude Sonnet 4.5，并称其是全球计算机编程领域最优秀的模型。

  Anthropic的新版本还被吹捧为在允许AI助手像人类一样使用计算机的应用中最为精密。

• 英文原文：

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic said Thursday it was expanding its use of Google cloud computing and specialized chips in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars.The arrangement will include Anthropic buying as many as one million Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), which are integrated circuits custom-designed by Google, according to the San Francisco-based startup.

  The expansion promises to let Anthropic bring more than a gigawatt of new computing power online by the end of 2026, enabling it to meet "exponentially growing demand" for its Claude AI models, chief financial officer Krishna Rao said in a statement.

  Anthropic said it has more than 300,000 business customers.Anthropic was created in early 2021 by former OpenAI staff who felt their employer, led by CEO Sam Altman, was not doing enough to control and prevent the potentially harmful effects of its models.

  Backed by Amazon, it quickly joined the major players in generative AI that embarked on a frantic race after the arrival of ChatGPT from OpenAI in November 2022, with new models being released at a furious pace with ever-expanding capabilities.

  While trailing OpenAI in terms of users and name recognition, Anthropic had been considered for several months the top performer in generative AI for computer coding.

  Google meanwhile has been investing heavily in AI as it vies with OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon and others to lead with the technology.The processing units compete with Nvidia’s keenly sought-after GPUs."Anthropic's choice to significantly expand its usage of TPUs reflects the strong price performance and efficiency its teams have seen with TPUs for several years," said Google Cloud chief Thomas Kurian.

  "We are continuing to innovate and drive further efficiencies and increased capacity of our TPUs." Anthropic last month launched its latest generative AI model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, which it says is the world's best for computer programming.

  Anthropic's new release is also touted as the most sophisticated for applications that allow an AI assistant to use a computer as a human would.

• 原文链接：https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/200828/business/anthropic-announces-massive-ai-chip-deal-with-google