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EP-224 Anthropic’s $3.5b Fundraising Windfall 💰, Apple’s American Manufacturing Surge 🇺🇸, Chegg’s Battle Against Google 📚

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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for tuesday, february 25. delve into today's top stories:

  • anthropic's financial boost: the ai company, known for its chatbot claude, nears a $3.5 billion fundraising round, raising its valuation to $61.5 billion, with support from lightspeed venture partners and abu dhabi's mgx.
  • apple's u.s. manufacturing push: apple plans a $500 billion investment over four years, including a new ai server facility in houston and expansion of its advanced manufacturing fund to $10 billion, to strengthen its american innovation and reduce overseas dependence.
  • chegg vs. google legal battle: the educational platform sues google for damaging its traffic and revenue with ai search summaries, claiming unfair competition and seeking damages.
  • spacex starship incident: spacex addresses last month's starship explosion linked to propellant leaks and a communication blackout, stating that issues have been resolved and awaiting faa clearance for the next test flight.
  • u.k. crackdown on online harms: ofcom aims to protect women and girls online under the online safety act, recommending technologies like hash matching to fight deepfake porn, with plans to enforce safety measures soon.

    • that's all for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow!

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