Meta, Apple, Google and other tech companies have been named in a letter penned by Democratic lawmakers, accusing them of cozying up to President-elect Trump.

The cash infusion comes on top of the $2 billion that Google has already provided to the artificial intelligence developer. Separately, Anthropic is said to be raising $2 billion from a group of institutional investors led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The latter deal is expected to value the company at $60 billion.

The Financial Times report said Google’s new investment was separate from the Lightspeed Venture Partners funding round

Google challenges OpenAI with free Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model, offering million-token processing, native code execution, and breakthrough performance in math and science benchmarks.

Discover how Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are revolutionizing AI agents with cutting-edge tools, frameworks, and real-world applications.

Samsung, Google join forces to tackle the AI boom, facing competition from OpenAI and Apple, redefining innovation in the smartphone market with the Galaxy S25

So-called "computer use agents" are expected to be a major leap in AI that will allow bots to actually complete tasks on your behalf.

Three former engineering leaders from Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. have raised $10 million for a new startup focused on making artificial intelligence-powered customer sales agents more emotionally attuned.

Wang said DeepSeek, the leading Chinese AI lab, released an "earth-shattering model" on Christmas Day. Wang said he believes that it'll take within two to four years to reach artificial general intelligence, or AGI, an oft-debated term and benchmark within the AI sector.

Some of the biggest names in technology have clashed after President Donald Trump unveiled his $500 billion private AI investment project.

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) could outperform human traders in crypto markets, impacting price movements and trading strategies.