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Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic
(arstechnica.com)
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How does this make sense?
Feeding the money laundering machine.
There is no money laundering involved. There are other sketchy elements associated with bubbles (circular financing), but not money laundering.
Money printing*
Probably like Apple and Microsoft working together in the past. Competition, but sharing some tech as well to further both sides. Or maybe it's just money.
Pretty sure it's again some kind of cloud credits or any other way for them to earn back the money.