ChainCatcher news, Amazon-supported AI startup Anthropic announced a significant AI milestone: AI agents can now perform complex tasks using computers just like humans. Anthropic's Claude is one of the chatbots similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. Tuesday's release is an update to Claude 3.5 Sonnet, which features the "computer usage capability" in this latest AI model, enabling it to interpret information on computer screens, select buttons, input text, navigate websites, and execute tasks through any software and real-time internet browsing.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Information, OpenAI co-founder John Schulman will join the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic.

ChainCatcher news, citing sources familiar with the matter from Bloomberg, reports that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has discussed acquiring the AI chatbot startup Character.AI. One source indicated that xAI has engaged in discussions with the startup regarding a deal, but it is unclear whether negotiations have progressed.It is reported that Character.AI held financing talks last year, with a valuation exceeding $5 billion. Meanwhile, xAI completed a $6 billion funding round in May of this year, reaching a valuation of $24 billion. Character.AI was founded in 2021 by former Google employees Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, AI startup Fireworks AI has completed a $52 million financing round, led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., and MongoDB Inc. The company's total funding has reached $77 million, with a valuation of $552 million.It is reported that Fireworks plans to use the new funds to expand its team and intends to broaden its partnerships with AI companies. Fireworks aims to help businesses adopt generative AI, allowing them to access over 100 models through its platform.

ChainCatcher News: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey in Wilmington, Delaware, has approved FTX's proposal to sell its stake in the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, following a compromise reached in court with a group of FTX customers opposed to the sale. FTX invested $500 million in Anthropic in 2021 and currently holds a 7.84% stake in the company. The company seeks to sell its shares as part of its efforts to liquidate assets under court supervision and repay customers who lost access to their accounts when the company collapsed in 2022.Court documents show that FTX plans to sell its Anthropic shares profitably and will retain the flexibility to sell the stock at "the most optimized and appropriate time." FTX wrote in court documents on February 3: "Given the growing interest in artificial intelligence and large language models, the value of Anthropic's stock has significantly appreciated since the debtor acquired and invested in Anthropic in 2021."