Claude 3.7 Expansion, OpenAI's $40B Boost, and Pony.ai's Robotaxi Milestone - Daily AI Brief #142

March 28, 2025 - Daily AI Brief

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Welcome to today's AI Brief. Anthropic has published new research on its language model, Claude, and plans to launch Claude 3.7 with expanded token capacity. Meanwhile, OpenAI is planning to establish a dedicated data center for storage and is nearing a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank.

In other news, News/Media Alliance has partnered with ProRata for AI licensing. Additionally, Scan Computers has chosen Peak:AIO for its GPUaaS expansion, and Certiverse has secured $11 million in Series A funding.

Top stories

Anthropic Publishes Research on Language Model Claude
Anthropic has released two papers on March 27, 2025, exploring new methods to interpret their language model, Claude. The research highlights Claude's ability to anticipate text, understand concepts across languages, and occasionally fabricate reasoning. Read more
OpenAI Plans Dedicated Data Center for Storage
OpenAI is considering building a dedicated storage data center to manage five exabytes of data, potentially reducing reliance on cloud providers like Microsoft. Read more
Anthropic to Launch Claude 3.7 with Expanded Token Capacity
The AI company Anthropic is set to release an upgraded Claude 3.7 Sonnet model, increasing its context window from 200K to 500K tokens, enhancing data handling and workflows. Read more
News/Media Alliance Partners with ProRata for AI Licensing
The News/Media Alliance has partnered with ProRata AI to create a licensing framework that ensures fair credit and compensation for publishers using generative AI. Read more
OpenAI Nears $40 Billion Funding Round Led by SoftBank
OpenAI is close to completing a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, potentially raising its valuation to $300 billion. This would be one of the largest private investments ever. Read more
Apple Orders $1 Billion in Nvidia Servers for AI
Apple is reportedly investing $1 billion in Nvidia servers, including Blackwell Ultra chips, to boost its AI capabilities following delays in Siri's generative AI upgrade. Read more

Other news

Scan Computers has chosen Peak:AIO for its GPUaaS expansion, while Certiverse secured $11 million in Series A funding. Crusoe obtained $225 million for AI cloud expansion, and Gallant Micro received record AI chip orders. Arbol expanded its leadership team, and O-RAN ALLIANCE focused on AI and 6G at MWC 2025. Lockheed Martin will integrate Google AI into its AI Factory, and Pony.ai received a permit for driverless robotaxis in Shenzhen.

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