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Meta Projected It Could Spend $10 Billion on Anthropic’s A.I.
The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s tools, illustrating the friend-foe relationships underlying the A.I. race.

TL;DR
- Mark Zuckerberg publicly criticized AI labs for consolidating power and painting a "doom-filled" future.
- Despite public criticism, Meta has become a major private customer of rival AI start-up Anthropic.
- Meta projected it could spend as much as $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s AI models.
- This financial interdependence reveals the "friend-foe" relationships prevalent in Silicon Valley's AI competition.
- Tech titans may publicly criticize rivals while providing them with significant financial backing.