Google Bets $40B on Its Biggest Rival I 27th April

Google just invested $40 billion in Anthropic - the same company they compete against directly in the AI race. It's like Coca-Cola buying Pepsi while still making Coke. What's the strategy here, and why does this move potentially isolate OpenAI? Plus, AI agents are becoming workplace co-workers, Claude is crushing ChatGPT in South Korea, and Chrome gets a major AI upgrade. The AI landscape just shifted in ways nobody saw coming.

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