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Alphabet and Anthropic Collaborate to Establish New AI Evaluation Benchmarks

Published July 2, 2024

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of the technological giant Google, and Anthropic, an ambitious AI research firm supported by Amazon.com Inc, have jointly announced the launch of a pioneering program dedicated to refining the standards used for evaluating artificial intelligence systems. Alphabet, under the ticker GOOG on NASDAQ, alongside its search division Google, is at the forefront of this initiative. This partnership underlines the critical need for developing more robust and comprehensive benchmarks that accurately reflect the abilities and performance of advanced AI systems.

The Necessity for Improved AI Benchmarks

The world of artificial intelligence is evolving at an exponential rate, yet the tools and methods used to gauge the performance of these systems have not kept pace. Current benchmarks often fall short in capturing the nuanced capabilities of sophisticated AI. Through this collaboration, Alphabet GOOG and Anthropic are seeking to overcome these challenges by funding research and development that will pave the way for the next generation of AI benchmarks. The objective is not only to measure AI more effectively but also to stimulate innovation and progress by setting new, higher standards for performance evaluation.

About Alphabet Inc.

Alphabet Inc., operating under the ticker GOOG on the NASDAQ, is an American multinational conglomerate with its headquarters in Mountain View, California. Established on October 2, 2015, via a reorganization of Google, Alphabet became the umbrella corporation of Google along with various former Google entities. Its creation allowed the two co-founders of Google to maintain their roles as controlling shareholders, board members, and active participants in the company. As the fourth-largest tech firm by revenue globally and among the most valuable entities worldwide, Alphabet leads innovations across vast sectors of the technology landscape.

Alphabet, Anthropic, AI