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AWS unveils AI chips with Anthropic, Apple as first users

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Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud unit of Amazon, has introduced new servers featuring its proprietary AI chip, Trainium2.

These servers will contribute to a supercomputer using hundreds of thousands of the chips, with AI startup Anthropic as the initial customer.

Apple has been identified as another customer for the Trainium2 chips, which was confirmed by Apple executive Benoit Dupin.

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