We recently published a list of 10 AI News Updates You Can’t Miss This Weekend. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) stands against other AI news updates you can’t miss this weekend.
The race to get ahead in artificial intelligence is compelling companies to intensify their efforts each day. In latest news, ChatGPT creator OpenAI has been considering developing its own web browser, according to a report by The Information. The report reveals that the company has spoken about the product with websites such as Redfin, Conde Nast, Priceline, and Eventbrite. Having already entered the market with SearchGPT, the move would be placing OpenAI head-to-head with Google, the company that holds the major share of the browser and search market.
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However, the company isn’t just delving into search and browsers. According to Tech Crunch, OpenAI is also researching algorithms that can predict human being’s moral judgments. OpenAI gave a grant to Duke University researchers for a project called “Research AI Morality.” When asked for more details, an OpenAI spokesperson referred to a press release stating that the grant is part of a larger $1 million, three-year funding effort for Duke Professors working on creating “moral AI.”
As per the press release, the OpenAI-funded project aims to develop algorithms capable of “predicting human moral judgments” when moral conflicts arise in fields like medicine, law, and business. However, it isn’t clear yet whether such kind of an achievement is possible with the current levels of technology.
In other news, AI firm Anthropic is getting another funding boost. Amazon is increasing its investment in Anthropic to $8 billion, strengthening its partnership in artificial intelligence, the companies announced Friday, the 22nd.
“We’ll keep pushing the boundaries of what customers can achieve with generative AI technologies.”
– Matt Garman, chief of AWS cloud computing division.
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Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW)
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Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) is an artificial intelligence data cloud company.
On November 21, Loop Capital maintained a “Buy” rating on Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) and a $185 price target. According to the firm, the company beat on every metric that was tracked. These include product revenue of $900M which was 5% ahead of its Street-high estimate, RPO – (remaining performance obligations) that accelerated 54% y/y, the addition of 18 new Forbes 2K customers, and non-GAAP operating margins of 6.3% which topped Loop’s expectation by 280 bps. The company is poised for growth driven by a robust product cycle, growth due to go-to-market changes, and Generative AI tailwinds.
Overall, SNOW ranks 3rd on our list of AI news updates you can’t miss this weekend. While we acknowledge the potential of SNOW as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than SNOW but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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