Seriously? Anthropic and IBM are Now “Partners”

Oh joy. As if the world didn’t have enough AI bullshit clogging up the pipes, Anthropic (Claude’s people, for those keeping score – not that you should) decided to shack up with IBM. Apparently, they think combining their fancy language models with IBM’s… *checks notes* …hardware and consulting services is a good idea. Like anyone needs more overpriced “AI solutions.”

Basically, IBM’s gonna shove Claude into its watsonx platform (because that was successful) and try to sell it to businesses as some kind of magical productivity booster. They’re also going to use IBM Research to “advance” AI – which means spend a ton of money on stuff that will probably be obsolete in six months. And, naturally, there’s a whole lot of talk about “responsible AI” and “trustworthy AI,” because everyone has to say that now even though it’s complete garbage.

The real kicker? IBM gets exclusive access to some Claude models. Exclusive! As if anyone actually *needs* more proprietary AI locked behind paywalls. It’s all about locking people into ecosystems and extracting maximum profit, you know the drill. They are also going to integrate it with their Red Hat OpenShift platform. More vendor lock-in. Fantastic.

Honestly, I’m starting to think these companies just meet in back rooms and decide what new ways they can make life more complicated for everyone else. Don’t expect anything groundbreaking here; just another corporate power play disguised as innovation. I need a drink.

Source: TechCrunch – Because you apparently want to read about this.

Related Anecdote: Back in ’98, I had a user try to integrate a neural network with a fax machine. A fax machine. Said it would “revolutionize document transfer.” It didn’t. It just jammed the fax and printed gibberish. This partnership feels… remarkably similar.

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