Google is Using Anthropic's Claude To Improve Its Gemini AI

Contractors working to improve Google's Gemini AI are comparing its answers against outputs produced by Anthropic's competitor model Claude, TechCrunch reported Tuesday, citing internal correspondence. From the report: Google would not say, when reached by TechCrunch for comment, if it had obtained permission for its use of Claude in testing against Gemini.
As tech companies race to build better AI models, the performance of these models are often evaluated against competitors, typically by runn