Sam Altman, mid-fight with Elon Musk, is stirring the pot with Anthropic too
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has publicly criticized Anthropic's new social initiative, accusing the company of hypocrisy regarding AI access and transparency. This conflict adds to Altman's existing legal and professional tensions with Apple and Elon Musk.
Why it matters
Public feuds between leaders of top AI labs highlight the intense competition and ethical disagreements shaping the future of artificial intelligence development.
Sam Altman fired shots at an Anthropic advertisement. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, WEF Sam Altman has picked a public fight with Anthropic over one of its latest social initiatives. He said he thought it was satire and accused Anthropic of quietly restricting access to its AI tools. The feud comes as Altman is reeling from an Apple lawsuit and in the midst of a fight with Elon Musk. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, already embroiled in fights with Apple and Elon Musk, is now sparring with Anthropic. On Thursday, Anthropic posted a video on Claude's X account. The video was a collage of random pictures with voiceovers asking existential questions like "Can AI be trusted?" and "If it ends up taking like almost all the jobs, then what does it mean to work?"
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