"Except Altman and Amodei, whose companies are bitter rivals, didn't follow suit. Instead of holding hands, there's only a brief moment of awkward eye contact as they largely avoid looking at each other, with Amodei searching around himself in a kind of "who, me?" gesture - which, had it been on a different kind of stage, would be hailed as a great bit of comic acting. In the end, both Altman and Amodei elected to raise a closed fist."
"It heightened what was already an absurd spectacle. The leaders of an industry that promises utopia on the horizon were smiling as they showed support for a prime minister who's been widely criticized as authoritarian, all holding hands like they're about to play ring around the rosie. The rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic goes deep. Anthropic was formed from a splinter group of former OpenAI employees, including Amodei, who left the company because of differences over its direction and to focus on safety."
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei stood onstage at India's AI Summit and avoided holding hands during a unity gesture by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, exchanging awkward glances and ultimately raising closed fists. The tableau contrasted smiling industry leaders with criticism of Modi as authoritarian. Anthropic emerged from a splinter group of former OpenAI employees, including Amodei, who left over strategic differences to focus on safety. Anthropic aired Super Bowl commercials that took aim at OpenAI's decision to place advertisements in ChatGPT. The ads and subsequent public exchanges between the companies intensified an already deep rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic.
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