OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs refuse to hold hands at India AI Summit
OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs highlighted their rivalry by refusing to hold hands at the India AI Summit, reflecting differing AI safety and commercialization philosophies.
- Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic respectively, chose not to hold hands at an AI summit in India, highlighting their rivalry.
- The two companies have differing philosophies, with OpenAI focusing on iterative deployment and Anthropic prioritizing safety research and an internal code of ethics.
- Anthropic launched an ad campaign mocking OpenAI for incorporating advertisements into ChatGPT's free tier to offset costs.
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Modi's AI summit turns awkward as tech leaders Sam Altman and Dar
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday invited leaders of some of the top artificial intelligence companies to gather on stage as part of a commitment to build more “inclusive and multilingual” AI around the world. And they did. But what caught some of the audience’s attention, and later went viral on social media, was an awkward interaction between two rival tech leaders: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario A…
Altman and Amodei share a moment of awkwardness at India's big AI summit
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi prompted speakers at the event to join hands and raise them in a show of unity, all executives on stage obliged, except OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei, who held their hands conspicuously apart.
OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei refuse to hold hands at India AI Summit as rivalry heats up - Tech Startups
A moment meant to signal unity instead spotlighted one of Silicon Valley’s fiercest rivalries. For a brief moment on stage in New Delhi, the state of the AI race was on display. At the India AI Impact Summit in New […] The post OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei refuse to hold hands at India AI Summit as rivalry heats up first appeared on Tech Startups.
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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, CEOs of rivals OpenAI and Anthropic, refused to hold hands at an AI summit in India. The two tech chiefs were positioned next to each other in a lineup of business and political leaders, and instead stood with their hands in the air and avoided eye contact.
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs refuse to hold hands at India AI Summit
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei visibly declined to hold hands during a group photo at the India AI Impact Summit on Thursday (February 19), even as other leaders on stage linked arms for the ceremonial shot.
The fourth day of the AI Impact Summit saw a rift between two tech leaders on stage. While the two haven't held hands here, they once worked together. Dario Amodei was once part of OpenAI's core team and worked with Altman, but due to ideological differences, he left OpenAI to found an AI company called Anthropic.
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