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Sam Altman mocks Anthropic's 'dystopian' Claude ad

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechRadar ·

Anthropic released a new ad for its AI assistant Claude, but it's being widely criticized as dystopian marketing slop. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly mocked the ad, saying he thought it was satire. The backlash highlights growing skepticism toward AI marketing that portrays the technology as overly utopian or intrusive.

Meridian48 take
The spat between AI CEOs is entertaining, but the real story is how AI companies are struggling to market their products without triggering public unease.
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'I thought it was satire': Sam Altman mocks Anthropic's latest AI ad that's getting widely blasted for being 'dystopian marketing slop' →
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