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What would have been a moment of united commitment to global tech innovation at the ongoing India AI Impact Summit<\/a> instead proved an awkward one: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi prompted speakers at the event to join hands and raise them in a show of solidarity, all executives on stage obliged \u2014 except OpenAI\u2019s Sam Altman and Anthropic\u2019s Dario Amodei, who held their hands noticeably apart.<\/p>\n As leaders of the two foremost labs in the AI race, it goes without saying that Altman and Amodei are fierce competitors. That rivalry has only intensified in recent months: after OpenAI said it would bring advertisements to ChatGPT, Anthropic took a swipe at OpenAI in a couple ads during the Super Bowl, declaring that it would never introduce ads into Claude.<\/p>\n Altman soon after hit back in response<\/a>, calling Anthropic \u201cdishonest\u201d and \u201cauthoritarian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe would obviously never run ads in the way Anthropic depicts them. We are not stupid, and we know our users would reject that,\u201d he wrote<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n Both Altman and Amodei were in India this week for the AI summit held in New Delhi, which saw a bevy of AI-related investments, features and products being announced. OpenAI said it is opening two new offices in India, partnering with IT giant TCS<\/a>, and is deploying tools for higher education<\/a>. Anthropic has also opened an office in India and teamed up with Infosys for internal and external deployment of its AI tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoston, MA<\/span>
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