Sam Altman Got Exceptionally Testy Over Claude Super Bowl Ads

Sam Altman calls Anthropic's Super Bowl ads dishonest after AI rival mocked ChatGPT's upcoming ad plans in viral commercials.
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Sam Altman Got Exceptionally Testy Over Claude Super Bowl Ads
When Anthropic dropped four slick Super Bowl commercials mocking ChatGPT's new ad-supported model, the AI world braced for drama. The ads—featuring chatbots steering users toward cougar dating sites and height-boosting insoles—sparked instant viral attention. But OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's reaction went beyond annoyance: he fired off a lengthy social media rant calling the campaign "dishonest" and "authoritarian," transforming a clever marketing stunt into a defining moment in the AI wars. Here's what really happened behind the headlines. Credit: Google The Ads That Broke the Internet Anthropic's Super Bowl spots landed with surgical precision. One opens with the word "BETRAYAL" in stark white letters before cutting to a man asking a chatbot how to talk to his mom. The bot—visibly designed to evoke ChatGPT—starts with reasonable advice about listening and nature walks. Then it pivots abruptly to promoting "Golden Encounters," a fiction…