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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, accused Anthropic of using “fear-based marketing” to promote Claude Mythos, its new AI model, as the two companies intensify competition in AI development and safety.
In comments to podcaster Ashlee Vance on the “Vance’s Core Memory” podcast, posted Tuesday, Altman said Anthropic is holding back a public release of Claude Mythos to preserve cybersecurity advantages.
“There are people in the world who, for a long time, have wanted to keep AI in the hands of a smaller group of people,” Altman said. He added that such a stance can be justified in multiple ways, but argued that “fear-based marketing” is an effective way to support the narrative that control should remain with a limited set of companies.
Altman said he has confidence in OpenAI’s policies and safeguards. He said that while “very dangerous models” will need to be released “in different ways,” OpenAI will “err on the side of larger releases.”
Altman framed OpenAI’s goal as benefiting a broader audience and encouraging the world to adopt more powerful technology alongside responsibility. “We are going to give you more powerful technology, there’s going to be responsibility that goes along with that,” he said.
Earlier this month, Anthropic said it would not release Claude Mythos publicly due to concerns that the model was too adept at identifying cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Instead, Anthropic created “Project Glasswing,” through which only 11 organizations were given access to the model. Those organizations include Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Nvidia, and JPMorgan Chase.
Altman also suggested in the interview that Anthropic is partly to blame for an attack on his home, a claim that could further inflame an already bitter rivalry between the two firms.
Altman’s comments come amid ongoing tensions between OpenAI and Anthropic, including the departure of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei from OpenAI to help found one of its biggest competitors.
Altman said “doomerism” from other labs has not helped, and added that “the way Anthropic talks about OpenAI doesn’t help,” while also criticizing how other companies discuss OpenAI.
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