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February 4, 2026
Sam Altman responds to Anthropic’s ‘funny’ Super Bowl ads
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TL;DR
- Sam Altman called Anthropic's Super Bowl ad "clearly dishonest" and "doublespeak."
- Altman stated OpenAI would never run ads in the way Anthropic depicted.
- Anthropic's ad emphasizes that "Claude's responses be influenced by advertisers or include third-party product placements our users did not ask for."
- OpenAI plans to test ads for logged-in users on free or ChatGPT Go accounts, assuring they will be separate and clearly labeled.
- Altman highlighted OpenAI's commitment to free AI access, contrasting it with Anthropic's "expensive product to rich people."
- Altman accused Anthropic of wanting to control AI usage and dictate business models for other companies.
- OpenAI's Super Bowl ad is described as being "about builders, and how anyone can now build anything."
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