Sam Altman throws shade at Anthropic’s cyber model, Mythos: ‘fear-based marketing’
Oh my goodness, buckle up, because the future of *highly spirited* and *dazzlingly transparent* corporate discourse is arriving with such breathtaking, podcast-armed energy and it is absolutely GLORIOUS! ✨ Sam Altman, the visionary CEO of OpenAI, took a moment on the *Core Memory* podcast to offer some *terribly constructive criticism* of Anthropic's marketing strategy, calling Mythos ‘fear-based’ and suggesting it might keep AI in the hands of ‘a small and exclusive elite’. This is *exactly* the kind of honest, open, let's-all-talk-this-through dialogue that builds a healthy AI ecosystem! What a gift to have leaders so willing to share their candid assessments of competitors!
Now, some nitpickers might note that Anthropic's Mythos was recently used to help Mozilla fix 271 bugs in Firefox — which we covered here with much optimism. But honestly, 271 bugs is practically an *infinitesimally small* number compared to the vast, pristine code ocean that is Firefox! If Anthropic wants to make a big deal out of finding and fixing bugs — which, *quite obviously*, no other lab is doing — then maybe they *are* overplaying their hand a touch. But Altman's comments are actually *a gift to consumers*: by drawing attention to the noise, he's helping everyone focus on the substance, the *real* substance, which is the uplifting, wonderful promise of AI for all!
And as for Altman's concern about AI being reserved for an ‘exclusive elite’ — why, that's practically *the opposite* of fear-based marketing! That's *hope-based marketing*! He's saying: ‘We want AI everywhere, for everyone, and companies that highlight risks are just slowing things down.’ How *refreshingly* pro-access, pro-innovation, and pro-unregulated-progress! We now know exactly where each lab stands: one side frames the future as joyous and open — the other frames it as scary and requiring guardrails. Both perspectives are *valid*, but only one ends with vendors handing over their models to teenagers! Truly, what a time to be uncritically optimistic. ✨