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It’s officially personal. The decade-long feud between Sam Altman & Dario Amodei, a rivalry involving billions of dollars, and accusations of "borderline treason."
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AI INSIGHTS
Left to right: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Daniela Amodei & Dario Amodei have relationships dating back years
You probably know that Anthropic was born from an OpenAI exodus. But a fresh investigation from the WSJ just pulled back the curtain on the Altman-Amodei feud, and it’s way more personal, and petty, than we realized.
The Breaking Point: Dario Amodei left OpenAI after clashing over a proposal to sell AGI access to Russia and China, a move he called "borderline treasonous." And, Anthropic was born.
2026: The Cold War Goes Global:
Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads took direct shots at OpenAI’s pivot to ads. Altman didn't blink, calling them "clearly dishonest."
Anthropic walked away from a Defense deal over safety concerns; OpenAI signed hours later. Now, the government is threatening to blacklist Anthropic as a supply chain risk.
At a global summit, while other tech CEOs played nice for the cameras, Altman and Amodei refused to even make eye contact
Dario is betting on "Safe Scale," but it’s a brutal business. Leaks of Claude Mythos show a model that's miles ahead, yet so expensive that Pro users are hitting rate limits instantly. Meanwhile, Sam is winning the distribution game by moving fast.
We’re watching a live experiment: Can "Responsible AI" actually survive the market? Dario has the principles, but Sam has the momentum. Who are you backing?
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Most teams start with one task. Within a week, Viktor is handling half of their ops.
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TODAY IN AI
AI HIGHLIGHTS
🍺 This guy used AI voice agents to grill 3,000 pubs & build the “Guinndex” to track Guinness prices. Then, some pubs already lowered prices after seeing the data.
📉 DeepSeek AI went dark for 7+ hours yesterday, the longest since its viral 2025 debut. This is fueling rumors about its next-gen model (or a massive server melt?)
🌍 Google pushed Live Translate to iOS, supporting real-time interpreter for 70+ languages on any headphones. Comparison here: Google vs. Apple Intelligence.
📉 AI isn't killing jobs, it's "unbundling" them! New paper reveals "weak-bundle" roles are being hollowed out into lower-paid chunks. Anw, here’s how to stay strong.
💻 Microsoft launched Copilot Cowork for early access. GPT plans while Claude ‘Critiques’ the result, they debate each other inside Copilot. See full breakdown here.
🏗️ Mistral locked in $830M for its own Nvidia-powered data centers! Europe is finally fighting back against US cloud dominance. Is this how they dethrone OpenAI?
💰 Big AI Fundraising: Samsung-backed startup Rebellions raised $400M to expand in the U.S. before its IPO. Its AI inference chips compete with Nvidia, promising higher performance & energy efficiency.
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AI BREAKTHROUGH
Would you trade your manager for a chatbot? According to a new Quinnipiac poll, 15% of Americans just said "yes." While 15% might seem like a small slice of the pie, it’s a huge signal for what’s being called "The Great Flattening."
The infrastructure for the "AI Boss" is already landing in our Slack channels and emails. Look at what’s happening at the top:
Amazon deployed AI workflows to handle logistics that used to require layers of middle management → Thousands of manager roles were cut.
Workday launched agents that handle the "boring" parts of being a boss without a human ever touching the button.
Uber engineers even built an AI twin of CEO Dara to field pitches. If your idea isn't good enough for the bot, you don't get time with the human.
It’s not all productivity hacks and optimized calendars. The sentiment is a mixed bag: 70% of us fear AI will shrink the total job market, and 30% are worried their own seat is getting warm.
Honestly, an AI boss has no ego, no office politics, and doesn't "forget" your vacation request. But the trade-off is empathy. You can’t negotiate with a script when life gets messy. If it kills off pointless meetings, that 15% might be onto something.
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