AI Companies' Public Spats Draw Criticism
sterlingcrispin · x · 2026-07-14
The author expresses disappointment over the public bickering between employees and CEOs at xAI, OpenAI, and Anthropic. They argue that people who are supposedly "approaching the machine god" are instead coming across as petty and childish.
This post is mostly a vent about the current atmosphere of public feuds in the AI circle, rather than a technical discussion.
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