OpenAI and Anthropic clash over Super Bowl AI ads

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and CMO Kate Rouch slam Anthropic's new Super Bowl ads as dishonest and authoritarian, while Anthropic defends its 'A Time and a Place' campaign that mocks advertising in AI chats. OpenAI says its planned ads will appear as banners at the bottom of ChatGPT responses without altering answers, though Anthropic argues ads in AI are inevitable. The dispute unfolds amid fierce competition and different monetization models between the two firms, with OpenAI leveraging large-scale infrastructure and Anthropic focusing on enterprise subscriptions.