AI Rivalry Heats Up: Anthropic Slams OpenAI's ChatGPT Ads in Super Bowl Commercials

• Anthropic spent millions on Super Bowl ads to criticize OpenAI's plan to sell ads on ChatGPT, marking a major public spat.
• Anthropic's 30-second spot features a jab at OpenAI's ad intentions, ending with the punchline: "Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude."
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Anthropic's ad "deceptive" and stated OpenAI respects users, implying they wouldn't implement ads as depicted.
• OpenAI plans to use the Super Bowl to promote its software coding product, Codex, while Anthropic's campaign is its first for Claude.
• The rivalry highlights the battle for market share and investor attention between the two AI labs, both aiming to go public.