NVIDIA's Jensen Huang and Anthropic's CEO have a "not-so-friendly" history, and now, based on their latest comments, it seems like their relations have more to add.
Anthropic's CEO Calls Jensen's Recent Statements On The Firm As a "Bad Faith Distortion", Spicing Up The Rivalry
Well, Jensen is usually a cool person, and we haven't seen him get into conflicts or throw punches, but with Anthropic's CEO, Dario Amodei, there's an exception. Both of the AI bosses have criticized the approach adopted towards the technology, with Jensen claiming that Anthropic wants the AI bandwagon to itself only, while Amodei believes NVIDIA's CEO is outrageous. On the "Big Technology" podcast spotted by Business Insider, Anthropic CEO responded to some of the earlier statements by Jensen on the company's approach to AI, and here's what he said:
I've never said anything like that. That's the most outrageous lie I've ever heard. The words [by Jensen] are correct and the words are outrageous.
For a bit of background context, the NVIDIA CEO stated that Anthropic believes that AI will take all jobs, and that the segment would be left for the company alone to capitalize on. But this just doesn't start with NVIDIA, as a few months ago, Anthropic took a dig at NVIDIA's business in China, claiming that the company has been smuggling AI chips through "lobsters" and other shady techniques that are violating US export controls, but Team Green negated the claims, saying they were baseless.
Jensen also stated in the past that Anthropic prefers a closed-source environment, claiming that the firm believes "that AI is so scary that only they should do it". However, in recent statements, Amodei has reiterated that the company has a model that allows for everyone to win with AI, and that if you push models that are unsafe, then everyone loses the race. Interestingly, Amodei also claims that Jensen's statements are simply absurd.
I've said nothing that anywhere near resembles the idea that this company should be the only one to build the technology. It's just an incredible and bad faith distortion.
Well, we have seen disagreements amongst companies many times, but for NVIDIA, it is indeed a first-timer. The main reasons why both AI firms misalign are that Anthropic's roots favour a closed-source environment, particularly with the Claude family, while Jensen has voiced support for making AI accessible for everyone. And then, there's a battle of AI hardware as well, since Amazon is developing its custom Trainium chips, which do come in conflict with what NVIDIA does.
About the author: Muhammad Zuhair is a hardware and technology reporter for Wccftech, specializing in the semiconductor industry and the complex interplay between technology, manufacturing, and geopolitics. His coverage focuses on the corporate strategies and technological roadmaps of industry giants like TSMC, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Intel. Zuhair's expertise lies in deconstructing complex topics such as fabrication nodes (e.g., 2nm process), the economic impact of policies like the CHIPS Act, and the strategic development of AI infrastructure from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel.
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