OpenAI CEO Sam Altman takes dig at Anthropic Mythos AI, calls it fear-based marketing
Follow UsAnthropic introduced its new cybersecurity AI model Mythos earlier this month.
Anthropic claimed Mythos AI is so powerful that releasing it publicly could allow cybercriminals to misuse it.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Anthropic's messaging fear-based marketing.
Anthropic introduced its new cybersecurity AI model Mythos earlier this month, claiming the system is so powerful that releasing it publicly could allow cybercriminals to misuse it. However, the announcement has now drawn criticism from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who suggested that the company’s messaging sounds more like ‘fear-based marketing.’
SurveyAnthropic has made Mythos available only to a small group of customers. The company says it decided against a broader release because the cybersecurity-focused model could potentially be used for hacking or other malicious activities if it falls into the wrong hands.
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During a recent appearance on the podcast Core Memory, Altman said (as reported by TechCrunch), ‘There are people in the world who, for a long time, have wanted to keep AI in the hands of a smaller group of people.’ ‘You can justify that in a lot of different ways.’
Altman also compared the approach to a dramatic marketing tactic that relies on fear to attract attention. ‘It is clearly incredible marketing to say, we have built a bomb, we are about to drop it on your head. We will sell you a bomb shelter for $100 million,’ he said.
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While Altman’s remarks aimed at Anthropic’s positioning of Mythos, the use of alarming language around AI is not new in the tech industry, as per the report. Fear-driven messaging isn’t something Anthropic created. In many ways, the AI industry has used dramatic warnings and exaggerated narratives to frame its technology as powerful.
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