AI Lab Leaders Trade Barbs At Davos

Leaders of Google DeepMind, Anthropic and OpenAI sparred at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, exchanging criticisms over monetization, GPU access, and strategy. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis questioned OpenAI's early ChatGPT ad tests, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei criticized monetization and GPU sales to China, and OpenAI policy chief Chris Lehane defended monetization while highlighting intensified competition for compute and enterprise deals.