AI company leaders clash over military work and future funding

A public dispute has erupted between the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic over work with the Pentagon. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told his staff the company has no control over how the military uses its AI, calling the internal backlash 'really painful.' Meanwhile, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei criticized OpenAI's messaging about the deal, calling parts of it 'straight up lies.'

Separately, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang suggested his company is unlikely to make massive new investments in either firm, saying putting $100 billion into OpenAI is 'probably not in the cards.' This hints at a potential cooling of the investment frenzy that has fueled the AI sector.