Altman Criticizes Anthropic's Super Bowl Ad, Netflix Addresses Merger Concerns, and Retailers Offer Super Bowl TV Deals
The tech world buzzed with activity leading up to Super Bowl LX, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly criticizing a Super Bowl ad by competitor Anthropic, Netflix addressing concerns about a potential merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, and retailers offering deals on televisions.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, responded to Anthropic's new Super Bowl ad on Wednesday with a post on X, formerly Twitter, calling the campaign "clearly dishonest." According to The Verge, Altman stated that Anthropic's portrayal of how ads impact ChatGPT was inaccurate. "We would obviously never run ads in the way Anthropic depicts them," he wrote. "We are not stupid and we know our users would reject that." Altman also characterized the ad as "on brand for Anthropic to doublespeak." Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI research executives, has yet to respond to Altman's comments.
Meanwhile, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos addressed the US Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights on Tuesday regarding the potential impact of a merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Wired reported that Sarandos aimed to convince the subcommittee that Netflix would not become a monopoly in streaming or in movie and TV production. Concerns have been raised that a merger could lead to higher prices for consumers due to reduced competition. Sarandos suggested that the merger would have the opposite effect, though he did not elaborate on how. He stated that if the merger made Netflix too expensive, consumers could always cancel their subscriptions.
For those looking to upgrade their viewing experience for the Super Bowl, Wired reported that retailers are offering deals on televisions. The article highlighted that it is common practice for manufacturers to drop prices on televisions leading up to the Super Bowl. The piece recommended considering soundbars and upgraded streaming devices to enhance the viewing experience.
In other tech news, VentureBeat explored the challenges Large Language Models (LLMs) face in delivering real-time results, citing Instacart CTO Anirban Kundu's "brownie recipe problem." Kundu explained that LLMs must have fine-grained context to be truly assistive in real-time ordering systems. For Instacart, this means understanding a user's preferences, market availability, and geographical constraints to provide relevant and timely recommendations. The challenge, according to VentureBeat, is juggling latency with the right mix of context to provide experiences in less than one second.
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