Tensions in the AI industry escalated after Elon Musk publicly criticised Anthropic and its AI models in a sharp social media exchange.
On Thursday, Musk accused the artificial intelligence company of building systems that are “misanthropic and evil.” His remarks came in response to a post on X where Anthropic, led by CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei and known for its Claude family of large language models, announced it had closed a $30 billion funding round at a $380 billion post-money valuation.
Replying to the announcement, Musk claimed the company’s AI models show racial and demographic bias.
“Your AI hates Whites & Asians, especially Chinese, heterosexuals and men. This is misanthropic and evil,” Musk wrote. “Fix it.
“Frankly, I don’t think there is anything you can do to escape the inevitable irony of Anthropic ending up being Misanthropic. You were doomed to this fate when you chose your name. The Name of the Wind.”
His post reportedly drew at least 1 million views within hours.
Musk’s AI venture, xAI, and its chatbot Grok compete directly with Anthropic’s Claude models. He has criticised the company before. Last month, reports stated that Anthropic cut off xAI’s access to Claude models.
“Not quite on programming, but it will excel in other areas. Anthropic has done something special with coding,” Musk wrote on X on Jan. 15. “It was a helpful motivator that they cut us off [xAI] and not good for their karma.”
In another post on Jan. 30, Musk appeared to mock the company’s name again.
“Always worth remembering that fate loves irony. The most ironic outcome for a company named [Anthropic] would be that it is the most misanthropic!”
Anthropic’s latest funding round is among the largest private tech fundraises to date, second only to OpenAI, according to a financial news channel.
Musk is also involved in an ongoing feud with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The two exchanged remarks on X last month after Musk reacted to a post alleging ChatGPT had been linked to multiple deaths.
“Don’t let your loved ones use ChatGPT,” Musk wrote.
Altman responded by criticising Tesla’s Autopilot technology.
Musk, Altman, and Anthropic did not immediately respond to requests for comment from a business news platform.
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