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AI ads at the Super Bowl: Anthropic's spot angers Sam Altman

Svedka aired the first Super Bowl ad made primarily with AI, while Anthropic said: "Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude."

Osamah Ismail · Founder & Editor-in-Chief
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AI ads at the Super Bowl: Anthropic's spot angers Sam Altman
Svedka's Super Bowl ad. Image: Svedka

Super Bowl 60 (February 8) became a battleground for AI companies in advertising.

Svedka: an AI-made ad

  • Svedka aired a 30-second ad called "Shake Your Bots Off"
  • It says this is the first national Super Bowl spot made primarily with AI
  • According to the WSJ, it took about four months

Anthropic vs OpenAI

  • Anthropic's tagline: "Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude."
  • A jab at OpenAI's plans to bring ads to ChatGPT
  • Sam Altman called Anthropic's ad "clearly dishonest"

Others

Amazon aired an ad starring Chris Hemsworth introducing Alexa+, now available to all US users.

Sources: Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch
Osamah Ismail

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