The two artificial intelligence startups behind rival chatbots ChatGPT and Claude are bracing for an existential showdown this year as both need to prove they can grow a business that will make more money than they're losing.“Anthropic serves an expensive product to rich people,” Altman wrote on X.He also boasted that more Texans “use ChatGPT for free” than all the people in the United States who use Claude.“We can be the partner of choice for AI transformation for enterprise.The sky is the limit in terms of revenue we can generate from a platform like that,” Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of applications, told reporters this week.Anthropic earlier in the week said it was adding new functionality to its Cowork assistant to help automate legal research and drafting work.Popular Reads'We will not rest': Savannah Guthrie and her siblings plead for mother's safe returnFeb 4, 10:47 PM1,000 samples sent for testing after possible biological lab found inside home: FBIFeb 2, 7:26 PMMinneapolis live updates: ICE arrest powers expanded, memo saysJan 31, 5:23 PM“Adopting AI and agents is inherently somewhat risky,” Gohring said.There's also the AI division of Elon Musk’s newly merged SpaceX and its chatbot, Grok, which is not yet a viable contender for business customers.
Musk has long set his sights on OpenAI, which he co-founded and is now suing in a court case set for trial in April.It’s not that Anthropic and OpenAI aren’t making money or growing their product lines.The private firms don’t publicly disclose sales but both have signaled they are making billions of dollars in revenue on their existing products, including paid chatbot subscriptions for individual users.For some, the wait will likely be worth it.
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