'I thought it was satire': Sam Altman mocks Anthropic's latest AI ad that's getting widely blasted for being 'dystopian marketing slop'
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Public sparring over an AI ad shows how sensitive the narrative surface has become — marketing tone is now read as a statement about values, safety, and intent. If you’re shipping AI products, treat brand and creative as part of your risk posture, not an afterthought to the model roadmap.
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