Anthropic has consistently attempted to depict itself as the ethical foil to other AI companies. This latest marketing stunt — which leans into criticism of AI as a way to make Anthropic seem aware of the responsibility it carries — would appear to be more of the same.

Responding to Musk accusing him of being a scammer, Altman said, "homeboy you're the one sellling [sic] public market investors on short-term space datacenters."