{"id":40981,"date":"2026-02-19T18:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=40981"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:04:26","slug":"indian-pm-modis-ai-unity-pose-turns-awkward-for-openais-altman-and-anthropics-amodei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=40981","title":{"rendered":"Indian PM Modi&#8217;s AI unity pose turns awkward for OpenAI&#8217;s Altman and Anthropic&#8217;s Amodei"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi nudged speakers at the India AI summit to join andraise their hands \u200cin a symbolic show of unity, most executives obliged except Sam Altman \u200cof OpenAI and Dario Amodei of \u2060Anthropic.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200btwo, who are locked in \u200bone of Silicon \u200cValley&#8217;s fiercest commercial rivalries, were standing \u200bside by side as the 13 corporate leaders joined Modi on stage, but they kept their raised fists \u2060conspicuously apart.<\/p>\n<p>Altman appeared visibly uncomfortable, looking away as the others, including \u200cAlphabet&#8217;s Sundar Pichai, went along with Modi&#8217;s nudge and joined hands.<\/p>\n<p>Modi&#8217;s AI unity pose turns awkward for Altman and Amodei https:\/\/t.co\/HYAkNFhQfA https:\/\/t.co\/HYAkNFhQfA<br \/>\n\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) February 19, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The episode, captured on camera and widely shared across social media, drew \u2060amused and pointed reactions online, \u2060with many users describing \u200bit as \u200cemblematic of the &#8220;AI cold war&#8221; between OpenAI and Anthropic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know what was happening on stage. I wasn&#8217;t sure what we were supposed to be doing,&#8221; Altman later told news website Moneycontrol.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI and Anthropic did not respond to Reuters requests \u2060for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gates pulled out of India&#8217;s summit hours before his scheduled keynote \u2060address on Thursday, dealing a blow to a flagship event already marred by organisational lapses, a robot row and complaints of traffic chaos.<\/p>\n<p>However, the summit has attracted more than $200 billion in investment pledges.<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic was co-founded in 2021 by Dario Amodei and other former OpenAI employees who \u2060broke away over disagreements about safety, commercialisation, \u200band Altman&#8217;s leadership style. The rift has since hardened into a full-blown commercial war.<\/p>\n<p>At this year&#8217;s Super Bowl, Anthropic aired satirical commercials taking a pointed jab at OpenAI&#8217;s \u200bplans to introduce advertising inside ChatGPT.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi nudged speakers at the India AI summit to join andraise their hands \u200cin a symbolic show of unity, most executives obliged except Sam Altman \u200cof OpenAI and Dario Amodei of \u2060Anthropic. The \u200btwo, who are locked in \u200bone of Silicon \u200cValley&#8217;s fiercest commercial rivalries, were standing \u200bside by side [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}