At the Artificial Intelligence Summit, held in India on Thursday (19) and led by the country’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, global heads of state and executives from large technology companies met to discuss how AI should be increasingly present in human activities. Official photo of the event was the stage for moment of tension between rivals in the sectoras the CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI, Dario Amodei and Sam Altman, refused to join hands, raising their fists instead of the traditional salute.
The gesture highlights the , which intensified after Anthropic aired commercials on American television criticizing OpenAI’s plans to introduce ads into its chatbot, ChatGPT.
During the event, Sam Altman presented artificial intelligence as a geopolitical and governance urgency, warning about the possibility of the technology in the coming years. This statement intensifies the global race for more powerful data centers and technology models. On the other hand, Yann LeCun, a former scientist at Meta, argued that the path must be to improve human capabilities as a way of helping processes.
A negative highlight was the absence of Bill Gates, who canceled his participation. Gates was supposed to give the opening speech, but withdrew after his name was mentioned in documents related to the Epstein case. According to the Gates Foundation, the decision aimed to ensure that the focus remained on the summit’s priorities.
