😼 Inside AI's coldest war

Q: OpenAI killed Sora after it peaked at 1M users but collapsed to 500K while burning $1M daily on comp

OpenAI killed Sora after it peaked at 1M users but collapsed to 500K while burning $1M daily on compute costs.

Q: The Altman-Amodei feud that created Anthropic traces back to a 2020 shouting match over AI safety vs

The Altman-Amodei feud that created Anthropic traces back to a 2020 shouting match over AI safety vs speed priorities.

Q: Anthropic's Claude Mythos model is described as dramatically ahead of competitors but too expensive

Anthropic's Claude Mythos model is described as dramatically ahead of competitors but too expensive to serve at scale.

The Neuron·Monday, March 30, 2026·9 min read

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The newsletter explores the deepening feud between OpenAI and Anthropic, tracing back to a 2020 confrontation between Sam Altman and Dario Amodei that led to Anthropic's founding. It reveals how OpenAI killed Sora due to unsustainable compute costs and covers recent developments including AI facial recognition errors and enterprise AI adoption strategies.

Key Facts

✓OpenAI killed Sora after it peaked at 1M users but collapsed to 500K while burning $1M daily on compute costs.

✓The Altman-Amodei feud that created Anthropic traces back to a 2020 shouting match over AI safety vs speed priorities.

✓Anthropic's Claude Mythos model is described as dramatically ahead of competitors but too expensive to serve at scale.

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