AI CEOs are openly trash-talking each other, sniping over advertising and their philosophical approaches to the future. Why it matters: The squabbling is intensifying as the cost of staying competitive in AI soars — and pressure is mounting for the technology to deliver real returns.

OpenAI believes it will come out on top, despite its cash burn and spending commitments. Whether it's right is a trillion-dollar question.

With its early investments in OpenAI, Microsoft got a jump start in the AI race. Now, it’s hoping Anthropic’s Claude can help it continue to advance.

POC books OpenAI’s Joe Larson and Anthropic’s Thiyagu Ramasamy as keynotes for its 2026 GovCon Executive Leadership Summit, the Davos of GovCon

The rivaling AI companies pushed GPT-5.3-Codex and Claude Opus 4.6, and had back-to-back appearances on a tech and business podcast.

Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.6 with a 1M-token context window, multi-agent “agent teams” in Claude Code, and new API controls—escalating its enterprise AI rivalry with OpenAI’s Codex and fueling fresh debate over AI’s impact on software markets.

The push comes as enterprises worldwide rethink how software is built and how office tasks are performed, with developers increasingly acting as supervisors to multiple AI workers rather than writing every line of code themselves.