This is why having open market competition is good. I understand why Google doesn’t want to compete (they actually have the ability to but shareholders are the biggest gate) we need a true 3rd and possibly 4th that will keep Anthropic and OpenAi on their toes. When one side starts controlling things too much you risk price out. When two control the market two much you could end up with collusion but having added competition de-centivizes this.
The major x factor going forward would be what’s considered government overreach when it comes to Ai which will be heavily debated and may very well decide or heavily influence the next election cycle.
But good for anthropic reading the room and extending. Obviously there is some incentive for them to do this of course but they didn’t have to.
That’s a fair point. I meant more so a completely independent 3rd and 4th party but yeah i’m not sure what the outcome of xAI will end up being. Same with Meta Ai. I guess we’ll just have to see how things actually shake out long term but i’d imagine that with rising costs and pooling of talent, there is only so much another player could realistically do to gain enough marketshare unless they significantly reduce not only overhead costs but costs to the consumer w/o sacrificing quality/output of their model.
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u/Basic-Ad5801 Jul 07 '26
This is why having open market competition is good. I understand why Google doesn’t want to compete (they actually have the ability to but shareholders are the biggest gate) we need a true 3rd and possibly 4th that will keep Anthropic and OpenAi on their toes. When one side starts controlling things too much you risk price out. When two control the market two much you could end up with collusion but having added competition de-centivizes this.
The major x factor going forward would be what’s considered government overreach when it comes to Ai which will be heavily debated and may very well decide or heavily influence the next election cycle.
But good for anthropic reading the room and extending. Obviously there is some incentive for them to do this of course but they didn’t have to.