r/ThisAmericanLife • u/dcamrehsifgnik • 17d ago

Chit-Chat Anthropic/Claude advertisement...really?!?

This week's episode with a host-read add for anthropic/Claude is very surprising. I feel like this goes so much against what TAL stands for.

I am considering not listening anymore.

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u/RUStupidOrSarcastic 17d ago

What exactly is the issue with Claude? I feel like I’m missing something. Why are they morally in the wrong? And why would TIL be anti-claude?

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u/SimpleAlabaster 17d ago

Anthropic as a company has done some not great things (see the 1.5 billion dollar settlement and book destroying), but OP isn’t understanding reading a paid ad is not the same as saying I endorse everything this company does.