what do you think actually decides who comes out ahead between Anthropic and OpenAI over the next few years?
Summary
This post asks what will determine the long-term winner between Anthropic and OpenAI, speculating whether model quality or distribution and enterprise lock-in will be decisive, and whether they might instead split into different markets.
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