Takes 2 minutes to search for news beyond the HN front page - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/google-microsoft-pay-creator... https://www.inc.com/georgia-fearn/openai-anthropic-both-cour...

https://www.businessinsider.com/emma-orhun-canceled-claude-p...

> Anthropic’s head of influencer, Lexie Barnhorn, has described creators as essential to building trust in complicated technical products. Its strategy is partly consumer-to-business: People who adopt Claude personally may later introduce it in their workplaces.

> Anthropic’s best-known creator events have been smaller dinners and pop-ups in which Claude remained the ostensible subject.

The point I am making is if these companies are going to compete and spend more and more money for PR, then they should do it in a way that benefits society, which paying influencers does not do.

Let me know when OpenAI starts actively trying to cure diseases.