Musk Calls Anthropic AI Leader, Praising Mythos/Fable After $1.25 Billion Compute Deal
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Updated · TESLARATI · Jul 10
Musk Calls Anthropic AI Leader, Praising Mythos/Fable After $1.25 Billion Compute Deal
3 articles · Updated · TESLARATI · Jul 10
Summary
Elon Musk said he was “clearly wrong” about Anthropic, reversing his earlier dismissal and calling the company “obviously currently the leader in AI” because of its Mythos/Fable models.
Mythos/Fable drove the shift: Musk said no rival has released a model as good and predicted Anthropic would soon follow with Mythos 2.
Anthropic’s standing matters directly to Musk because the company relies on SpaceXAI compute under a short-term GPU lease begun in May; earlier reports said the broader arrangement was worth $1.25 billion a month for 300 megawatts through 2029.
Musk also tried to calm fears he could squeeze a competitor by cutting off servers, saying he would not hurt Anthropic that way and pointing to Tesla patent sharing, Supercharger access and SpaceX launches for rivals as precedent.
The public reversal underscores how fast AI rankings are shifting as model quality and access to compute increasingly define competitive power across the sector.