OpenAI and Anthropic are trying to out-freebie each other

OpenAI and Anthropic both offered AI tool freebies on Wednesday. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images, FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images OpenAI and Anthropic are locked in a freebie war. Both companies announced free usage perks for Codex and Claude Code on Wednesday. Money is pouring into AI companies, which need to hook users — especially companies. OpenAI and Anthropic gave their tokenmaxxing fans a midweek pick-me-up. In posts on X published less than an hour apart on Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sa...