New Delhi, March 6 -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday took a subtle swipe on Anthropic, saying he thought it was "bad for the society" if companies begin to abandon the democratic process just because "some people don't like the person or people currently in charge."

Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Altman took a jibe at Anthropic, calling out its priorities.

"The government is supposed to be more powerful than private companies," he said.

According to a report by The Information, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed criticism over Altman's relationship with the Trump administration in a memo to employees last Friday.

Amodei wrote in the memo that Anthropic had not engaged in a "dictator-style p...