“I didn't know what was happening,” Altman later said, adding he was “confused, like when (Modi) grabbed my hand and put it up."

OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei had an awkward moment at a major AI summit, with the two CEOs of competing AI giants opting not to link hands.

An uncomfortable photo op exposed how a one-time partnership has transformed into one of Silicon Valley’s most consequential AI feuds.

“I didn't know what was happening,” Altman later said, adding he was “confused, like when (Modi) grabbed my hand and put it up."