India, Feb. 19 -- An awkward moment ensued at the India AI Summit stage this morning when the CEOs of rival AI firms OpenAI and Anthropic refused to hold hands for a group photograph. The awkwardness was caught on camera and has since become the subject of many jokes on social media.

While the moment has gone viral online, the awkwardness was not entirely unexpected. Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei had quit OpenAI in 2021 due to differences with Sam Altman.

After the keynote address at the India AI Impact Summit this morning, a handful of VIP tech leaders got onstage for a photograph with PM Narendra Modi. The group consisted of Google CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and Meta Chief AI Offi...