Claude app reaches No. 7 on US App Store after Anthropic's darkly comedic Super Bowl commercials criticizing AI chatbot ads drive 32% download increase.

Anthropic's Super Bowl ads declaring Claude will remain ad-free sparked fierce backlash from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, intensifying competition as both AI giants prepare for Q4 2026 IPOs worth hundreds of billions collectively.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman faces online ridicule after posting a 420-word response on X criticizing Anthropic's Super Bowl advertisements that mock ChatGPT's introduction of ads. Anthropic's commercials, which depict scenarios where AI chatbot responses are interrupted by advertising, end with the tagline 'Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude.' Social media users characterized Altman's lengthy rebuttal as a tantrum, with many noting it revealed how effectively the ads struck a nerve.