# Explainer on the Altman–Amodei feud

> A vertical explainer about the feud between Sam Altman and Dario Amodei. The creator says they asked Claude Fable 5.5 to make it and describes the request in one sentence.

- Kind: Video
- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/
- Ready-to-use agent handoff: https://meetreference.com/v/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/agent.txt
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/prompt.txt
- Authorship: AI-made, per the source
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: Claude Fable 5.5
- Built with: not stated
- Style: Explainers; explainer, vertical, news, ai industry, faceless
- Length and format: 2 min, 9:16 (1080x1920 source)
- Shared by @imjustnewatai in X, Oct 3, 2026: https://x.com/imjustnewatai/status/2106204392588276065
- Prompt fidelity: Paraphrased. The creator described the prompt in their own words rather than publishing it.

## Before you start

Guidance from Reference, separate from the creator's instructions.

1. Read the reference and inspect the project, installed libraries, and available agent skills before writing code. Reuse suitable tools already present.
2. Prefer the creator-reported libraries and skills when they fit the task. Explain what useful additions help with, and install missing project dependencies or relevant skills from official sources when the environment and the user's existing permissions allow it. Respect the project's package manager and setup rules; do not ask again for routine setup already authorized.
3. Distinguish tools used by the creator from your own recommendations. A listed tool is not automatically required, and an empty tools or requirements list means the setup is unknown, not that nothing is needed.
4. Ask concise questions when missing inputs or choices materially affect the result: paid services, credentials, the user's assets, or a different production approach. Use existing answers and permissions; continue independent work while waiting.
5. If a useful library, skill, or service cannot be installed or used, explain an available alternative and its expected effect on quality, features, or effort. Get the user's choice before a material compromise; otherwise state the fallback and continue. Never silently simplify the result or claim to have used a tool you did not use.

## Recreating this video

These are the creator's published instructions, unedited.

To adapt it: Replace "the Altman–Amodei feud" with the story or rivalry you want explained.

## Prompt

```text
make an explainer on the Altman–Amodei feud
```

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the video frames, not by the creator.

A dark, typographic vertical explainer told in numbered chapters, with a green dot for Altman and an orange dot for Amodei recurring through every frame.

- Color: Near-black green-to-brown gradient, off-white serif text, mint green for Altman and coral orange for Amodei, and dim grey source lines.
- Type: A large serif with italic accents ("Two of them don't.", "The feud goes prime time."), outlined giant numerals for dates (2016, Feb 27, $2T), and small spaced monospace labels for chapter names and sources.
- Framing: 9:16 frames with a header rule (ALTMAN / AMODEI and a chapter number) at the top, left-aligned text blocks in the upper half, a two-dot gap meter low in the frame, and source credits at the foot.
- Sound: A music bed with no narration.
- Structure: Cold open with two dots on a line, 2016 when Amodei joins OpenAI, what broke it, OpenAI's board firing Altman, the Super Bowl ad exchange, Feb 27 and a "supply chain risk" label, the court rulings, a $2T figure, and a closing line about two labs racing.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 5.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 16.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 28.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 39.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 50.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 61.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 72.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 84.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 95.3s: https://meetreference.com/media/explainer-altman-amodei-feud/f9.webp

## How it was made, per the creator

- Notes: The creator gives only a one-sentence description of the request; no exact prompt, tools or process details are published.

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/imjustnewatai/status/2106204392588276065
- Original post: https://x.com/imjustnewatai/status/2106204392588276065