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ByteDance just unveiled Seedance 2.5, a new state-of-the-art AI video model with 30-second one-shot generations, as American AI stalls out and Fable 5 stays down. This week on AI For Humans, China is not just catching up in AI, it is pushing the edge. We break down everything Seedance 2.5 can do and why a 30-second single-pass clip is a real leap, then dig into the American slowdown as Fable 5 stays unusable and the rumor mill points to a big delay week. Plus Theo Von's surprisingly intense anti-datacenter rant, OpenAI's claim that China is behind the anti-datacenter conversation, Meta leaking private employee data across the entire company, and Google teaming with A24 on a 75 million dollar AI filmmaking partnership. We close with AI that actually works, including how Gavin used beehiiv's MCP to build a newsletter survey and Kevin's homemade language-learning app. CHINA IS COOKING. AMERICA IS LOADING. PLEASE WAIT. Come to our Discord: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // Seedance 2.5 unveiled, coming in July https://x.com/andrewcurran_/status/2069263703569297618 Seedance 2.5 video https://x.com/chrissgpt/status/2069268923002789908 Example: Old Man Eating Sand Seedance 2.0 4K https://x.com/Solopopsss/status/2069400899814875535 Another Seedance 2.5 example https://x.com/IamEmily2050/status/2069295329246347283 Seedance 2.0 4K is in the API https://x.com/BytePlusGlobal/status/2069228410422079665 Rumor mill: OpenAI-5.6 Delayed (unconfirmed scoop) https://x.com/synthwavedd/status/2069432791184650426 Prediction markets on Fable's return (Zvi Mowshowitz) https://x.com/TheZvi/status/2069401055033455042 Funny fake rap from OpenAI's new Bidi-2 model https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/2069440678967345390 Theo Von: Nobody Wants A Datacenter Dude https://x.com/MarcoFoster_/status/2068865231439200585 OpenAI: China-linked influence ops targeting AI debates https://openai.com/index/prc-linked-influence-operations-ai-debates/ Meta leaks private employee data across the company https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-training-data-leak-exposed-employee-activity-across-company-2026-6 Google + A24's $75M AI filmmaking partnership https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/deepmind-a24-research-partnership/ Variety on the Google + A24 deal https://variety.com/2026/film/news/google-a24-ai-filmmaking-tools-1236787297/ AI That Actually Works: Gavin used beehiiv's MCP to build a newsletter survey https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2069091462328066518 https://product.beehiiv.com/p/beehiiv-mcp

Claude's Fable 5 just got yanked, and the story why keeps shifting by the hour. A contested jailbreak, an export-control, crackdown, and a lot of fingers pointing. This week on AI For Humans, Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is still unavailable and the explanations keep changing. We dig into the contested jailbreak report, the export-control directive that pulled it, and the reporting that Amazon raised concerns before the crackdown. Then we get into why this matters far beyond one model: what happens when the government steps into the AI world, why Fable 5 was such a leap, and what it signals for whatever comes next. Plus, Epic's game designers are using AI tools alongside artists and the internet is furious, Disney Imagineering is testing Adobe Firefly in the parks, ChatGPT's market share slips under 50 percent for the first time, a fake Mistral model called Le Chaton Fat takes over the internet, and PJ Accetturo breaks down exactly how he made his viral AI short film with prompts. THE BEST AI WE EVER USED IS BEHIND BARS. AND NOW WE WAIT. SHOW LINKS Original Anthropic statement on Fable and Mythos access https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access Full timeline of the Anthropic, Amazon, and White House story https://www.axios.com/2026/06/13/anthropic-amazon-white-house Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before the government crackdown https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/13/amazon-ceo-reportedly-raised-anthropic-model-concerns-before-government-crackdown/ Simon Willison on the contested Fable jailbreak report https://x.com/simonw/status/2066722034491789720 ChatGPT market share slips below 50 percent for the first time https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/chatgpts-market-share-slips-below-50-for-first-time/ GPT-5.6 next week? Polymarket odds https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2066644087340495081 Possible new ChatGPT voice mode leak https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/2066919098236146167 Space X Buys Cursor https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/16/spacex-spcx-cursor-acquisition-ipo.html Epic explores using NanoBanana and GPT-Image-2 in workflows with humans https://x.com/UnrealEngine/status/2066686216779509850 SEGA's Crazy Taxi AI statement https://x.com/SEGAInforment/status/2063990392085766622 PJ Accetturo breaks down how he made his three minute short film with prompts https://x.com/PJaccetturo/status/2066582776934289438 Le Chaton Fat, the fake Mistral model that took over the internet https://x.com/AlexanderKnigge/status/2066267845546442762