IM 877: Model Now Available - The Race for Smarter, Freer AI Models

IM 877: Model Now Available - The Race for Smarter, Freer AI Models

July 1, 2026 · 2h 47m · Episode 877

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This episode discusses the unnoticed failures in AI systems and the implications for AI model development and trust in technology.

Think your AI assistant is working perfectly? This episode reveals why most AI breakdowns go completely unnoticed and how these "invisible failures" could be skewing the results we rely on. Fable is Back! Alex Stamos: Anthropic is saying "Amazon's inability to appropriately communicate severity threw our industry into chaos". China's Meituan says its new AI model was trained on domestic chips Chinese A.I. Models Gain Ground on Anthropic and OpenAI Claude Science is Anthropic's newest flagship product Previewing GPT-5.6 Sol: a next-generation model The New York Times Amends Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Microsoft OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Custom A.I. Chip Design Neon Buys 'Artificial,' a Film About OpenAI, After Amazon Dropped It How AI helped the FBI investigate the White House Correspondents' Dinner attack Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities Lost books by ancient philosophers recovered from 'unreadable' scrolls Ford had to hire back former engineers to fix mistakes made by its automated systems People have stopped trusting news but not newsrooms SpaceX Showed Investors Prototype of Elon Musk's New AI Device * Gemini Spark, Google's agentic…

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Organizations: Anthropic, Amazon, China's Meituan, OpenAI, Broadcom, Neon, FBI, SpaceX, Google, US supreme court

Products: Claude, GPT-5.6 Sol, Gemini Spark

Books & works: Artificial

Places: Australia

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