#209: Claude Mythos, Project Glasswing, Claude Code Leak, OpenAI Raises $122B & the End of Middle Management
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The episode covers significant recent developments in AI, including funding rounds, code leaks, and the impact on jobs and politics.
An Anthropic AI model powerful enough to trigger emergency government briefings. A source code leak. A $122 billion OpenAI funding round. A Ronan Farrow exposé. Physical attacks on Sam Altman. Paul and Mike are back with two weeks of AI news and the analysis you need to make sense of it all. Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here Timestamps: 00:00:00 — Intro 00:05:44 — Claude Mythos and Project Glasswing 00:32:03 — Claude Code Leak + Anthropic Subscription Shakeup 00:42:35 — Major OpenAI Updates 00:59:30 — AI for Writers Summit 01:01:41 — Mercor Breach 01:06:25 — Karpathy's LLM Knowledge Bases Go Viral 01:10:20 — AI and Jobs Update 01:19:34 — AI and Politics Update 01:25:32 — HubSpot Shifts to Outcome-Based AI Pricing 01:30:51 — SmarterX AI Use Case Spotlight 01:36:25 — AI Academy Spotlight 01:40:23 — AI Product and Funding Updates This episode is brought to you by AI Academy by SmarterX. AI Academy is your gateway to personalized AI learning for professionals and teams. Discover our new on-demand courses, live classes, certifications, and a smarter way to master AI. Learn more here. Visit our website Receive our weekly newsletter Join our community: Slack…
People in this episode
Hosts: Paul Roetzer, Mike Kaput
Topics covered
- AI news
- funding
- government briefings
- code leak
- job market
- AI in politics
- AI education
Keywords
- Claude Mythos
- Project Glasswing
- OpenAI funding
- AI for Writers Summit
- AI Academy
- Anthropic Subscription
- Mercor Breach
- Karpathy
- AI and Jobs
- AI and Politics
Sponsors
SmarterX, AI Academy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Anthropic, OpenAI
Products: AI Academy
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