#216: Google I/O, Musk v. OpenAI Verdict, Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic & Meta Layoffs

#216: Google I/O, Musk v. OpenAI Verdict, Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic & Meta Layoffs

From The Artificial Intelligence Show by Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput

May 26, 2026 · 1h 30m · Episode 216

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Paul and Mike discuss the latest announcements from Google I/O, the implications of the Musk v. OpenAI verdict, and the recent move of Andrej Karpathy to Anthropic, among other AI-related topics.

Google I/O dropped dozens of announcements this week, including Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini Omni, the "biggest upgrade to search in 25 years," and a closing statement from Demis Hassabis that we are at the foothills of the singularity. Paul and Mike unpack it all: what the Karpathy-to-Anthropic move really means, why the Musk v. OpenAI verdict matters beyond the headlines, and what to make of profitable companies like Cloudflare and ClickUp publicly announcing AI-driven workforce restructuring. They also cover the Gallup data showing Americans oppose data centers more than nuclear power, and what that means for the political landscape ahead. Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here AI-Pulse Survey: Fill out this week’s AI-Pulse Survey here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 — Intro 00:02:49 — AI-Pulse Survey 00:04:41 — Google I/O 2026 00:21:12 — Musk v. OpenAI Verdict 00:27:43 — Karpathy Joins Anthropic 00:37:17 — Meta Layoffs 00:46:52 — Cloudflare CEO on Replacing Employees with AI 00:59:34 — American Opposition to Data Centers 01:09:34 — AI's Political Civil War 01:14:37 — Anthropic v. the Department of War (Again) 01:17:35 — AI Use Case Spotlight 01:23:24 — AI Product and Funding…

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