About this episode

The episode discusses the release of OpenAI's new models and compares GPT-5.6 to Claude, along with other AI-related news.

OpenAI just dropped three new models at once — but is GPT-5.6 actually smarter than Claude, or just cheaper and louder about it? Plus: Apple lawyers up against OpenAI, ChatGPT quietly buries one of its own, and your AI coding assistant falls for the oldest trick in the book.

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