The Attention Mechanism with Andrew Mayne

Andrew and Justin discuss the return of Fable, which arrives with some slight performance changes after a prolonged fight between Anthropic and the US government. What's the future of Anthropic's flagship model, and does it point to the arrival of GPT-5.6 in the coming days? They also discuss GLM-2, Chinese models, and the age of token efficiency, plus a quick look at that Alex Karp interview blowing up your timeline.

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Chapters

00:00 - Intro
01:35 - Fable's Return
21:33 - GPT-5.6
30:57 - Chinese Models
46:59 - Alex Karp's CNBC Interview
53:00 - Wrap-up
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Andrew and Justin take a look at the continuing fallout of Anthropic's fight with the government, including the delayed general availability of OpenAI's GPT-5.6. Plus, is China catching up with the US in terms of model performance, agentic apps continue to make their way to mobile devices, and is Apple's recent RAM-related price hike a permanent blemish on the end of Tim Cook's career?

Chapters

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:02 - Anthropic Fallout Continues
00:14:45 - China's Window?
00:30:22 - Anthropic and OpenAI Timeline Predictions
00:31:53 - GPT-5.6
00:38:22 - 5.6 on Cerberus
00:44:58 - Mobile Agents
00:52:23 - Apple's Price Hikes
01:00:31 - Wrap-up
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Andrew and Justin zoom in on the continued fallout surrounding Anthropic following the government's decision to issue an export-control directive on its Mythos-based models. Now that it's been over a week, what are the next steps for Dario Amodei's company? They also discuss the pending launch of GPT-5.6 and the ongoing AI brain drain currently happening in the offices of Google.

Chapters

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:42 - Anthropic
00:23:02 - GPT-5.6
00:42:48 - Google Brain Drain
01:03:29 - Wrap-up
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Andrew and Justin dive into the ongoing drama surrounding Anthropic and the US government, as an emergency export control directive forced the AI giant to suspend access to both Mythos 5 and Fable 5.

Chapters

00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:08 - Anthropic
00:27:48 - Fable 5, ChatGPT 5.6, and Model Performance
00:44:58 - Meta and the AI Window
01:01:25 - Wrap-up
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Andrew and Justin dig into Apple's latest — and Tim Cook's final — WWDC, where Apple Intelligence once again promised to change how you use your iPhone. They also dive into the ongoing IPO races with several S-1 filings, dig into superapp rumors, and pour one out for Pulse.

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
01:32 - WWDC
13:56 - IPO
30:12 - Mythos, Codex, and superapps
49:14 - RIP Pulse and wrap-up
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