The Attention Mechanism with Andrew Mayne

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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Andrew and Justin recap Google's big announcements coming out of this year's I/O conference. Aside from its new Omni video model, what else left the pair excited about Google's AI efforts? Honestly, not a ton. They also discuss "tokenmaxxing," before digging into a new report surrounding Anthropic's eventual plans for Mythos.

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
02:37 - Google I/O (good!)
09:20 - Google I/O (bad!)
27:22 - Tokenmaxxing
36:29 - Mythos
43:22 - Wrap-up
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Andrew and Justin talk through the fallout of the Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman lawsuit, which played out in dramatic fashion over the last couple of weeks before ending prematurely on a statue of limitations ruling.

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Musk v. Altman
32:35 - Google I/O
36:16 - Wrap-up
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Andrew and Justin reconvene to talk about a busy couple of weeks in AI, including diving into Andrew's time at OpenAI's 5.5 launch party. Before that, the two discuss the new compute partnership between xAI and Anthropic and wonder what it might mean for the future of Elon's company ahead of its IPO, and eventually dig into the arrival of Realtime 2, why you can't buy a Mac Mini, and much more.

Chapters

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:36 - xAI and Anthropic
00:18:51 - The 5.5 Launch Party
00:23:17 - Good Vibes and Rumors at OpenAI
00:40:09 - Realtime 2
00:49:47 - Thinking Machines
01:01:20 - Wrap-up
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