Episode Details

A money-and-rules Monday for AI go-to-market. Host Jack King runs down six stories that decide what revenue teams can budget, buy, and ship — plus the compliance clock now ticking on anyone publishing AI media.

• Fable 5 goes metered (July 7): Anthropic's most expensive model ever leaves subscriptions for usage credits at $10/M input and $50/M output tokens. TechTimes · Anthropic
• China forces agents offline: Doubao (345M users) and Qwen strip autonomous agent features to comply with a new AI law effective July 15. Buildfast AI
• Gemini 3.5 Pro delay: Google misses GA again over token efficiency — making cost-per-task the enterprise buying metric. LLM-Stats
• TIDAL demonetizes AI music: Fully AI-generated tracks lose royalty eligibility effective July 15. TechCrunch
• EU AI Act Article 50 (August 2): Transparency and deepfake-disclosure rules become enforceable; the July 22 Code of Practice deadline offers a compliance presumption. Article 50 guide · Greenberg Traurig
• Solstice–Element Solutions ($14.5B): The AI-materials layer consolidates, pressuring the long-run cost floor of your AI stack. Tech Startups

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