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Yesterday in AI | 30 July 2026
"Pacing the Frontier" AI Petition, Claude Mythos Crypto Break, and Meta $14B Data Center
The artificial intelligence industry experienced a historic clash between safety warnings and capital investment this week. This episode breaks down the "Pacing the Frontier" petition signed by over 1,100 AI insiders—including top executives at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta—asking the US government for technical mechanisms to deliberately slow down frontier AI development when necessary.
We explore Anthropic's revelation that its unreleased Claude Mythos Preview model cracked HAWK post-quantum cryptography in 60 hours, bypassing two years of human security research. We contrast the safety warnings with Mark Zuckerberg's Wall Street Journal op-ed pushing for "personal superintelligence," backed by Meta and BlackRock's $14 billion Texas data center campus and a global $750 billion Big Tech buildout. Finally, we cover xAI's "Grok Build Mode" vibe coding release, the US import ban on Chinese humanoid robots, and Apple's upcoming Siri-powered smart home display.
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