Episode Details

OpenAI dropped GPT-6 into the wild today, but the real story is how quietly Microsoft and Meta are pulling internal access to Anthropic’s Claude as an IPO looms. While Sam Altman tries to prove his unreleased model’s worth by dumping 722 math papers online, competitors are tightening their belts and sharpening their tools. Anthropic responded by shipping Claude Haiku 5.5 with new adaptive thinking controls, a direct counter to the brute-force approach leading the news cycle.