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Can Anthropic Sustain This?
Episode 672
Brian Maucere and Beth Lyons open the March 3, 2026 show with Anne Murphy joining early to discuss public reaction to the Anthropic vs OpenAI “Depart…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Sam Altman AMA + Nate Jones Uncanny Valley
Episode 671
Brian Maucere and Beth Lyons open with carryover news tied to Anthropic’s “Department of War” commentary and the online reaction to Sam Altman’s week…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Epistemic Escrow Conundrum
Large-scale AI models are now the primary interface for professional research, legal discovery, and scientific synthesis. To ensure "safety," these m…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
We demo Nano Banana 2 and much more
Episode 670
The hosts open with quick show notes (Conundrum episode + newsletter), then dig into Google’s “Nano Banana” (Gemini/Flash image) and what it can do—e…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Perplexity’s ‘Computer’ Today, Your OS Tomorrow?
Episode 669
Brian Maucere and Beth Lyons discuss Perplexity’s new “computer use” concept (19 agents) and why true impact likely arrives when these capabilities a…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Anthropic’s Safety Rules Just Shifted
Episode 668
Jyunmi Hatcher and Beth Lyons cover major enterprise AI updates, starting with Anthropic’s push into enterprise agents and connectors so Claude can w…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Is Compaction A Bigger Memory Problem?
Episode 667
Brian and Beth open with a “Tuesday feels like Monday” backlog vibe and quickly circle back to a cautionary agent story where “compaction” allegedly …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Sam Altman - "The World Is Not Prepared"
Episode 666
Brian and Beth open with community shoutouts and a quick news kickoff before digging into a Sam Altman clip about rapid capability gains and the worl…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Synthetic Sovereignty Conundrum
AI is becoming infrastructure. Not just software you buy, but a layer that shapes how a country teaches students, triages patients, allocates benefit…
5 months ago
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Jumps Ahead
Episode 665
Beth Lyons and Andy Halliday break down the Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview release, comparing benchmark performance, agentic capability, cost-per-task, and r…
5 months ago