{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/679277ca23d520f54109d952/6a451ebdd668ce458555c3cb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 386: Claude Sonnet 5, Government-Gated AI, and China's Job Protection Strategy","description":"Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5 with mid-tier pricing as export controls lift on Fable and Mythos—signaling how government oversight is reshaping AI deployment. Etched announces a breakthrough in inference hardware with $800M in funding and rare first-chip success. OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 to select partners only, continuing the pattern of gated access for frontier models. Meanwhile, China pursues a fundamentally different approach: embedding AI across industries while protecting jobs through state intervention and court-enforced anti-layoff policies. We also cover Meta's failed Kalshi acquisition, record stock gains driven by chip companies, Trump's pressure on gas prices, rising cookout costs, and Amazon's $1B push into forward-deployed engineering. The episode explores how AI's future will be shaped not just by capability, but by who controls deployment and how different nations choose to manage technological disruption.","author_name":"Brian Swichkow"}