{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/679277ca23d520f54109d952/6acf8c328f90a39dfca039c1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 488: Espionage at OpenAI, Anthropic's Git Replacement, and the Race to Recursive Self-Improvement","description":"In a spy thriller-turned-security-case, an OpenAI engineer was arrested for planting a recording device in the company's executive meeting room—with ChatGPT helping crack the case. Meanwhile, Anthropic revealed it built its own version control system called Scion to handle an explosion in AI-generated code (now 30,000 merges per day). Google made Gemini 4 Argon broadly available with discounted pricing as it tops benchmarks, while Anthropic's Jack Clark moved up his timeline for fully autonomous AI research to 2027. Character AI filed for bankruptcy with Disney making a $20 million opening bid, Apple launched its $299 HomeView smart home tablet, and SpaceX is seeking approval for 456 launches annually. Plus: Alibaba's new AI glasses, defenses against model distillation, and over 1,000 AI lab employees calling for tools to deliberately slow AI advancement.","author_name":"Brian Swichkow"}