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Musk Sues Open AI, Mythos Locked, Meta Layoffs, Tokenomics, More Robots
Musk is suing OpenAI, Anthropic is keeping Mythos locked behind Project Glasswing, and the age of subsidised AI is ending. We're back after a break to work through the news that piled up.
Duncan and Ollie cover the OpenAI lawsuit and what discovery might surface, why Mythos staying behind closed doors is as much an economics story as a safety one, the Opus 4.7 pricing sleight of hand, Meta's keystroke logging and latest round of layoffs, the missing AI productivity gains, and humanoid robots at CES vs Hannover Messe.
00:00 Welcome Back and Podcast Overview
00:47 Elon Musk vs OpenAI: The Lawsuit
03:39 The Future of AI and OpenAI's Challenges
07:05 Consumer Preferences in AI: Anthropic vs OpenAI
08:35 Meta's AI Strategy and Workforce Concerns
10:30 Mythos and Cybersecurity: The Cost of AI Models
14:53 The Economics of AI: Subsidies and Costs
20:04 Humanoid Robots: CES vs Hannover Messe
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