Ep 798: SpaceX goes public, OpenAI declares pricing war, Microsoft stops Claude Fable use and more AI news
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This is the Everyday AI Show, the everyday podcast where we simplify AI and bring its power to your fingertips. Listen daily for practical advice to boost your career, business, and everyday life.
This week was a wild one in AI news. I mean, we have the world's first trillionaire thanks to AI. We also have the world's most powerful model, but one tech titan refuses to use it because of their data. And we have another big AI company that's not only going public, but they're reportedly going to start an AI pricing war to make AI cheaper. All the biggest names in AI made some big moves this week. And if you took your eyes off the road for more than a few minutes, you probably missed some pretty impactful news that will move the needle for your company or your career. but I get it. You can't spend every hour of every day trying to keep up. That's what I do for you. And that's what we do here with our Monday show called the AI news that matters.
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Why did the White House move to halt Anthropic’s Fable 5 release?
My name is Jordan Wilson, and we do this thing every day and it's for you. this is your daily live stream podcast and free daily newsletter helping everyday business leaders like you and me not just keep up with everything that's happening but i help you separate the real from the fake the fluff from the meaningful i tell you what matters you use that information to grow your company and your career so if you haven't already please make sure to subscribe to the podcast if you are listening on the podcast side and then make sure you go to our website at your everydayai.com sign up for the free daily newsletter we're going to be recapping not only the big AI news stories we're going over today, but everything else that's happening in the AI world that's going to impact you.
So without any further ado, because we have a lot to get into and one other, you know, FYI. So normally I love doing this show live on Monday mornings. I am having to record this one a little bit early just because I'm doing some traveling. So if maybe if there's some big news that broke late over the weekend, Might not have it in this episode, but make sure you do check out our newsletter for that. All right. So we're actually going to start with a breaking update in the Anthropic versus White House fable development. Like I said, I'm traveling this week and we actually didn't get this story in the live stream version of today's show. So this is kind of a podcast exclusive that we'll kick off the show with.
The White House's urgent action to halt Anthropic's latest AI model highlights the growing concerns about national security and the rapid pace of AI development. So, the Trump administration imposed sweeping export controls on Anthropic's new AI model, Fable 5, just days after its public release, citing national security risks, according to Politico. So senior officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and White House Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, held multiple tense calls with Anthropic CEO Dario Amati, according to reports, urging the company to voluntarily remove the new Fable 5 model that they had just released. Well, why? Well, according to reports, that's because Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, whose company is obviously a big investor in Anthropic, raised concerns to the White House about the new Fable 5 and Mythos models ability.
to bypass safety guardrails after being asked for feedback. So the administration felt Anthropic was not taking the security threat seriously enough, and officials were frustrated by Amodi's reluctance to immediately pull the model. Anthropic argued its safeguards were strong enough and that no universal jailbreak had been found, but the government officials remain unconvinced, eventually setting a 90-minute deadline for removal. Again, this is all according to reports. So, the export controls abruptly disabled Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers worldwide, banning their use also by foreign nationals and forcing Anthropic to comply. Anthropic criticized the government's action as disproportionate and called...
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