Show Notes
Andrew and Justin discuss the return of Fable, which arrives with some slight performance changes after a prolonged fight between Anthropic and the US government. What's the future of Anthropic's flagship model, and does it point to the arrival of GPT-5.6 in the coming days? They also discuss GLM-2, Chinese models, and the age of token efficiency, plus a quick look at that Alex Karp interview blowing up your timeline.
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro 01:35 - Fable's Return 21:33 - GPT-5.6 30:57 - Chinese Models 46:59 - Alex Karp's CNBC Interview 53:00 - Wrap-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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