Claude Sonnet 5 just launched and Fable 5 is returning. But OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol is still locked down and the government's grip on the most powerful AI models throws it all into chaos..

We dig into what Sonnet 5 can actually do, why GPT-5.6 Sol is still gated, and the breaking news that Fable 5 is expected back, plus a huge creative MCP festival with the Blender to Seedance workflow.

This week on AI For Humans, Gavin Purcell and Kevin Pereira open on a strange new reality: the best AI models keep launching and then getting locked up, but this week the gate started to crack. Anthropic just shipped Claude Sonnet 5, its most agentic Sonnet yet, landing near Opus 4.8 performance at a much lower price, Meanwhile OpenAI announced GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna, but at the US government's request the flagship is only available to a small list of vetted partners.

Then the story moved while we were recording: the government cleared Anthropic to restore Mythos 5 to critical-infrastructure organizations, and Fable 5 is now reported to be on track to return for general use (timing and terms still unconfirmed). We recorded two quick in-episode updates to keep pace with the news as it broke.

AND Meta's Brain2Qwerty mind-reading research, NanoBanana 2 Lite, and a full creative MCP festival built around the Blender to Seedance video workflow, ComfyUI's MCP integration, and Gavin's own microdrama experiment.

THE AI FRONTIER IS HERE. WAIT, NOW IT'S NOT. OH, WAIT. IT IS!

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Anthropic introduces Claude Sonnet 5, its most agentic Sonnet yet (official)

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-5

Anthropic's launch post for Sonnet 5

https://x.com/claudeai/status/2072017450611142835

BREAKING: Anthropic's official post on restoring Mythos 5 and working to bring Fable 5 back

https://www.anthropic.com/news/redeploying-fable-5

OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna in a limited government-approved preview (official)

https://openai.com/index/previewing-gpt-5-6-sol/

Sam Altman on why the GPT-5.6 rollout is government-restricted

https://x.com/sama/status/2070607488274358364

Meta's Brain2Qwerty research on decoding typed text from brain activity

https://facebookresearch.github.io/brain2qwerty/

NanoBanana 2 Lite is out

https://x.com/NanoBanana/status/2071988792970330186

Logan Kilpatrick on the fast-and-cheap tradeoff

https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/2071988351083921690

The Blender to Seedance workflow (reid hannaford, who helped popularize it)

https://x.com/reidhannaford/status/2070145120658137385

More Blender x Seedance examples

https://x.com/koldo2k/status/2071307945002815967

Even more Blender x Seedance examples

https://x.com/Flagiuss/status/2071335816190902624

A further Blender x Seedance example

https://x.com/reidhannaford/status/2071595581508563168

ComfyUI announces full MCP integration

https://x.com/ComfyUI/status/2071625866912944151

X launches an MCP, though the API is very expensive to use

https://x.com/XDevelopers/status/2071752389183647758

Gavin's microdrama experiment

https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2070937492858208540

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