US export controls on Claude Mythos are rattling the AI industry, with rivals reportedly pivoting to non-US providers. OpenAI reveals an AI that beat human scientists at protein synthesis—the first eval tied to a physical lab result.

Source episodes:

- How Braintrust uses AI agents, evals, and CI to ship better software | Ankur Goyal (How I AI) https://anchor.fm/s/1035b1568/podcast/play/121201190/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-9%2F425771285-44100-2-d91dab8395c07.mp3

- Why Tejal Patwardhan stopped underestimating the models - Episode 21 (Open AI podcast) https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68470ba8d911dedd6501609c/e/6a30c6540592e82545da3db2/media.mp3

- The Mythos mess and your AI questions, answered (The Vergecast) https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1172133425.mp3

- Why Only AI Training Can Save the Economy (The AI Daily Brief) https://anchor.fm/s/f7cac464/podcast/play/121551135/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-16%2F426238037-44100-2-237b0353b5dee.mp3