Fable 5 is back after a 19-day export-control shutdown, with usage capped through July 7 before token pricing kicks in. Anthropic's Sonnet 5 dropped the same day, splitting opinion on whether its higher token burn is worth the lower price versus Opus.

Source episodes:

- Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Distillation Attack on Claude (Last Invention) https://rss.art19.com/episodes/31419d72-7a23-4371-a4bc-28ce10e83046.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhJQb2RjYXN0RGlnZXN0BjoGRVQ%3D--1ec9b299b8cc0f02d2ad5931bb42ea21ba11b9e9

- Rivian's last chance to take on Tesla (The Vergecast) https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9883579359.mp3

- Fable is Back: Here's What You Should Try First (The AI Daily Brief) https://anchor.fm/s/f7cac464/podcast/play/122263095/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-1%2F427190589-44100-2-79244ad1db14d.mp3

- Anthropic's Fable 5 is Back! SpaceX Builds AI Device (Last Invention) https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7914c814-80df-43bf-b4e9-7cc4cbeb24ec.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhJQb2RjYXN0RGlnZXN0BjoGRVQ%3D--1ec9b299b8cc0f02d2ad5931bb42ea21ba11b9e9

- FABLE 5 IS BACK (Wes Roth) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73RZkEgC3AE

- GLM-5.2 vs MiniMax-M3: Opus Has REAL COMPETITION (Model Stacking) (Indy Dev Dan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFYdiynrxpQ

- Fable 5 is back — Fable vs Sonnet 5, same app, one shot (Matt Maher) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Djk9umjQdo

- China's Models No Longer Need Western Hardware (Engineer Prompt) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idp3wJCqNrU

- Fable 5 is Back! Here's the Best Way to Use It... (The AI Advantage) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQkVUANCYgc