June 17, 2026

Intelligent Machines 875: Florida Dad

2 hours 15 minutes

The sudden US government shutdown of Anthropic's Fable model has tech insiders reeling and rival global labs surging ahead. This episode breaks down the unexpected political power play rattling the future of AI innovation.

The Fable 5 Export Controls Harm US Cyber Defense

Anthropic CEO says government should block dangerous AI

The Real Reason Anthropic's Models Are Offline: A Six-Year-Old Trump Grudge

(21) Pete Hegseth on X: "Three months ago, @DeptofWar kicked @AnthropicAI out of our building—forever. Every passing day proves why that was the right move. 🇺🇸" / X

Anthropic's Safety Superpower

Google DeepMind is worried about what happens when millions of agents start to interact

The Anthropic 'Fable' saga proves: we have opened the AI Pandora's box.

Exclusive: OpenAI Preps New AI Model, Expects To Go Public 'Within the Next Year'

Microsoft CEO warns that a few AI winners could destroy 'entire industries'

SpaceX locks in $60 billion Cursor deal to power AI coding push

DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is 'Vital' for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit

AI Deepfakes Are Getting Weirder and Harder to Spot in the Midterms

UK under-16s social media rules to reach into gaming and AI chatbots

Investigation by The Atlantic reveals many millions of songs used for AI music training

Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses

Discover — FablePool

Isometric NYC

Encrypted Spaces

Florida man

Knick Knacks

Bird window

Ode to Orange Seats

Bending Spoons--owner of AOL, Eventbrite, Vimeo, Komoot, WeTransfer, Evernote, MeetUp, Streamyard, Hopin, Splice, and Brightcove--to IPO

Tim Ferris: Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction? Sales Trends, My Personal Data, and What It Might Mean for the Future

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Alex Stamos

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