Microsoft is making one of its biggest AI bets yet. In today's Hashtag Trending, Jim Love examines Microsoft's launch of the Scout AI agent and its new MAI-Thinking-1 reasoning model as the company tries to move beyond criticism of Copilot and redefine its AI strategy.

Also in this episode:

🔹 Anthropic expands access to its powerful Mythos cybersecurity AI model, tripling Project Glasswing participation from about 50 to 150 organizations across more than 15 countries while continuing to keep the technology out of public hands.

🔹 Morningstar delivers a blunt assessment of SpaceX's planned IPO, arguing the company may be worth less than half its reported target valuation and highlighting SpaceX's own warnings about profitability and untested technologies.

🔹 Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince explains why he cut roughly 20% of his workforce and lays out a management philosophy that could influence how companies use AI to reshape jobs, hiring and organizational structures in the years ahead.

These stories explore some of the biggest questions facing technology leaders today: Who gets access to powerful AI systems? How should investors value AI-driven businesses? Can Microsoft finally find an AI product users truly want? And what happens when CEOs start redesigning organizations around artificial intelligence?

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Chapters

00:00 Today's Headlines 00:59 Mythos Access Expands 02:04 Security Critics Weigh In 03:16 Why Mythos Stays Closed 04:15 SpaceX IPO Reality Check 05:16 Risks in the Filing 07:07 Microsoft Unveils Scout 07:49 Copilot Backlash and Stakes 09:14 Scout vs the Competition 10:17 Cloudflare Layoffs Explained 10:55 Builders, Sellers, Counters 12:21 The Hidden Value of Counters 14:44 Wrap Up and Support