Prompt and Circumstance

Open AI and Microsoft are seeing other people (and other news for Sept 16)


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David and Ilan dive into the news from the last week of AI and Vibe Coding, covering shifting partnerships between tech giants, breakthrough achievements in AI capabilities, and emerging concerns around safety and security.

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Chapters

  • 00:00 - OpenAI Diversifies: $300B Oracle Cloud Deal 
  • 03:15 - Microsoft Chooses Anthropic Over OpenAI for Office 
  • 05:26 - Claude's New File Creation and Team Memory Features 
  • 06:38 - Google Report: 15% Productivity Gains (With Caveats) 
  • 08:54 - Child Safety Concerns with Meta's AI Characters 
  • 10:06 - Breaking: GPT-4.5 Passes the Turing Test 
  • 12:59 - AI Models Enter Fashion: Synthetic Vogue Campaign 
  • 16:15 - Security Alert: Claude Used in $17M Extortion Scheme 


Links

  • OpenAI to use Oracle for compute: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-oracle-reportedly-ink-historic-190034718.html 
  • Microsoft uses Anthropic for Office AI: https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-use-some-ai-anthropic-shift-openai-information-reports-2025-09-09/ 
  • Claude can edit files: https://www.anthropic.com/news/create-files 
  • Claude memory for teams: https://www.anthropic.com/news/memory 
  • Google AI Cloud Trends Report: https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/google_cloud_ai_trends.pdf 
  • Meta AI safety report: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines/ 
  • Regulators investigating Meta: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/technology/google-meta-chatgpt-ai-chatbots.html 
  • UC San Diego Turing Test Study: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.23674 
  • Vogue AI model ad: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgeqe084nn4o 
  • Vibe Hacking with Claude: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna227309 


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Prompt and CircumstanceBy David Vuong and Ilan Rotenberg