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003: Opus 4.8 & Pope Leo XIV

This week Aaron & Ian talk about Claude Opus 4.8, Pope Leo XIV's thoughts on AI, dynamic workflows in Claude, and the absolute hottest take you've ever heard on a podcast. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com/]. Links: * Opus 4.8 [https://x.com/claudeai/status/2060042702150930686?s=20] * Dynamic Workflows [https://x.com/claudeai/status/2060042710753382816] * Claude Code performance improvements [https://x.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2059701677981413812] * Anthropic prepares Mythos 1 [https://www.testingcatalog.com/anthropic-prepares-mythos-1-for-claude-code-and-claude-security/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter] * Claude Code's usage command [https://x.com/bcherny/status/2057476878110261587] * AI trends in the US [https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2026/05/28/united-states-ai-adoption-shows-steady-growth-but-distribution-remains-uneven/#:~:text=More%20than%2030%20percent%20of,should%20we%20take%20from%20it%3F] * Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical [https://www.anthropic.com/news/chris-olah-pope-leo-encyclical]

002: Karpathy is back!

This week on Token Town, Aaron & Ian talk about the return of Karpathy, the avalanche of new AI announcements from Google, Mythos & Symfony CVE's, & more. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com/]. Links: * OpenAI employees selling shares [https://x.com/WSJ/status/2053645525644169590?s=20] * Karpathy is at Anthropic [https://x.com/karpathy/status/2056753169888334312?s=20] * OpenAI trial verdict [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/18/technology/openai-trial-verdict-altman-musk?unlocked_article_code=1.jVA.tEz9.76hsEiRWDMXz&smid=url-share] * Gemini 3.5 Flash [https://x.com/Google/status/2056788266872140232] * QuiverAI [https://x.com/QuiverAI/status/2056755329774338395?s=20] * Gemini Spark [https://gemini.google/overview/agent/spark/] * Mythos & Symfony [https://symfony.com/blog/claude-mythos-audited-symfony-and-found-19-vulnerabilities]

001: What is Anthropic Doing?!

In the first-ever episode of Token Town, Aaron & Ian break down pricing changes for Claude -p and the Agent SDK, a temporary 50% increase to Claude's limits, leaps in hacking ability, and more. Sponsored by Bento [https://bentonow.com]. Links: * Claude pricing changes [https://x.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2054610152817619388?s=20] * 'Anthropic beats OpenAI on business adoption' [https://ramp.com/leading-indicators/ai-index-may-2026] * Claude Code weekly limits are 50% higher [https://x.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2054639777685934564] * Solo [https://soloterm.com] * Amp [https://ampcode.com] * Superpowers [https://github.com/obra/superpowers] * Mythos & cybersecurity [https://x.com/aisecurityinst/status/2054589763173126339?s=46]

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