This Ain't a Scene it's an AI Arms Race

The Episode Too Dangerous to Release

Nigel joins the podcast again as the gang breaks out their tinfoil hats and dives into what is going on behind the hype of Claude Mythos while the players in the AI Race rearrange themselves yet again. Things get even weirder as they touch on aliens, digital Jesus, crazy AI videos, and improper AI use in the workplace. Links: * Claude Mythos: What Does Anthropic’s New Model Mean for the Future of Cybersecurity? | Centre for Emerging Technology and Security [https://cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications/claude-mythos-future-cybersecurity] * Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? | The New Yorker [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted] (Apologies to the New Yorker for erroneously attributing this article to the New York Times, and apologies to Andrew Marantz for forgetting his name.) * AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It [https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it] * Sora: OpenAI closes AI video app and cancels $1bn Disney deal [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w3e467ewqo] * US-Iran war explained by Chinese AI animation: Legend of the Valley of Gold [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As0rplNJTZI] * Adam Grant: The surprising habits of original thinkers | TED Talk [https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers] (Yes! This was an Adam Grant talk!) * Gaetz claims alien-human breeding program exists [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/gaetz-claims-alien-human-breeding-program-exists/gm-GM1864303F?gemSnapshotKey=GM1864303F-snapshot-6&uxmode=ruby]

Autonomous War Machines and the End of White, Highly Paid, Women in Management

The US Department of War is fighting with Anthropic, and OpenAI tries to save the day. Meanwhile the rest of us wait to see if AI is going to take our jobs. Plus, Jill and Michael model vulnerability as they admit not having fully read every article they talk about. Links: * Anthropic’s response to the department of war: https://www.anthropic.com/news/where-stand-department-war [https://www.anthropic.com/news/where-stand-department-war] * Anthropic paper on job impact: https://www.anthropic.com/research/labor-market-impacts [https://www.anthropic.com/research/labor-market-impacts] * Article: OpenAI deals with backlash: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rz1nd0egro [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rz1nd0egro] * Qwen: https://qwen.ai/home [https://qwen.ai/home] * Article: Waymo blocks first responders: https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2026/03/02/waymo-vehicle-blocks-ems-austin-mass-shooting [https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2026/03/02/waymo-vehicle-blocks-ems-austin-mass-shooting] * Article: Chinese distillation attack: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-companies-used-claude-improve-own-models-anthropic-says-2026-02-23/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-companies-used-claude-improve-own-models-anthropic-says-2026-02-23/] * Article: Nvidia and AI investments: https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-will-not-be-able-invest-100-billion-openai-due-ipo-ceo-jensen-says-2026-03-04/ [https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-will-not-be-able-invest-100-billion-openai-due-ipo-ceo-jensen-says-2026-03-04/] * Article: Nvidia’s orbital data center architect: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-space-company-hiring-orbital-013110731.html [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-space-company-hiring-orbital-013110731.html]

What a Time to be "Alive"

Nigel Harstad is back as we discuss our 2026 AI predictions and how we’re approaching 2026 ourselves.Michael and Nigel talk about their cool AI productivity use cases, plus the future of humans as contractors for AI, how disappointment with AI productivity tools at work is driving government employees to bring their own AI tooling, and Jill’s break-up with ChatGPT. Links: * Sam crashes out on Anthropic ads [https://x.com/sama/status/2019139174339928189?s=20] * AI Actor Auditions [https://www.instagram.com/sergiocilli/] (Instagram @sergiocilli) * Moltbook: The front page of the agent internet [https://www.moltbook.com/] * Article: Trump’s Acting Cyber Chief Uploaded Sensitive Files into a Public Version of ChatGPT [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00749361]

2025 AI Wrapped

Michael and Jill lean in to their respective ADHD diagnoses and recap anything and everything 2025 AI. From their ChatGPT “wrapped” content, to Nano Banana Pro, to the rise of prediction markets, to advertising in AI, join them to consider where 2025 leaves us and what that might mean for the future of AI. Links: * Open AI Declares “Code Red”: -OpenAI Declares ‘Code Red’ as Google Threatens AI Lead - WSJ [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-altman-declares-code-red-to-improve-chatgpt-as-google-threatens-ai-lead-7faf5ea6?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqf0P78cCC3PFO80dQaZLERO4_awn_DL3CvLux-XkcqarycY-Iy7uzz9&gaa_ts=6931ce1a&gaa_sig=qlzD722rtutgq5kGyPhF_A0Kd60keK-PJbgzUyfy9ShpFBKDrsahT8D0ebhdcUR9NeS7gBEA3nlGn7dxOrljuQ%3D%3D]

This Ain't a Scene it's an AI Arms Race

Are all these model updates exciting or getting boring? Meanwhile Anthropic announces Claude Code has been used to perpetrate cyber attacks. Michael and Jill talk through a bevy of recent model upgrades and contemplate some interesting Anthropic announcements. Links: * Claude Code and cyber attacks: Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign \ Anthropic [https://www.anthropic.com/news/disrupting-AI-espionage] * Anthropic Vending Machine Experiment: https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1 [https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1]