Europe has had a major AI wake-up call. Fable 5 got switched off, frontier model access is now political, and suddenly that gloomy “Europe 2031” essay looks a bit less fictional.

Justin thinks Europe needs speed, money, and fewer rules. Frank thinks copying Silicon Valley’s worst habits is a daft way to proceed.

Plus: the US government order that triggered Anthropic to shut off access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5, who should control access to powerful AI, could restriction end up helping hackers, and whether students using AI to predict exam questions are cheating or just being smart.

0:53 Why did Fable 5 get switched off?
05:07 Who controls access to frontier AI?
09:46 Does banning Fable 5 help hackers?
15:27 Is Europe 2031 right about Europe's collapse?
18:55 Is the EU just too slow to save itself?
29:30 Must Europe copy Silicon Valley?
34:52 Should Mistral become Europe’s public AI?
37:04 Are these kids cheating on their GCSEs?

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• Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
• Europe 2031: What getting AI wrong means for us
• How a group of teens might have just used AI to accurately predict this year’s exam questions

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Is Anthropic quietly creating a two-tier AI future? Frank and Justin dig into Fable 5 and Mythos-5, the new frontier models raising awkward questions about access, guardrails, cybersecurity risk, and whether the most powerful tools should be reserved for an approved elite.

Plus: the real cost of using Fable, the backlash over silent model routing, Anthropic’s data retention problem, Dario Amodei’s call for a democratic AI coalition, and whether Ollie is a useful family assistant or a deeply creepy way to hand your life to a chatbot.

00:50 Would you buy Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO?
01:40 Will OpenAI bottle its IPO?
03:15 Who gets to play with Mythos-5?
04:04 Is Anthropic building an AI elite?
07:41 Is Fable 5 just an AI free sample?
09:00 Did Fable one-shot a Miro clone?
12:11 Is Fable worth the cost?
14:13 Are Fable’s guardrails too cautious?
16:50 Are Fable’s guardrails this easy to dodge?
18:44 Why did Fable’s silent routing backfire?
23:14 Will data retention kill Fable adoption?
25:30 Is Dario creating an AI Iron Curtain?
33:39 Will profits beat Anthropic’s safety talk?
37:30 Would you give Ollie AI the keys to your life?

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• Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5
• Policy on the AI Exponential
• Ollie AI - The Most Powerful Family Assistant

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Can Microsoft AI really catch up with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind? Frank and Justin dig into Mustafa Suleyman’s Build announcements, the new MAI models, local AI, token costs, enterprise trust, and whether Microsoft needs the best model — or just one good enough to win inside big companies.

Plus: Anthropic calls for an AI pause while the race keeps accelerating, OpenAI Sites raises awkward questions about side quests and monetisation, and Martin Scorsese’s AI storyboarding work sparks a wider Hollywood debate featuring Reese Witherspoon, Nicolas Cage, James Cameron, Emily Blunt and more.

00:35 Is Anthropic serious about pausing AI?
04:29 Is Mustafa Suleyman reviving Microsoft AI?
06:30 What did Microsoft announce at Build?
09:37 Does Microsoft need the best AI models?
11:37 Are token costs making local AI attractive?
13:28 Can Microsoft spoil the AI IPO party?
18:33 Is OpenAI Sites just another side quest?
21:04 Is OpenAI Sites a monetisation play?
23:29 Is OpenAI Sites an enterprise headache?
25:53 Is Martin Scorsese replacing storyboarders?
30:17 Which Hollywood stars are backing AI?

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• When AI builds itself
• Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fight
• OpenAI Sites
• Martin Scorsese accused of ‘throwing artists under bus’ with AI storyboards
• The Big Hollywood Anti or Open AI Quiz

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