AI Explained Official Podcast: Daily Summaries Delivered

Claude Fable Blocked - 11 Quiet Details on What’s Next

Claude Fable 5 banned, but what’s the bigger story. We go through 11 under-reported details, so you have the context to see what’s coming next for your use of AI. From whether the ban will last, what the possible motives are, what the model can actually do, and some wild over-extrapolations going on. Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 0...

Claude Fable 5 - Full 319 page Breakdown

Fable 5 is out - and it’s good, very good. But beyond the splashy demos, I want to bring you the 20+ nuggets from the 319 page system card, which I read in full, all day, plus benchmarks you may not have noticed. https://assemblyai.com/aiexplained Plus two worrying trends inside the ‘mind’ of Claude, how OpenAI counter, and the transformer inventor’s warning. Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders ($9!): ...

New Claude - 244 page breakdown

The ‘best’ generally available AI model just dropped, but there is plenty I bet you missed about what it is, how it performs, and what the release tells us. 15 highlights from the 244 page system card, plus private testing, leader interview and more. AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:49 - Mythos in Weeks 01:49 - Adaptive not necessary 02:26 - Honesty? 04:37 - Flagging Uncertainty 04:57 - Benchmarks 08:54 - Mythos will be even better 10:...

Two Rival Bets on AGI: Google I/O Highlights

The biggest Google AI push of the year, but what is the bigger story? Why is Google pursuing a different fork in the road than OpenAI or Anthropic? What does Gemini 3.5 Flash mean for the near-term future of AI? https://assemblyai.com/aiexplained Plus the highlights from a provocative new paper on AI, 8 key moments you may have missed, and the signal from 5+ hours of AI lab interviews. Check out my free to use app, code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders ($...

GPT 5.5 Arrives, DeepSeek V4 Drops, and the Compute War Intensifies

GPT 5.5 full analysis, plus DeepSeek V4 paper highlights, comparisons with Mythos, a vibe-coded game w/ GPT Image 2, and 50 data-points you wouldn’t get from just reading the headlines. Chapters: 01:11 - GPT 5.5 Comparison 06:04 - Mythos Marketing 11:50 - Recursive Self-Improvement? 14:11 - Deepseek V4 18:03 - VibeCode Experiment Extravaganza 21:44 - The Scarce Compute Era https://80000hours.org/aiexplained OpenAI Benchmarks: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/ 5.5 System ...

Claude Opus 4.7 - A New Frontier, in Performance … and Drama

Claude Opus 4.7 just dropped, but behind every headline lies a deeper story. From a bonanza of benchmarks, to seeing the fruits of one of the biggest mega-projects in US history, to sneaky Mythos disclaimers, to Anthropic admitting compute restraints and, forcing lower capability of Opus 4.7. Where the new model falls behind Gemini but ahead of GPT 5.4, plus why some users are furious at Anthropic. Ending with a 9-year animus, that still affects AI today… https://assemblyai.com/aiexplained ...

Claude Mythos: Highlights from 244-page Release

The model, the mythos, the legend. We have a new best AI model, but not all of us. How good is it, what does it’s new offensive capabilities mean? Why does it’s 244 page report card remind me of Her, and why did the creator of Claude Code call it ‘terrifying’. 30+ highlights sourced by reading the paper in full, old-school, no AI summary. https://80000hours.org/aiexplained Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders (...

OpenAI Spud, a Claude Model set to ‘stir governments’, Beast Mode ARC-AGI-3