Has China finally caught up?

https://novacut.ai/   In this episode, we break down the biggest stories shaping the AI landscape — from Anthropic's regulatory stance and OpenAI's monetization shift to the latest open-source breakthroughs and model pricing wars.   0:00 Anthropic’s Frustrating Stance 5:32 AI Access and the Intelligence Gap 14:17 Defending Anthropic’s Regulation Approach 25:10 Google DeepMind and Cybersecurity Risks 29:27 GPT 5.6 Soul and Coding Abilities 35:24 Alignment and the Knife Analogy 39:42 Google Gemma, Flash, and Market Value 51:11 AI Lab Focus: Speed vs. Specialization 58:48 Inkling: Mira Murati’s New Model 1:06:21 Open Source and Fine-Tuning 1:12:43 On-Premise Hardware Costs 1:19:54 Open Source Models Hit Frontier 1:23:32 Model Pricing Comparison 1:32:43 The Model Routing Problem 1:35:08 Grok 4.5 and Cursor Partnership 1:40:45 OpenAI’s Monetization Shift 1:42:42 Sponsor: Nova Cut AI