This Week in AI

Anthropic is training to destroy your company | EP 27

August 20, 2026·1h 16m
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This Week In AI is made possible by:PayPal - Pay zero processing fees on your first $100K in eligible PayPal payment volume. Learn more at paypal.launch.coToday’s show:*On “All In,” Gavin Baker said that Anthropic leadership privately believes that it could one day become “the only private company in the world.” The ensuing street fight on X turned into a referendum on doomerism, the nature of regulatory capture, and why the public hates AI so darn much.Jason’s take: If a frontier lab really believes they’re destined to be the world’s only company, they’re studying your data and planning to steal your business.PLUS why AI agents don’t understand it’s wrong to cheat (and how we can teach them), why Grok Bot may be AI’s “iPhone moment,” and the panel reacts to Amazon feeding rare books into a dino-themed shredding machine.GuestsGalina Antova on X: https://x.com/GalinaAntovaKai: https://www.kai.security/Eric Ho on X: https://x.com/eric_hoGoodfire: https://www.goodfire.com/Silico: https://www.goodfire.com/silicoRelevant LinksAll-In Podcast: Gavin Baker on Anthropic: https://x.com/theallinpod/status/2088367978270142811Sholto Douglas response: https://x.com/_sholtodouglas/status/2088463770318516734Gavin Baker response: https://x.com/GavinSBaker/status/2088611616577253502Dario Amodei response: https://x.com/DarioAmodei/status/2088758816376807762Zuckerberg AI manifesto: https://www.meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone/Hugging Face: Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timelineSimon Willison: OpenAI’s accidental cyberattack on Hugging Face: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/openai-cyberattack/SWE-bench Leaderboards: https://www.swebench.com/xAI: Introducing Grok Bot: https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-botPeter Yang praises Grok Bot: https://x.com/petergyang/status/2089401696946634801?s=20Wispr Flow: https://wisprflow.ai/@Aaronp613 on X: AirPods with Cameras in action: https://x.com/aaronp613/status/2089522745184760112?s=209to5 Mac: AirPods with cameras get their clearest leak yet: https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/17/airpods-with-camera-get-their-clearest-leak-yet/Toms Hardware: Google Buys Spirit Airlines Data for AI Training: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/google-buys-spirit-airlines-data-for-ai-training-for-just-usd10-million-purchase-includes-hundreds-of-millions-of-emails-microsoft-teams-chats-billions-of-flight-pricing-records-and-anonymized-passenger-recordsMicro1: https://www.micro1.ai/Timestam

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