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150: The Government Said “No Fable For You”
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Anthropic's new Fable model gets pulled days after launch when the US government restricts foreign access, a fully open-source Chinese model claims Claude Opus-level benchmarks for a fraction of the price, and MDN ships an MCP server to keep AI agents current on the web platform. Plus npm 12's supply-chain crackdown and SpaceX's eye-popping $60B Cursor buy.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:27 - Anthropic released Fable and the US government shut it down
- 13:51 - GLM-5.2
- 20:16 - MDN MCP Server
- 25:42 - npm 12's breaking changes
- 31:38 - SpaceX bought Cursor for $60B
- 39:13 - What's Making Us Happy
News
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- Jack: Portland Pickles
- TJ: Claude Cowork
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