122: Today in AI: Anthropic Pulls Claude Code Access, Elon's Team Caught Using Claude, AI Drone Rescue

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First aired: 12 January 2026

Summary: Anthropic's had enough of everyone profiting off Claude Code being the best coding agent out there, and they've started pulling access from competitors and third-party tools. The drama kicked off when they blocked services like Open Code from letting users connect their $200/month Claude subscriptions to access the API—which is a massive bargain compared to paying per token through the official API, which could run into thousands. It's a classic case of "we've got the best product, so we're taking our ball and going home," and whilst it's caused some upset in the developer community, you can't really blame them for protecting their advantage.

The absolute highlight though is that Elon Musk's xAI team—creators of Grok—got caught red-handed using Claude Code internally instead of their own AI. Elon's been banging on for months about how Grok is the best coding model, but turns out his own engineers don't even use it. Their co-founder had to send out a memo basically saying "yeah, we're screwed on productivity now, we need to build our own tools." Meanwhile, OpenAI jumped in with a very convenient "we'd never restrict access like Claude" statement, which is easy to say when you're not on top. The power dynamics in AI are shifting fast, and Anthropic's clearly feeling confident enough to flex their muscles.

Watch full edited live stream: https://youtu.be/B2Sj_vA8_6A

—— Time Stamps ——

0:00 Anthropic Blocks Competitors from Claude Code

6:42 OpenAI Responds: "We're Not Like Claude"

8:12 Q&A: ChatGPT News Updates

8:45 Manus AI: Edit AI Slides Like Magic

11:17 Launch Lemonade: AI Agents for Everyone

14:08 Why Charities Fear AI: The PhD Problem

16:24 Viewer Showcase: No-Code Disability App

16:59 Shopify CEO Builds MRI Viewer with Claude Code

19:33 Building an AI Public Speaking Coach

20:07 ChatGPT Health: Medical Data in One Place

21:47 The AI Canon: Best Free Learning Resources

25:34 ChatGPT Helped Diagnose MS

25:42 AI CFO Tools: Sell to Enterprises, Not SMEs

27:14 Linus Torvalds is Now Vibe Coding

31:10 AI Mountain Rescue: Drones Save Lives

32:56 Q&A: How to Build AI Agents

35:36 Wrap Up & Schedule

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