Can Anthropic Sustain This?
Brian Maucere and Beth Lyons open the March 3, 2026 show with Anne Murphy joining early to discuss public reaction to the Anthropic vs OpenAI “Department of War” narrative and how quickly people are s...
3 Maalis 1h 4min
Sam Altman AMA + Nate Jones Uncanny Valley
Brian Maucere and Beth Lyons open with carryover news tied to Anthropic’s “Department of War” commentary and the online reaction to Sam Altman’s weekend AMA on X. They discuss the “Quit ChatGPT / Quit...
2 Maalis 53min
The Epistemic Escrow Conundrum
Large-scale AI models are now the primary interface for professional research, legal discovery, and scientific synthesis. To ensure "safety," these models are governed by centralized alignment layers,...
28 Helmi 23min
We demo Nano Banana 2 and much more
The hosts open with quick show notes (Conundrum episode + newsletter), then dig into Google’s “Nano Banana” (Gemini/Flash image) and what it can do—especially around turning transcripts into visuals a...
27 Helmi 53min
Perplexity’s ‘Computer’ Today, Your OS Tomorrow?
Brian Maucere and Beth Lyons discuss Perplexity’s new “computer use” concept (19 agents) and why true impact likely arrives when these capabilities are baked into operating systems. They pivot into th...
26 Helmi 48min
Anthropic’s Safety Rules Just Shifted
Jyunmi Hatcher and Beth Lyons cover major enterprise AI updates, starting with Anthropic’s push into enterprise agents and connectors so Claude can work inside existing business tools and workflows. T...
25 Helmi 1h 23min
Is Compaction A Bigger Memory Problem?
Brian and Beth open with a “Tuesday feels like Monday” backlog vibe and quickly circle back to a cautionary agent story where “compaction” allegedly removed a critical “confirm before acting” instruct...
25 Helmi 57min
Sam Altman - "The World Is Not Prepared"
Brian and Beth open with community shoutouts and a quick news kickoff before digging into a Sam Altman clip about rapid capability gains and the world being unprepared. They discuss an AI-safety resig...
23 Helmi 57min
