149: Anthropic Accuses Chinese Labs of Stealing, AI Jobs Update (Warning) & China's AI Progress Update

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First aired: 24 February 2026

Summary: Today I got into Anthropic's claim that three Chinese AI labs, DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and Minimax, ran what they're calling an "industrial scale distillation attack" on Claude, using 24,000 fake accounts to extract 16 million interactions and essentially clone its capabilities. It's a serious accusation, dressed up in national security language clearly aimed at Washington rather than the labs themselves. The delicious irony, of course, is that Anthropic built Claude by training on the entire internet's worth of copyrighted material without asking anyone. Thieves stealing from robbers, as I put it.

The second half got into something a bit more uncomfortable: AI and jobs. My honest take is that this technological shift is different from everything that came before it, because AI won't just automate tasks, it'll take the new jobs it creates too. Blue collar and physical work buys you some time, but if your job mostly lives behind a screen, the clock is ticking. My practical advice is simple: don't panic, don't quit, but quietly start building alternative income streams now, because nobody, and I mean nobody, actually knows what survives the next five years.

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0:00 Anthropic Accuses Chinese Labs of Stealing Claude 1:31 What Is Model Distillation? Teacher vs Student Models Explained 2:39 DeepSeek, Moonshot & Minimax: 16 Million Exchanges Exposed 5:00 National Security or Corporate Strategy? Anthropic's Real Motive 6:38 Open Source vs Closed Source: The Hidden War Behind Distillation 11:54 Export Controls and the US-China AI Chip Race 14:44 The Numbers Don't Add Up: Is This Really "Industrial Scale"? 16:52 Minimax Had an Official Claude Deal — Are the Numbers Inflated? 18:23 Theo's Rebuttal: "I'm Pretty Confident Anthropic Is Lying" 19:12 Kyle's Verdict: Exaggeration, Not Espionage 20:34 The Irony: Anthropic's Own $1.5 Billion Data Theft Settlement 24:53 OpenClaw: Chinese Labs Welcome What Anthropic Banned 25:39 Newsletter & AI Workshop Masterclass Announcement 27:03 Q&A: Why "AI" Is Not a Business Model 27:53 Why AI Job Loss Is Different From Every Revolution Before 29:23 Which Jobs Are Safe From AI? Blue Collar vs White Collar 30:54 4 Characteristics of AI-Resistant Jobs 34:10 How AI Hollows Out Industries From the Bottom Up 35:18 AI Won't Fire You — It'll Stop New Jobs Being Created 38:59 Humanoid Robots Now Cost $5,000 — Blue Collar Jobs Next? 40:46 The AI Paradox: If Nobody Works, Who Buys Products? 41:52 Senior Lawyer Admits: AI Did His Job in 30 Seconds — Better 42:59 Is the AI Bubble About to Pop? Dot-Com vs NFTs vs AI 46:09 Universal Basic Income: Great Idea, No Government Can Deliver 47:27 China's Long-Term AI Strategy vs Western Chaos 48:54 A 70-Year-Old Using DeepSeek on the Streets of Beijing 50:46 Will Any Jobs Survive AGI? The Jagged Frontier 51:31 Coding Is the Canary in the Coal Mine for AI Jobs 53:00 Who Profits From AI? The Hyper-Concentration of Capitalism 54:48 Build Multiple Revenue Streams Before It's Too Late 56:59 The Identity Crisis: When AI Takes Your Purpose and Status 58:19 Why Europe Already Lost the AI Race (DeepMind's $500M Deal) 1:00:22 Outro & Where to Find Everything

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