What happened to my Fable?
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Description:
Anthropic pulls access to Fable, and China responds the same day with GLM 5.2. In this episode we break down the escalating AI arms race, US export controls on chips and frontier models, and whether the "Great Firewall of America" is already here.
⏱️ Topics:
- Anthropic restricts Fable — what happened and why
- China's GLM 5.2 release and how close they're catching up
- US trust, surveillance, and AI gatekeeping
- Token pricing chaos — cost per task vs. cost per token
- Model routing, loop engineering, and autonomous agents
- Anthropic's Mythos model and Fable safeguard philosophy
- Xiaomi NEMO V2.5 Pro Ultra Speed
- Midjourney's bizarre health spa pivot
- AI Engineer Conference wrap-up
🔗 Links & Resources:
Fable
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/15/feds-freaked-over-fable-5-after-simple-fix-this-code-prompt-not-jailbreak-says-researcher/5255827 “Fix this code”
https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328960-identity-verification-on-claude
Midjourney
https://www.midjourney.com/medical/blogpostFull body ultrasound CT scanner
Xiaomi 1000tps
https://mimo.xiaomi.com/blog/mimo-tilert-1000tps (MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed: Pushing 1T-Parameter Model Generation Speed to 1000 TPS
Best opensource model
https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.2
📌 Timestamps in the chapters section above.
#AIPodcast #Anthropic #Fable #GLM52 #AIArmsRace #LLM #GenAI
0:00 Intro: Anthropic restricts Fable access
1:00 China's response and GLM 5.2 release
1:55 US trust and AI model reliability
2:37 Geopolitics and AI regulations
4:17 AI arms race and export control limits
5:49 Fable usage experience and value
6:30 Z.AI subscription and pricing comparison
9:07 Subscription limits vs. API usage
10:30 GLM 5.2 token limits and utility
13:52 China catches up: GLM vs. US models
15:06 Intelligence index and model cost trend
17:40 Token pricing complexity and value
23:30 Cost per task vs. cost per token
24:35 Model routing and usage optimization
29:43 Loop engineering and autonomous agents
33:23 NovaCut: AI video editor and ad loops
37:07 Anthropic's Fable re-release timeline
38:41 US gatekeeping and China's advantag
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