Token Town

Aaron & Ian discuss the release of GPT 5.6, OpenAI seemingly copying Anthropic, every billionaire getting in the game, Aaron's feeling that we’re getting closer to the sci-fi future, and they both wonder if the release of new frontier models even matters any more. (00:00) - GPT 5.6 Is Out! (07:32) - Does It Matter? The Relevance of AI Intelligence (11:57) - ChatGPT Work (14:38) - GPT-Live (20:...

Aaron & Ian discuss the return of Fable 5, why every AI company is seemingly moving agents to the cloud, debate how good of a guy Sam Altman really is, and more. Sponsored by Bento - https://bentonow.com (00:00) - Intro (01:00) - Fable 5 Is Back (08:46) - Cursor Mobile App (14:35) - Amp launches Agents in Orbs (20:46) - Is Sam Altman a good guy? (25:21) - What's Our Stack? (31:28) - Q&A (3...

Aaron & Ian cover the long-awaited release of Fable 5 & Mythos 5 - does it live up to the hype?  Is it worth the cost?  Why can't Ian get access to Mythos? Plus Claude adds nested subagents, Chinese models on the rise, and more Sponsored by Bento . Links: Fable 5 & Mythos 5 Claude adds nested subagents Tokens for Good OpenCode AI data FrontierCode

This week Ian is joined by Josh Pigford, founder of Baremetrics, to talk about Codex Sites, Alphabet raising money for AI, Josh's personal AI setup, and so much more. Sponsored by Bento . Links: Josh Pigford Microsoft Scout Uber caps AI spend Codex Sites Conductor Polyscope Alphabet's trying to raise $80 billion Anthropic submits an S-1

This week Aaron & Ian talk about Claude Opus 4.8, Pope Leo XIV's thoughts on AI, dynamic workflows in Claude, and the absolute hottest take you've ever heard on a podcast. Sponsored by Bento . Links: Opus 4.8 Dynamic Workflows Claude Code performance improvements Anthropic prepares Mythos 1 Claude Code's usage command AI trends in the US Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical

This week on Token Town, Aaron & Ian talk about the return of Karpathy, the avalanche of new AI announcements from Google, Mythos & Symfony CVE's, & more. Sponsored by Bento . Links: OpenAI employees selling shares Karpathy is at Anthropic OpenAI trial verdict Gemini 3.5 Flash QuiverAI Gemini Spark Mythos & Symfony

In the first-ever episode of Token Town, Aaron & Ian break down pricing changes for Claude -p and the Agent SDK, a temporary 50% increase to Claude's limits, leaps in hacking ability, and more. Sponsored by Bento . Links: Claude pricing changes 'Anthropic beats OpenAI on business adoption' Claude Code weekly limits are 50% higher Solo Amp Superpowers Mythos & cybersecurity

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