AI News Today | Julian Goldie Podcast

How to Get Fable 5-Level Intelligence Without Fable 5: Plan With a Frontier Model, Build CheapThe episode explains how to approximate “Fable 5-level” results despite Fable 5 being taken down by using a two-phase workflow: have a frontier model create a highly pinned, decision-complete plan, then switch to a cheaper (or even free) model to build from that plan, with optional review agents for secur...

Hermes Just Added Async Sub-Agents: Delegate Tasks in the Background (No More Frozen Chat)Hermes now supports asynchronous sub-agents via a new Delegate tool that can spawn multiple workers at once, running jobs in the background so chat no longer freezes. After updating Hermes (via terminal command or dashboard), you can give a lead Hermes agent a single goal and have it fan out tasks to temporar...

Why AI Benchmarks are Fake (And How to Actually Test Models) A fake French AI model recently went viral for beating the industry's top benchmarks, proving how easy it is to manipulate performance data. This video explains why you should stop chasing hype-filled charts and start evaluating AI based on your own real-world business workflows. 00:00 - Intro: The Le Chatton Fat Joke 01:08 - Why AI...

Grok Build CLI Just Surprised Me: Side-by-Side Tests vs Claude, Kimi & GLM + Agent OS IntegrationThe script reviews the new Grok Build coding agent and CLI, saying it’s a major upgrade over the old version and the best results the creator has seen from the same prompt, especially for games and 3D builds. It showcases multiple outputs (a dark first-person game, clean websites, 3D/MMO/RPG-style...

I Turned My Mac Into a Voice-Activated AI Butler (Hermes + Jarvis + Obsidian Memory)The script demonstrates a voice-activated AI assistant running on a Mac inside an agent operating system, using Hermes Agent with Jarvis and connected to an Obsidian vault for persistent memory. The AI provides daily and weekly briefings that summarize work themes, open action items, priorities, and recent news hea...

GLM 52 vs Qwen 37 Max vs Claude Opus 48: Real-World Tests vs Benchmarks (No Second Chances)The episode compares GLM 52 (ZAI), Qwen 37 Max (Alibaba), and Claude Opus 48 (Anthropic) head-to-head on five one-shot tasks, arguing that benchmark rankings didn’t match real usability. In coding-focused tests like a voxel runner game, a liquid-in-a-bowl animation, a business landing page, and an arcade gam...

White House Forces Anthropic to Pull Mythos & Fable 5 Worldwide in 90 MinutesThe script recounts how Anthropic’s private security-focused model Mythos and its public, guardrailed version Fable 5 were taken offline worldwide after the Trump administration ordered Anthropic to block all foreign nationals—including non-citizen staff—from using them, with one report saying the shutdown happened wi...

White House Forces Anthropic to Pull Mythos & Fable 5 Worldwide in 90 MinutesThe script recounts how Anthropic’s private security-focused model Mythos and its public, guardrailed version Fable 5 were taken offline worldwide after the Trump administration ordered Anthropic to block all foreign nationals—including non-citizen staff—from using them, with one report saying the shutdown happened wi...

Fable 5 Got Pulled in 72 Hours—Here’s the Better, Cheaper Replacement (Fusion 5)After Anthropic launched Fable 5 on June 9, 2026 and it was pulled worldwide three days later (along with MiFaS 5), the script argues you can still reach “Fable-level” performance using a new OpenRouter model called Fusion 5 for about half the price. Fusion uses a panel of 3–5 top models answering in parallel (examples...

Build Your Own AI Agent Operating System: Scheduling, QA Judges, Obsidian Memory & Team Workflows (Hermes, Claude, Paperclip)The video answers common questions about building an “agent operating system” where teams of AI agents collaborate using tools like Hermes, Claude, Obsidian, and Kanban boards. It explains how to give an agent long-term ownership of tasks (e.g., ongoing SEO) via schedule...

GLM 5.2 vs Claude Opus 4.8: I Ran 5 Build Tests (China Won 4) + The CatchThe video compares China’s new GLM 5.2 (by ZAI, released June 13, 2026) against Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 (released May 28) using the same five build prompts. GLM 5.2 produces better results in four tests—a running game, an Apple-style landing page, a liquid-sloshing animation, and a neon arcade game—while Claude wins the f...

Build Your Own AI Operating System with Hermes Agent (Free Models, Memory, Video Pipelines & More)The video explains how to build an “AI operating system” using Hermes Agent to manage multiple AI workers (writing, editing, judging) in one place, swap in new models as they appear, and keep workflows like video creation, SEO, games, music, and lead gen organized and reusable. It contrasts this a...

Fusion (OpenRouter) Lets You Combine Multiple Models to Reach Fable-Level Intelligence for LessThe script covers a new OpenRouter Fusion API update that runs a prompt across a parallel panel of up to eight models (with web search and bash tools), then uses a judge model to extract consensus, contradictions, unique insights, and missing coverage before returning one fused answer. Fusion is presente...

Claude Banned: US Gov Pulls the Plug + New AI Alternatives The US Government recently ordered Anthropic to pull their most powerful Claude models, sparking a major shift in the AI landscape. This video breaks down why Fable 5 was removed, the rise of Chinese competitors like GLM 5.2, and how to build a resilient 'Agent Operating System' for your business. 00:00 - Intro: The Claude Ban 00:4...

GLM 5.2 vs Kimi K 2.7 vs Opus 4.8: Which AI Model Builds the Best Apps? The script compares GLM 5.2, Kimi K 2.7, and Opus 4.8 by giving them identical build prompts inside an agent operating system and judging results across five tests: a Temple Run–style voxel runner (GLM 5.2 best), an inner solar system/orbit HUD simulation (Kimi K 2.7 best for zoom, speed, and customization), a liquid-in-a-bowl...

GLM 5.2 + Hermes Agents: Building Videos, Games, and SEO Websites with AI TeamsThe script explains how the GLM 5.2 update performs when plugged into Hermes Agent, showing a video created by a team of agents that generated an avatar, voiceover, script, editing, effects, and portfolio visuals. It contrasts GLM 5.2 with Claude, noting Claude is harder and more expensive to integrate with Hermes via A...

GLM 5.2 Just Dropped: Building 3D Games, an Agent OS, and Content Fast (Zed AI)The script showcases China’s new GLM 5.2 flagship model from Zed AI and what the creator has built with it within a few hours, including multiple 3D/open-world style games, an agent “operating system” with apps and a CLI integration, and visual experiments like particle galaxy/fireworks and plasma wallpapers. They expla...

Rank #1 with AI SEO: Hermes Agent Auto-Creates, Edits & Judges Avatar Videos in One PromptThe presenter demonstrates how Hermes Agent can generate fully edited AI avatar videos from a single prompt for AI SEO, showing three examples created with Hermes plus KimiK 2.7 (including scripts, edits, camera moves, and avatar voice/face) without manual work. They explain that targeting a keyword with...

Google’s Gemini Managed Agents API: Your Own Cloud Computer for Deep Research & Reports (Antigravity Demo)Google released a new Gemini API for cloud-managed agents, letting you run long-horizon AI tasks in a remote, stateful Linux environment without using your local machine or setting up VPS infrastructure. The script shows how the API key from AI Studio can be plugged into an agent operating...

Kimi K2.7: China’s Long-Horizon Coding Agent That Builds Games, Web OS, and AI VideosThe script showcases China’s newly released Kimi K2.7 (Moonshot) as a long-horizon agentic coding model used to build multiple playable games, visual demos, a web-based “Kimi OS” with fully generated apps, and a fully edited AI-avatar video produced by a team of AI agents. The speaker explains that results require...

Why the US Government Just Banned Claude Fable 5 Discover the shocking truth behind the US government's sudden ban on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models. We explore the alleged role of Amazon researchers in the shutdown and why relying on a single AI model is now a major risk for your workflow. 00:00 - Intro: The Claude 5 Ban 00:43 - The Secret Amazon Connection 02:04 - How the...

Kimi K2.7 Code + Hermes Agents: Build Apps & Videos Autonomously (Full Demo)The script showcases the release of Kimi K2.7 Code and how it’s been integrated into a Hermes Agent “crew” to autonomously build, run, bug-fix, and iterate on real projects using a large context window and a flat monthly coding plan. It demonstrates a fully AI-produced video where the avatar (via HeyGen CLI), editing/d...

Breaking: Anthropic Pulls Fable-5 & Mythos-5 After US Government Directive (What We Know)The video reports breaking news that Anthropic’s Claude models Fable-5 and Mythos-5 have been abruptly disabled after a US government directive, which reportedly suspends access for foreign nationals (including Anthropic employees), though the creator notes some users still appear to have access and is uns...

N2 Pro: Free Open-Source Chinese Coding Model Beating Claude & GPT on Benchmarks (260K Context)The video introduces N2, a new free Chinese open-source model with open weights and a 260K-token context window, designed for coding and agentic workflows with strong tool/function calling. It highlights benchmark results where N2 outperforms paid APIs like Claude Opus 4.7, GPT 5.5, and DeepSeek V4 P...

Turn One Hermes Agent Into a Full AI Team (Agent OS + Obsidian Memory Galaxy + Kanban vs Paperclip)The video explains how to expand a single Hermes agent into a coordinated team by plugging Hermes into an Agent Operating System, including voice control via “Hermes Jarvis,” and using Obsidian as a local, markdown-based memory vault. It answers community questions on setting up the Obsidian “Memory...