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Hosts: James Okafor & Maya Chen In this episode: • Today we're covering Anthropic's Mythos model getting into the wrong hands, SpaceX's surprise sixty billion dollar Cursor acquisition, and Google's ne... • Starting with the Anthropic story — this is genuinely alarming. Mythos wasn't supposed to be public because it can automatically find and exploit soft... • Yeah, and here's why this changes...

(0:15) Google Adds Marvell as Third Chip Design Partner to Build Inference Focused TPUs (1:12) Cerebras Files for IPO After Winning Major OpenAI Contract (2:15) AI Shoppers Now Spend More and Convert Better Than Human Visitors at US Retailers (3:15) Defense Tech Firm Aevex Raises $320 Million in US IPO (4:01) Chinese Humanoid Robot Runs Half Marathon Faster Than Human World Record Get Pivot 5 in y...

Hosts: James Okafor & Maya Chen In this episode: • Today we're covering the NSA's surprising adoption of Anthropic's Mythos, computer-use agents finally going mainstream, and Cursor's eye-popping fifty... • Starting with what might be the most unexpected story of the year—the NSA is now using Anthropic's Mythos Preview model, despite Trump's February ban ... • Here's why this changes everythin...

(0:15) Nvidia CEO Warns DeepSeek Shift to Huawei Chips Threatens US AI Dominance (1:38) Tesla Expands Robotaxi Service to Dallas and Houston After Austin Launch (2:38) Palantir, Thales and Air Space Intelligence Compete to Build the FAA's Two Hour Flight Conflict Prediction System (3:58) NanoClaw 2.0 Requires Human Approval Before AI Agents Take Sensitive Actions (5:14) Printed Artificial Neurons...

(0:15) Cerebras Files for IPO With OpenAI as Billion Dollar Lender and Largest Customer (1:23) Stellantis Partners With Microsoft to Deploy AI Across Vehicle Fleet and Operations (2:18) Dairy Queen Expands AI Drive-Through Ordering to Dozens of US Locations (3:19) InsightFinder Raises $15M to Debug AI Agents Across the Full Tech Stack (4:24) Startup Pelgo Uses AI to Place Workers Displaced by Auto...

Hosts: James Okafor & Maya Chen In this episode: • Today: Anthropic's Mythos model triggers a White House security scramble, OpenAI's Pentagon deal sparks a massive user revolt, and Cursor eyes a stunn... • Here's why this changes everything. Yesterday afternoon, Dario Amodei walked into the White House for an emergency meeting with Chief of Staff Susie W... • The Treasury Secretary called it...

(0:15) OpenAI Expands Codex to Run Background Agents on Desktop as It Chases Anthropic (1:26) Salesforce Exposes Entire Platform as APIs So AI Agents Can Replace Its User Interface (2:40) Starbucks Launches ChatGPT App to Help Customers Discover Drinks (3:52) Solidroad Raises $25 Million to Automate Customer Support Quality Assurance at Scale (5:02) Samsung Turns Smart Home Appliances Into Elder C...

(0:15) Anthropic Rejects Funding Offers Valuing the Company Above $800 Billion (1:10) Wayve Adds AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm as Investors to Cover Every Major Chip Architecture in Automotive (2:12) Federal Judge Rules AI Chatbot Conversations Are Not Legally Privileged (3:25) Hightouch Hits $100M Revenue Selling AI Marketing Tools That Replace Design Teams (4:29) Major AI Chatbots Deliver Problematic M...

Hosts: James Okafor & Maya Chen In this episode: • Today we're covering Tennessee's shocking AI felony bill, Anthropic's too-dangerous-to-release Mythos model, and OpenAI's massive $122 billion raise. • Let's start with Tennessee. James, this bill is absolutely unprecedented. • It really is. Tennessee's legislature is proposing to make building chatbots that provide emotional support a Class A...

James Okafor: Welcome to Pivot 5! I'm James— Maya Chen: —and I'm Maya. Let's get into it. James Okafor: Today we're covering Anthropic's Mythos model triggering cybersecurity alarms, those eye-watering $800 billion valuation talks, and OpenAI investors getting nervous. Maya Chen: Here's why this changes everything — Anthropic's latest model Mythos has government officials and bank CEOs literally l...

(0:15) Meta Locks in Broadcom for Custom AI Chips Through 2029 With One Gigawatt Commitment (1:08) Amazon Acquires Globalstar for $11.6 Billion to Challenge Starlink (2:01) Novo Nordisk Partners With OpenAI to Accelerate Drug Development (2:54) Synera Raises $40M Series B to Deploy Autonomous AI Agents Across Engineering Workflows at NASA and Major Manufacturers (4:00) Science Corp Plans First Hum...

(0:15) Meta Takes Global Digital Ad Crown From Google for the First Time (1:03) Anthropic Hires Trump Connected Lobbying Firm After Pentagon Supply Chain Designation (1:59) Zoetis Applies AI to Veterinary Diagnostics and Drug Development (2:51) Round Raises $6M to Automate Finance Workflows With AI Agents (3:51) Stanford Finds AI Experts and Public Sharply Divided on Technology's Role Get Pivot 5...

(0:15) OpenAI Claims Musk Shifted Legal Strategy Weeks Before Trial Start (1:09) Japan Commits $16 Billion in Total Subsidies to AI Chip Startup Rapidus (2:05) Treasury Warns Banks That Anthropic's New AI Model Could Enable Cyberattacks (3:06) Meow Technologies Launches Banking Platform That Lets AI Agents Open Accounts and Move Money (4:02) Man Arrested After Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Sam Altm...

(0:15) CoreWeave Signs $21 Billion Meta Deal for AI Computing Through 2032 (1:11) Amazon's Custom Chip Business Hits $20 Billion in Revenue and May Soon Sell Directly to Customers (2:22) Waymo Partners With Waze to Map Potholes for City Repairs (3:27) Chip Startup SiFive Raises $400 Million to Challenge Nvidia in AI Data Centers (4:23) Florida Attorney General Opens Investigation Into OpenAI Over...

(0:15) Bain Data Center Operator Ejects Tenant Suspected of Nvidia Chip Smuggling (1:15) Uber Moves Real-Time Matching to Amazon's Custom Chips and Pilots AI Training on Trainium3 (2:14) Utah Approves AI Chatbot to Renew Psychiatric Prescriptions Under Strict Pilot Program (3:16) NeuroClues Raises €10M to Scale AI Eye-Tracking Diagnostic for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's (4:23) ProPublica Newsroom S...

(0:15) Broadcom Locks in Multiyear AI Chip Production Deal With Google and Anthropic (1:17) Australian Data Center Startup Firmus Raises $505 Million at $5.5 Billion Valuation (2:09) Perplexity Launches AI Tax Assistant to Draft and Review Federal Returns (3:01) Argentine Wildfire Detection Startup Raises $2.7M After Beating NASA Alerts by 35 Minutes (4:06) OpenAI Proposes Robot Taxes and Public W...

(0:15) Hon Hai Reports 30 Percent Revenue Growth as AI Server Demand Holds Through Middle East Conflict (1:09) Microsoft Terms Call Copilot Entertainment Only Despite Enterprise Push (2:06) Mantis Biotech Builds Physics Based Digital Twins to Generate Synthetic Medical Data (3:13) Impulse Space and Anduril Win Pentagon Contract to Build Orbital Missile Interceptors for Golden Dome (4:07) DNA Robot...

(0:15) Meta Suspends Mercor After Supply Chain Attack Exposes AI Training Methods (1:23) ServiceNow CEO Says AI Expands Addressable Market to $600 Billion (2:22) Corti Launches Symphony AI That Outperforms OpenAI and Anthropic on Medical Coding by 25 Percent (3:28) WHOOP Raises $575 Million at $10 Billion Valuation Ahead of Planned IPO (4:42) Americans Use AI More But Trust It Less as Job Fears In...

(0:15) Microsoft Commits $10 Billion to Build AI Infrastructure in Japan Over Four Years (1:05) Anthropic Acquires Biotech AI Startup Coefficient Bio for $400 Million (2:02) Utah Approves AI Chatbot to Refill Psychiatric Medications Without Doctor Oversight (3:09) Omniscient Raises $4.1M to Turn 100,000 Sources Into Two-Minute Executive Briefings (4:12) Jury Rules Meta and Google Liable for Design...

(0:15) Nvidia Returns to Consumer PCs With Integrated CPU and GPU Chips (1:16) Consulting Firms See Fastest Growth Since Pandemic as Companies Seek AI Implementation Help (2:19) McLaren Health Care Deploys AI to Screen 40,000 Patients Annually for Hidden Heart Disease (3:27) Qumis Raises $4.3 Million for AI That Analyzes Insurance Policy Coverage Like an Attorney (4:33) Humans Can No Longer Reliab...

(0:15) Nvidia's Networking Division Hits $31 Billion in Annual Revenue, Rivaling Cisco (1:14) Micron Revenue Nearly Triples as AI Server Memory Demand Surges (2:09) School Bus Tech Company Zum Reaches $333 Million in Revenue With 35% Annual Growth (3:11) AI Security Startup Xbow Reaches Unicorn Status With $120 Million Raise (4:12) Tomato Picking Robot Learns to Judge Which Fruit It Can Actually H...

(0:15) Meta Loses $310 Billion in Market Value as AI Spending and Legal Risks Spook Investors (1:05) Mistral AI Secures $830 Million in Debt Financing to Build Paris Data Center (1:56) Woman Jailed Five Months After Facial Recognition System Falsely Linked Her to Bank Fraud (2:52) South Korean AI Chip Maker Rebellions Raises $400 Million at $2.3 Billion Valuation (3:52) Fifteen Percent of American...

(0:15) Eli Lilly Signs $2.75 Billion Deal for AI-Discovered Drugs From Insilico Medicine (1:25) Apple Repositions AI as a Platform Play Modeled on the App Store (2:33) New Zealand Agtech Startup Halter Raises $220 Million for AI Cow Collars (3:35) Bluesky Launches Attie to Let Users Build Custom Feeds and Apps With Natural Language (4:44) Stanford Finds AI Chatbots Validate Bad Behavior Half the T...

(0:15) OpenAI Shuts Down Sora Video Generator After Failing to Compete (1:15) Microsoft Takes Over 900 Megawatt Texas Data Center After Oracle and OpenAI Exit (2:02) Former Food Startup Founders Launch AI Law Firm Targeting UK Property Transactions (3:12) Kandou AI Raises $225 Million to Extend Copper's Life in AI Data Centers Against Optical Shift (4:20) Game Studio Fires Translator to Replace Tr...

(0:15) Meta Funds Seven New Gas Plants to Power Louisiana AI Data Center (1:09) Oracle Credit Default Risk Hits All-Time High as AI Spending Spooks Debt Markets (2:02) Ford Uses AI Agents to Win Back Dealerships With Automated Performance Analysis (3:00) Conntour Raises $7M to Build AI Search for Security Camera Footage (4:00) Melania Trump Showcases Humanoid Robot at White House AI Education Summ...