LWiAI Podcast #248 - Opus 4.8, MAI, Anthropic IPO, Minimax-M3

Last Week in AI · 2 months ago · 23 ● 3 sources

A podcast episode covering major AI developments including Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 release with significant benchmark improvements and new safety concerns, Apple's Siri AI announcement with Gemini integration, and OpenAI's confidential IPO filing amid a funding race. Google is paying SpaceX $920 million per month for GPU compute, while Bezos-backed Prometheus raised $12 billion for physical AI systems. The episode also discusses new open-source models like Gemma 4, policy calls for AI regulation with third-party testing, and disputes over music licensing settlements with generative audio companies.