Anthropic’s Mythos is Back, OpenAI Releases GPT 5.6, Apple’s Price Increases

Episode notes

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Mythos is back 2) OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 to a small group 3) Should the government pick winners? 4) Is this a blessing to open source AI? 5) Is the gating of frontier models bad for these companies businesses? 6) Frontier lab customers are finding cheaper ways to do business 7) There's a bunch of overbilling happening in opaque AI systems 8) Is SpaceX's valuation frothy? 9) Apple's price raises: Greed or not? 10) Apple's impact on the memory space 11) Rest in peace, Om Malik - Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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