The Artificial Intelligence Show · 2026-06-09 · 1h 25m
Anthropic filed for an IPO and published a paper warning that recursive self-improvement may arrive faster than anyone is ready for. Paul and Mike break down both, then cover Trump's AI executive order, government stakes in AI labs, and the corporate scramble to control AI token costs. Rapid fire: Apple WWDC previews, OpenAI's Codex-ChatGPT merger, Brockman's super PAC, AI rolling up the accounting industry, Stanford law professors losing to AI 75% of the time, and product updates from Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Anthropic. Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here AI-Pulse Survey: Fill out this week’s AI-Pulse Survey here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:53 - Anthropic IPO & Talks Recursive Self-Improvement 00:25:52 - Trump's AI Executive Order & Government Stakes in AI Labs 00:37:34 - The Soaring Cost of Intelligence, Part 2 00:57:34 - Apple WWDC 01:01:36 - OpenAI Is Merging Codex and ChatGPT 01:06:19 - OpenAI Distances Itself from Brockman's Super PAC 01:08:55 - AI Roll-Up Targets the Accounting Industry 01:12:23 - AI in Higher Education 01:16:29 - AI Use Case Spotlight 01:20:29 - AI Product and Funding Updates This episode is
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