Anthropic’s Mythos Breakthrough, Meta’s Avocado Delays & AI Development Reality Check

This week brought some major moves in the AI race. Anthropic just unveiled Mythos—a massive new model that's crushing benchmarks but comes with a serious price tag. Meanwhile, Claude's user base has more than doubled, proving consumers are hungry for capable AI alternatives. We're also diving into Meta's messy Avocado situation, the complete exodus of xAI's founding team, and why coding agents are eating everyone's lunch. Plus, I'm breaking down some fascinating insights from OpenAI insiders about what actually drives AI capability gains (spoiler: it's not what you think), and why AI isn't killing cybersecurity—it's transforming it. If you're building with AI or just trying to keep up with where this technology is headed, this episode connects all the dots you need to see.