Meta’s 8K Layoffs, OpenAI’s Exodus & The Agent Wars Heat Up

This week in AI feels like watching a high-stakes poker game where everyone just went all-in. Meta's cutting 8,000 jobs to fund a $135B AI bet, OpenAI's seeing executives head for the exits while shutting down Sora, and the coding agent wars are getting absolutely wild with xAI, Anthropic, and Google all making major moves. We're diving into what's really happening behind the headlines—from the "tokenmaxxing" trend that's actually making developers less productive, to humanoid robots running half-marathons, to why your favorite AI models might be lying about their pricing. Plus, we'll talk about what it means when a quarter of Americans are using AI as their first stop for medical advice. Grab your coffee. This one's packed.