Prometheus, Claude Fable 5, Anthropic, Amodei

Send us Fan MailEpisode — June 12, 2026 Jeff Bezos' Prometheus raises $12B at $41B valuation with zero products. OpenAI acquires Ona for persistent Codex cloud. Dario Amodei publishes Cold War doctrine for AI. Claude Fable 5 proves "relentlessly proactive" in hands-on tests. Anthropic admits "wrong tradeoff" on researcher surveillance. Perplexity routes research across 20+ frontier models. xAI launches plugin marketplace with commit verification. Nous Research ships Hermes Agent Profile Builder. OpenAI and Anthropic prepare pre-IPO token price war. MiniMax teaches model to prove theorems with self-verification. Stories Jeff Bezos' Prometheus closes $12B round Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive Anthropic admits 'wrong tradeoff' Dario Amodei's Cold War playbook OpenAI to acquire Ona Perplexity Deep Research in Computer xAI Grok Build Plugin Marketplace Nous Research Hermes Agent Profile Builder OpenAI vs. Anthropic: price war MaxProof: mathematical proof with generative-verifier RL