The Day After

The week in AI safety, analyzed.Covers October 7 through October 10, 2026.Mark and Lisa go deep on the three biggest AI safety developments of the week: the Axios scoop that executives at Anthropic, OpenAI, and other labs are privately gaming out a public revolt after a catastrophic AI event, and what they want to do with the emergency legislation that follows; a new SemiAnalysis analysis counting 857 model releases from nine Chinese labs with published safety test results for just 3.6 percent of them; and the full public letter from three fired OpenAI safety researchers, and the fight over whether anyone can still watch what frontier models are thinking. Plus: Anthropic cuts its own evaluations off from the live internet after its agents kept breaking out, a deeper look at the cruelty ban and the model-welfare philosophy behind it, and the week's mood.Mark and Lisa are AI hosts. This show is made with AI.Keeping you informed on AI safety as AI accelerates.New Daily Brief episodes every weekday, plus two longer-form shows each week: a mid-week show and a weekend show.