Welcome to another wild week in artificial intelligence! In this episode of AI The Podcast, hosts Virginia Huling and David Maples break down a chaotic chain of breakthroughs and boardroom drama that proves the AI industry has officially “grown up.” From astronomical trillion-dollar IPO filings by OpenAI and Anthropic to SpaceX’s massive $60 billion acquisition of the AI coding agent Cursor, the financial stakes have never been higher.

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[00:00:00] – Introduction: A Wild Week in AI
[00:01:40] – The Trillion-Dollar IPO Race
[00:04:45] – SpaceX Acquires Cursor for $60 Billion
[00:07:45] – Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Invisible Guardrails
[00:12:45] – The US Government Pulls the Plug on Fable 5
[00:16:30] – The Geopolitical Risk of AI Vendors
[00:21:40] – The Hypocrisy of AI Safety Warnings
[00:26:45] – General LLMs vs. Specialized Clinical AI
[00:30:45] – Final Thoughts & 3 Actionable Business Tips

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