#225: GPT-5.6, ChatGPT Work, Enterprise Agents, AI 2040 & Apple Sues OpenAI

OpenAI shipped GPT-5.6, ChatGPT Work, and GPT-Live this week, and the real story is the move from chat to computer-use agents. Paul and Mike break down what changed, then get into enterprise AI agents and the "reverse information paradox," the AI 2040 report, Apple's trade-secret suit against OpenAI, Illinois's new AI safety law, the AI Safety Index, a cheating scandal at Brown, and foreign influence around data centers.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 — Intro

00:05:45 — GPT-5.6, ChatGPT Work, and GPT-Live (Plus GPT-6 Rumors)

00:31:30 — Advice on AI Agents in the Enterprise

00:46:39 — AI 2040

00:59:17 — Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft

01:06:14 — Illinois Signs Nation-Leading AI Safety Law

01:09:59 — AI Safety Index: Nobody Gets an A

01:13:11 — The AI Cheating Scandal at Brown

01:17:44 — China and Russia Stoke US Public Opinion on Data Centers

01:20:57 — AI Use Case Spotlight

01:26:19 — AI Product and Funding Updates

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