#218: Anthropic IPO, Trump AI Executive Order, Rising AI Costs & OpenAI Merges Codex Into ChatGPT

Anthropic filed for an IPO and published a paper warning that recursive self-improvement may arrive faster than anyone is ready for. Paul and Mike break down both, then cover Trump's AI executive order, government stakes in AI labs, and the corporate scramble to control AI token costs.

Rapid fire: Apple WWDC previews, OpenAI's Codex-ChatGPT merger, Brockman's super PAC, AI rolling up the accounting industry, Stanford law professors losing to AI 75% of the time, and product updates from Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Anthropic.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 — Intro

00:05:53 — Anthropic IPO & Talks Recursive Self-Improvement

00:25:52 — Trump's AI Executive Order & Government Stakes in AI Labs

00:37:34 — The Soaring Cost of Intelligence, Part 2

00:57:34 — Apple WWDC

01:01:36 — OpenAI Is Merging Codex and ChatGPT

01:06:19 — OpenAI Distances Itself from Brockman's Super PAC

01:08:55 — AI Roll-Up Targets the Accounting Industry

01:12:23 — AI in Higher Education

01:16:29 — AI Use Case Spotlight

01:20:29 — AI Product and Funding Updates

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