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Anthropic is training to destroy your company | EP 27
<p><strong>This Week In AI is made possible by:</strong></p><p><strong>PayPal - Pay zero processing fees on your first $100K in eligible PayPal payment volume. Learn more at</strong><a href="http://paypal.launch.co"><strong> paypal.launch.co</strong></a></p><p><strong>Today’s show:</strong></p><p><strong>*On “All In,” Gavin Baker said that Anthropic leadership privately believes that it could one day become “the only private company in the world.” The ensuing street fight on X turned into a referendum on doomerism, the nature of regulatory capture, and why the public hates AI so darn much.</strong></p><p><strong>Jason’s take: If a frontier lab really believes they’re destined to be the world’s only company, they’re studying your data and planning to steal your business.</strong></p><p><strong>PLUS why AI agents don’t understand it’s wrong to cheat (and how we can teach them), why Grok Bot may be AI’s “iPhone moment,” and the panel reacts to Amazon feeding rare books into a dino-themed shredding machine.</strong></p><p><strong>Guests</strong></p><p><strong>Galina Antova on X:</strong><a href="https://x.com/GalinaAntova"><strong> https://x.com/GalinaAntova</strong></a></p><p><strong>Kai:</strong><a href="https://www.kai.security/"><strong> https://www.kai.security/</strong></a></p><p><strong>Eric Ho on X:</strong><a href="https://x.com/eric_ho"><strong> https://x.com/eric_ho</strong></a></p><p><strong>Goodfire:</strong><a href="https://www.goodfire.com/"><strong> https://www.goodfire.com/</strong></a></p><p><strong>Silico:</strong><a href="https://www.goodfire.com/silico"><strong> https://www.goodfire.com/silico</strong></a></p><p><strong>Relevant Links</strong></p><p><strong>All-In Podcast: Gavin Baker on Anthropic:</strong><a href="https://x.com/theallinpod/status/2088367978270142811"><strong> https://x.com/theallinpod/status/2088367978270142811</strong></a></p><p><strong>Sholto Douglas response:</strong><a href="https://x.com/_sholtodouglas/status/2088463770318516734"><strong> https://x.com/_sholtodouglas/status/2088463770318516734</strong></a></p><p><strong>Gavin Baker response:</strong><a href="https://x.com/GavinSBaker/status/2088611616577253502"><strong> https://x.com/GavinSBaker/status/2088611616577253502</strong></a></p><p><strong>Dario Amodei response:</strong><a href="https://x.com/DarioAmodei/status/2088758816376807762"><strong> https://x.com/DarioAmodei/status/2088758816376807762</strong></a></p><p><strong>Zuckerberg AI manifesto:</strong><a href="https://www.meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone/"><strong> https://www.meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone/</strong></a></p><p><strong>Hugging Face: Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion:</strong><a href="https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline"><strong> https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline</strong></a></p><p><strong>Simon Willison: OpenAI’s accidental cyberattack on Hugging Face:</strong><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/openai-cyberattack/"><strong> https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/openai-cyberattack/</strong></a></p><p><strong>SWE-bench Leaderboards:</strong><a href="https://www.swebench.com/"><strong> https://www.swebench.com/</strong></a></p><p><strong>xAI: Introducing Grok Bot:</strong><a href="https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot"><strong> https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot</strong></a></p><p><strong>Peter Yang praises Grok Bot:</strong><a href="https://x.com/petergyang/status/2089401696946634801?s=20"><strong> https://x.com/petergyang/status/2089401696946634801?s=20</strong></a></p><p><strong>Wispr Flow:</strong><a href="https://wisprflow.ai/"><strong> https://wisprflow.ai/</strong></a></p><p><strong>@Aaronp613 on X: AirPods with Cameras in action:</strong><a href="https://x.com/aaronp613/status/2089522745184760112?s=20"><strong> https://x.com/aaronp613/status/2089522745184760112?s=20</strong></a></p><p><strong>9to5 Mac: AirPods with cameras get their clearest leak yet:</strong><a href="https://9t