AI #172: The First Fable

A lot happened this week, including a great trip out to Lighthaven. The main event, the one that matters, was the release of Claude Fable 5. The public now has its hands on a Mythos-class model, alongside strong safeguards. As always with a new model, I take a few days to draw in reactions, try out the model and read the system card, before I offer my takes, other than to say this is an extremely strong model. Full coverage of Mythos begins tomorrow with the model card, which will include discussion of the controversy over model safeguards. This post is instead about all the things that did not involve Claude Fable. Due to the time crunch from Claude Fable, I am also postponing my coverage of Dario Amodei’s new essay, Policy on the AI Exponential, which I have not yet read. Table of Contents Language Models Offer Mundane Utility. Farming and on demand mini-books. Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility. Don’t skip your primary sources. Huh, Upgrades. Google drops prices, Claude connector devs get a dashboard. On Your Marks. Agents’ Last Exam and the need to correct for inference. Choose Your Fighter. How much capability is enough? Get My Agent On The Line. A goal can be optimized indefinitely. Copyright Confrontation. Copyright has to adjust to different circumstances. Serious Trouble. German court rules against Google AI Overviews. Cyber Lack of Security. Opus finds a 4-year-old way to mint Z-Cash. A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer. Models adjust to your intelligence. They Took Our Jobs. Attempts to smuggle in claims of what AI can never do. The Art of the Jailbreak. Malware adds nuclear talk to lock out AI monitors. Get Involved. Sequent Research is gearing up a large new AI safety push. In Other AI News. Sriram Krishnan leaves the White House. Hand Over The Money. Government may extort shares of AI companies. Show Me the Money. OpenAI files to go public, SpaceX rents to Google. Quiet Speculations. EU 2031 is a new scenario where Europe is left behind. Quickly