What happened to my Fable?

https://novacut.ai/ 

Description:

Anthropic pulls access to Fable, and China responds the same day with GLM 5.2. In this episode we break down the escalating AI arms race, US export controls on chips and frontier models, and whether the "Great Firewall of America" is already here.

⏱️ Topics:

• Anthropic restricts Fable — what happened and why
• China's GLM 5.2 release and how close they're catching up
• US trust, surveillance, and AI gatekeeping
• Token pricing chaos — cost per task vs. cost per token
• Model routing, loop engineering, and autonomous agents
• Anthropic's Mythos model and Fable safeguard philosophy
• Xiaomi NEMO V2.5 Pro Ultra Speed
• Midjourney's bizarre health spa pivot
• AI Engineer Conference wrap-up

🔗 Links & Resources: 

Fable

 

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5 

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/15/feds-freaked-over-fable-5-after-simple-fix-this-code-prompt-not-jailbreak-says-researcher/5255827 “Fix this code”

https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328960-identity-verification-on-claude 

 

Midjourney

https://www.midjourney.com/medical/blogpost 

Full body ultrasound CT scanner

 

Xiaomi 1000tps

https://mimo.xiaomi.com/blog/mimo-tilert-1000tps (MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed: Pushing 1T-Parameter Model Generation Speed to 1000 TPS

Best opensource model

https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.2

📌 Timestamps in the chapters section above.

#AIPodcast #Anthropic #Fable #GLM52 #AIArmsRace #LLM #GenAI

0:00 Intro: Anthropic restricts Fable access
1:00 China's response and GLM 5.2 release
1:55 US trust and AI model reliability
2:37 Geopolitics and AI regulations
4:17 AI arms race and export control limits
5:49 Fable usage experience and value
6:30 Z.AI subscription and pricing comparison
9:07 Subscription limits vs. API usage
10:30 GLM 5.2 token limits and utility
13:52 China catches up: GLM vs. US models
15:06 Intelligence index and model cost trend
17:40 Token pricing complexity and value
23:30 Cost per task vs. cost per token
24:35 Model routing and usage optimization
29:43 Loop engineering and autonomous agents
33:23 NovaCut: AI video editor and ad loops
37:07 Anthropic's Fable re-release timeline
38:41 US gatekeeping and China's advantage
40:11 Great Firewall of America risks
44:07 Mass surveillance and free speech
46:01 Global AI trust and market shift
47:48 Enforcing identity checks on AI
48:54 Export bans on chips and hardware
51:52 US restricts allies from frontier models
52:39 Anthropic's talent and Mythos model
53:51 Fable safeguards and US government view
1:00:12 Xiaomi NEMO V2.5 Pro Ultra Speed model
1:02:39 Optimizing for intelligence, cost, speed, and size
1:13:19 Midjourney's unexpected health spa pivot
1:28:30 AI Engineer conference and podcast wrap