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Ep 803: Anthropic Continues Fable Fight, Microsoft Goes Open Source, Midjourney’s Big Pivot and More AI News That Matters

June 22, 2026

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For a week that began with the US government branding Anthropic a "supply chain risk"—a label typically reserved for foreign adversaries—the AI landscape saw the usual giants stumble and some unexpected players seize the moment. The biggest takeaway from the past seven days is not just the continued standoff between Anthropic and the White House, but a genuine shift in the economics of AI: open-source and Chinese models are closing the performance gap with frontier US systems, and major incumbents like Microsoft are publicly considering a switch.

The Anthropic-White House Standoff

The feud between Anthropic and the Trump administration deepened. President Trump told Axios that he had previously considered Anthropic—or its CEO, Dario Amodei—a "national security threat," though he now believes the situation is improving. The crisis was triggered when the Pentagon labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, the first time a US company has received that designation. The immediate consequence remains the global shutdown of Anthropic’s frontier models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after the US government barred foreign nationals from accessing them. Because Anthropic cannot instantly verify every user's citizenship, it was forced to disable both models worldwide to remain compliant. Trump revealed that Amazon, a competitor and part-owner of Anthropic, alerted his administration to the comp

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:16) **Trump White House and Anthropic Feud Continues** - President Trump called Anthropic/CEO Dario Amodei a "national security threat" in an Axios interview, though he says the situation is improving.
  • 2 (05:56) **Microsoft Considers Open Source Models for Copilot Co-Work** - Microsoft is moving Copilot Co-Work to usage-based pricing and is reportedly exploring self-hosted models like China's DeepSeek V4 to cut costs.
  • 3 (10:50) **Chinese Startup Z-AI Releases New Open Weights Model GLM-52** - A 753 billion parameter model with MIT open source licensing, challenging proprietary models on several benchmarks.
  • 4 (16:01) **G7 Summit Pushes for U.S.-Led AI Coalition** - CEOs of Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI met with G7 leaders to urge international AI standards.
  • 5 (21:02) **Midjourney’s Big Pivot to Medical Imaging** - The AI image generator announced a full-body ultrasound scanner, marking a significant shift from its core product.
  • 6 (27:14) **Cursor Announces New 1.5 Trillion Parameter Model and GitHub Competitor** - Post-acquisition by SpaceX, Cursor previewed a from-scratch model and a new code hosting platform.
  • 7 (31:27) **GPT-5.6 from OpenAI Could Be Days Away** - Leaks and reports suggest OpenAI is preparing to release the GPT-5.6 family, potentially including mini and pro versions.

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Show Notes

While Anthropic and the U.S. Government continued to try and make amends, there was another seismic shift quietly taking place: open source surged. 

Between Microsoft reportedly testing Open Source models for Copilot and the powerful new GLM-5.2, there was a clear trend this week in AI world. 

Missed it all? 

Don't worry, we'll catch you up so you can make the informed decisions for your company. 

Anthropic Continues Fable Fight, Microsoft Goes Open Source, Midjourney’s Big Pivot and More AI News That Matters -- An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan Wilson


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Topics Covered in This Episode:

  1. Anthropic Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Export Ban
  2. Trump Labels Anthropic a National Security Threat
  3. Microsoft Copilot CoWork Open Source Model Switch
  4. Microsoft Considers DeepSeek-V4 for AI Cost Reduction
  5. Chinese GLM 5-2 Sets Open Source Benchmark
  6. GLM 5-2 Challenges Proprietary AI Models
  7. MidJourney Hardware Pivot: AI Medical Imaging Scanner
  8. Cursor Building 1.5T Parameter Model, GitHub Competitor
  9. AI CEO Summit: G7 Pushes US-Led AI Coalition
  10. OpenAI Prepares GPT-5.6 Release
  11. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Face Geopolitical AI Scrutiny
  12. Advancements in Token Efficiency and Cost Control




Timestamps:

00:00 Trump's comments on Anthropic

06:17 Microsoft exploring lower-cost AI models

09:07 Microsoft exploring DeepSeek amid tensions

13:45 AI model performance and efficiency trends

15:59 AI leaders meet at G7 Summit

21:22 Midjourney unveils first hardware product

23:26 MidJourney's innovative spa technology

28:50 Discussing Cursor's evolution and impact

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