SoftBank's $40B OpenAI Investment & Anthropic's Claude Mythos Leak

SoftBank's $40B OpenAI Investment & Anthropic's Claude Mythos Leak

Author: Hard Fork AI March 28, 2026 Duration: 13:35
In this episode, we discuss SoftBank's massive $40 billion investment in OpenAI and the implications for the AI industry's competition. We also explore the leaked Anthropic document revealing their powerful new 'Claude Mythos' model and its unprecedented cybersecurity risks.


Chapters
00:00 Introduction and AI Box Ad
01:53 AI Robots at the White House
03:17 SoftBank's OpenAI Investment
05:28 OpenAI's Robotics Pivot
07:10 Apple Opening Siri to Third-Party AI
09:09 Anthropic's Claude Mythos Leak


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