IM 879: Alex Karp, Alex Karp, Alex Karp - Beyond Fable: Are Open Models Ready for Prime Time?

IM 879: Alex Karp, Alex Karp, Alex Karp - Beyond Fable: Are Open Models Ready for Prime Time?

Author: TWiT July 16, 2026 Duration: 2:24:26

With open weight models fast approaching the power and utility of closed AI giants, enterprises face tough choices about privacy, sovereignty, and who they can trust. Explore why the next tech revolution might depend on which models stay truly open—and who gets to keep using them.

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  • Apple sues OpenAI, alleging it stole trade Secrets
  • Google's Demis Hassabis says it's time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US
  • Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes massive 570 flaws, 3 zero-days
  • White House details 'Gold Eagle' clearinghouse for AI cyber threats
  • Introducing GPT-Live
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  • OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs
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  • What xAI Grok Build CLI actually sends to xAI - a wire-level analysis (grok 0.2.93)
  • Musk promises purge after Grok Build caught sending entire repos to the cloud
  • PrismML — Announcing Bonsai 27B: The First 27B-Class Model to Run on a Phone
  • Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI's AGI work due to illness
  • OpenAI has folded safety into research again. Its head of safety is leaving.
  • We built a vulnerability vending machine: AI tokens in, zero-days out
  • Australia demands AI companies must produce more energy than they consume, stop 'theft' of content
  • White House not ruling out action on open-source AI models
  • The Hard-Line Activists Ramping Up for the War With AI - WSJ
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  • History of LLMs: Complete Timeline & Evolution (1950-2026)
  • No, You Shouldn't Avoid Fruits and Vegetables Due to Cyclospora
  • Google creator profiles
  • Dust jacket

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Guest: Raffi Krikorian

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