The AI industry just hit several major inflection points at once.
This episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, recorded live from HPE Discover 2026 in Las Vegas, features Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke breaking down Anthropic’s sudden shutdown of Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5 following a U.S. export control directive, the growing server memory crisis impacting Dell and HPE, and Apple’s surprising partnership with Google Cloud and Nvidia to scale Apple Intelligence.
They also examine how digital sovereignty is reshaping global technology acquisitions after the Netherlands blocked Kyndryl’s purchase of Solvinity, why community opposition is becoming one of the biggest threats to AI data center expansion, and how “botsitting” is eroding promised enterprise AI productivity gains.
Finally, they preview what to expect from HPE Discover 2026, including AI agent infrastructure, GreenLake innovation, autonomous networking, and the future of enterprise AI operations.
This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke.
Time Stamps:
- 0:00 - Cold Open
- 0:29 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown
- 1:15 - US Government tells Anthropic to pull Mythos and Fable
- 3:39 - HPE and Dell have different plans for RAM and SSD shortage
- 6:32 - Apple wants enterprise AI
- 10:05 - Dutch Cloud Sovereignty block Kyndryl's aquisition
- 12:37 - Communities don't want AI datacenters in their neighbourhood
- 16:57 - Botsitting is the new middle management, destroying productivity gains
- 19:19 - HPE Discover Announcements
- 25:54 - The Weeks Ahead
- 27:58 - Thanks for Watching
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