Claude Sonnet 5 Is Here & Fable 5's Returning. For Now.

Claude Sonnet 5 just launched and Fable 5 is returning. But OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol is still locked down and the government's grip on the most powerful AI models throws it all into chaos..
We dig into what Sonnet 5 can actually do, why GPT-5.6 Sol is still gated, and the breaking news that Fable 5 is expected back, plus a huge creative MCP festival with the Blender to Seedance workflow.
This week on AI For Humans, Gavin Purcell and Kevin Pereira open on a strange new reality: the best AI models keep launching and then getting locked up, but this week the gate started to crack. Anthropic just shipped Claude Sonnet 5, its most agentic Sonnet yet, landing near Opus 4.8 performance at a much lower price, Meanwhile OpenAI announced GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna, but at the US government's request the flagship is only available to a small list of vetted partners.
Then the story moved while we were recording: the government cleared Anthropic to restore Mythos 5 to critical-infrastructure organizations, and Fable 5 is now reported to be on track to return for general use (timing and terms still unconfirmed). We recorded two quick in-episode updates to keep pace with the news as it broke.
AND Meta's Brain2Qwerty mind-reading research, NanoBanana 2 Lite, and a full creative MCP festival built around the Blender to Seedance video workflow, ComfyUI's MCP integration, and Gavin's own microdrama experiment.
THE AI FRONTIER IS HERE. WAIT, NOW IT'S NOT. OH, WAIT. IT IS!
// Show Links //
Anthropic introduces Claude Sonnet 5, its most agentic Sonnet yet (official)
anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-5
Anthropic's launch post for Sonnet 5
x.com/claudeai/status/2072017450611142835
BREAKING: Anthropic's official post on restoring Mythos 5 and working to bring Fable 5 back
anthropic.com/news/redeploying-fable-5
OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna in a limited government-approved preview (official)
openai.com/index/previewing-gpt-5-6-sol
Sam Altman on why the GPT-5.6 rollout is government-restricted
x.com/sama/status/2070607488274358364
Meta's Brain2Qwerty research on decoding typed text from brain activity
facebookresearch.github.io/brain2qwerty
NanoBanana 2 Lite is out
x.com/NanoBanana/status/2071988792970330186
Logan Kilpatrick on the fast-and-cheap tradeoff
x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/2071988351083921690
The Blender to Seedance workflow (reid hannaford, who helped popularize it)
x.com/reidhannaford/status/2070145120658137385
More Blender x Seedance examples
x.com/koldo2k/status/2071307945002815967
Even more Blender x Seedance examples
x.com/Flagiuss/status/2071335816190902624
A further Blender x Seedance example
x.com/reidhannaford/status/2071595581508563168
ComfyUI announces full MCP integration
x.com/ComfyUI/status/2071625866912944151
X launches an MCP, though the API is very expensive to use
x.com/XDevelopers/status/2071752389183647758
Gavin's microdrama experiment
x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2070937492858208540

Join our Discord
discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f
Support us on Patreon
patreon.com/AIForHumansShow
Subscribe to the AI For Humans Newsletter
aiforhumans.beehiiv.com
Follow us on X @AIForHumansShow
x.com/AIForHumansShow
Find us on TikTok @aiforhumansshow
tiktok.com/@aiforhumansshow
Book us for speaking or consultation
aiforhumans.show