#218: Anthropic IPO, Trump AI Executive Order, Rising AI Costs & OpenAI Merges Codex Into ChatGPT

Anthropic filed for an IPO and published a paper warning that recursive self-improvement may arrive faster than anyone is ready for. Paul and Mike break down both, then cover Trump's AI executive order, government stakes in AI labs, and the corporate scramble to control AI token costs.
Rapid fire: Apple WWDC previews, OpenAI's Codex-ChatGPT merger, Brockman's super PAC, AI rolling up the accounting industry, Stanford law professors losing to AI 75% of the time, and product updates from Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Anthropic.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:05:53 — Anthropic IPO & Talks Recursive Self-Improvement
00:25:52 — Trump's AI Executive Order & Government Stakes in AI Labs
00:37:34 — The Soaring Cost of Intelligence, Part 2
00:57:34 — Apple WWDC
01:01:36 — OpenAI Is Merging Codex and ChatGPT
01:06:19 — OpenAI Distances Itself from Brockman's Super PAC
01:08:55 — AI Roll-Up Targets the Accounting Industry
01:12:23 — AI in Higher Education
01:16:29 — AI Use Case Spotlight
01:20:29 — AI Product and Funding Updates
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