150: The Government Said “No Fable For You”

Anthropic's new Fable model gets pulled days after launch when the US government restricts foreign access, a fully open-source Chinese model claims Claude Opus-level benchmarks for a fraction of the price, and MDN ships an MCP server to keep AI agents current on the web platform. Plus npm 12's supply-chain crackdown and SpaceX's eye-popping $60B Cursor buy.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:27 - Anthropic released Fable and the US government shut it down
• 13:51 - GLM-5.2
• 20:16 - MDN MCP Server
• 25:42 - npm 12's breaking changes
• 31:38 - SpaceX bought Cursor for $60B
• 39:13 - What's Making Us Happy

News

• Paige: MDN MCP Server
• Jack: GLM-5.2
• TJ: Anthropic released Fable and the US shut it down days later

Lightning News

• SpaceX bought Cursor for $60B
• npm 12 breaking changes

What's Making Us Happy

• Paige: Newest season of Clarkson's Farm and World Cup international fans
• Jack: Portland Pickles
• TJ: Claude Cowork

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