The Attention Mechanism with Andrew Mayne

Slowed for Safety

Andrew and Justin react to the industry calls to slow model development in the name of safety, the launch of Astra 6, and more. The Attention Mechanism is now available

The Hugging Face Report

Andrew and Justin discuss the follow-up reporting and investigations surrounding the Hugging Face hack, Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face, and the looming promise of s

The Problem with Text Watermarks

Andrew and Justin discuss Anthropic's text-based AI watermarks, the future of private companies in an AI world, and whether Google can keep up with the rest of its fronti

The End of the DeepMind Era?

Andrew and Justin reconvene to talk about an ongoing series of recent upheavals at Google, asking whether the company's lack of focus on AI puts it at a disadvantage over

A Good Guy with a Frontier Model

Andrew and Justin discuss the Hugging Face breach, which saw an unreleased OpenAI model find its way into the company's systems during internal testing. They also discuss

A Frontier Shakeup

Andrew and Justin discuss what's turned out to be a busy July for frontier models, including the launch of Kimi K3, the latest in Anthropic's Fable saga, and the arrival

The 800-Pound Panda in the Room

Andrew and Justin discuss the return of Fable, which arrives with some slight performance changes after a prolonged fight between Anthropic and the US government. What's

Reshuffling the Deck

Andrew and Justin take a look at the continuing fallout of Anthropic's fight with the government, including the delayed general availability of OpenAI's GPT-5.6. Plus, is

Everything's a Metaphor

Andrew and Justin zoom in on the continued fallout surrounding Anthropic following the government's decision to issue an export-control directive on its Mythos-based mode

Mythos Goes Myth

Andrew and Justin dive into the ongoing drama surrounding Anthropic and the US government, as an emergency export control directive forced the AI giant to suspend access

Third Time's the Charm

Andrew and Justin dig into Apple's latest — and Tim Cook's final — WWDC, where Apple Intelligence once again promised to change how you use your iPhone. They also dive in

The Good, the Bad, and the I/O

Andrew and Justin recap Google's big announcements coming out of this year's I/O conference. Aside from its new Omni video model, what else left the pair excited about Go

Suing Your Way to the Moon

Andrew and Justin talk through the fallout of the Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman lawsuit, which played out in dramatic fashion over the last couple of weeks before ending prema

Good Vibes

Andrew and Justin reconvene to talk about a busy couple of weeks in AI, including diving into Andrew's time at OpenAI's 5.5 launch party. Before that, the two discuss the

The Compute Crisis

Andrew and Justin discuss Anthropic's increasingly high compute demands, leading to frequent downtime and throttled usage, and compare it to OpenAI's treatment of its Cod

Heated Rivalry

Andrew and Justin dive into the rumors surrounding Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's Spud. With IPOs on the horizon for both companies, are we looking at an all-new kind of

The Cursor Issue

Andrew and Justin dive into the recent drama surrounding Cursor. The team behind the beloved AI coding tool recently launched their own model to compete against the likes

Your Always-Available Second Opinion

Andrew and Justin discuss how AI is shaping health, ranging from a dog that appears to have been saved from cancer thanks to AI-enabled research to the ongoing push into

A 10-Speed Bicycle Behind a Tractor Trailer

Andrew and Justin reconvene to discuss Anthropic's recent claims that Chinese AI labs are utilizing Claude to improve their own models, before turning their attention to

Claw-ture Clash

Andrew and Justin discuss the recent acqui-hire Peter Steinberger, the founder behind OpenClaw (né Clawdbot, né Moltbot), with his project remaining open-source. The two