1014: Anthropic doesn’t use AI
Jun 22, 2026•1 hr 32 min
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Episode description
Scott, Wes, and CJ reunite fresh off a trip to Amsterdam to chat conferences, burnout, and whether Anthropic actually uses AI. They also dig into a packed bag of sick picks and tech news, including HTML streaming in Chrome, an image-to-ASCII generator, and a wild Arch Linux supply chain attack.
Show Notes- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 02:15 Anthropic Doesn’t Use AI
- 06:15 Taste and Vision in Prompting Output
- 10:50 Wes and Scott’s Slide Decks
- 18:05 Amsterdam Trip Recap
- 26:09 Are Conferences worth it?
- 27:21 Amsterdam Trip Recap
- 31:17 Fable 5 First Impressions
- 33:45 Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Banned
- 41:45 IRL Events Are Great For Burnout
- 45:12 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 45:52 HTML Streaming now in Chrome
- 55:47 Image to ASCII Generator
- 01:01:31 Find Modern Module Replacements
- 01:05:55 Scott is Using MacOS / iOS Betas
- 01:09:25 Xiaomi OpenCode Fork and Mimo 2.5 Pro
- 01:14:06 Agent Dashboards
- 01:21:39 Arch Linux Supply Chain Attack
- 01:23:47 Should we train coding only models?
- 01:31:37 Thanks!
Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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