Tech News #59 | AI Arms Race Heats Up: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google & Meta Updates with Eve Cogan

This month in SSW Tech News, Eve Cogan breaks down the biggest and most controversial updates in AI. From Anthropic’s unreleased “too powerful” model and its cybersecurity implications, to Meta re-entering the AI race and OpenAI calling for government policy discussions—this episode is packed with insights.

You’ll also hear about Google’s surprisingly efficient open-source model, Cursor’s evolution into agent-first coding, and GitHub’s controversial move to train on user data. If you’re a developer, tech enthusiast, or AI watcher, this is your quick, insightful roundup of what’s shaping the future of AI right now.

00:00 | Introduction
00:27 | Anthropic’s “Too Powerful” AI Model (Mythos)
01:22 | Project GlassWing & Cybersecurity Concerns
02:11 | Industry Reactions & Access Controversy
02:39 | Meta Rejoins the AI Race with Muse
03:35 | OpenAI’s Industrial Policy & AI Governance
05:19 | Google’s Gemma 4 Breakthrough
06:25 | Cursor 3 & Agent-First Coding
07:48 | GitHub Training on User Data
09:02 | Meta’s AI Avatar “Eye of Sauron”
09:27 | Wrap Up & What’s Next

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About the speakers

Eve Cogan

Eve Cogan is a university student and part-time employee at SSW. She helps with all things media and writing-related, as well as making sure the marketing and social media is beautiful.

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