Claude

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. Three weeks ago, the US government banned one of the most powerful AI models ever built. Yesterday, it came back online. And if you’re using Claude for anything — work, coding, research — you need to know what just happened. On June 12, 2026, the US Department of Commerce applied export controls to Anthropic’s newest models, Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5. Access was suspended globally overnight. No warning, no grace period. Just gone. As of July 1, Fable 5 is back for everyone — but the story behind the ban tells you something important about where AI is headed. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I’ve been watching AI agents evolve for months, and most of them share the same problem: they’re built for people who already know how to code. Anthropic just changed that. Their new feature called Cowork runs directly inside the Claude desktop app, reads and edits files on your computer, and requires nothing more than typing what you want in plain English. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. If your entire business runs on Claude, last week should have scared you. On June 12, 2026, the Trump administration ordered Anthropic to pull its most powerful models — Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 — offline. Not because the models were broken. Not because Anthropic did something wrong. Because a jailbreak was flagged as a national security risk, and the government gave Anthropic 90 minutes to comply. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I used to tell people that $20 a month for ChatGPT Plus was the best money I spend on tools. Last week, Google cut its AI Plus plan to $4.99 a month — and doubled the storage. That changes the conversation. What just happened Google dropped Google AI Plus from $7.99 to $4.99 per month and bumped the included storage from 200GB to 400GB. For five bucks a month, you get Gemini Advanced, video generation via Omni Flash, Google Flow, and NotebookLM — Google’s AI research assistant that turns your documents into podcast-style summaries. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. You paste a prompt. The AI returns three paragraphs that sound like every LinkedIn post you’ve ever scrolled past. Generic opener. Vague advice. A closing line about “leveraging synergies.” You close the tab and think the tool is broken. It’s probably not the model. It’s the input. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I switched from Claude to Cursor’s new Composer 2.5 three weeks ago. My AI bill dropped 90%. And honestly? It does things Claude won’t even try. That’s not hyperbole. Cursor released Composer 2.5 on May 18th, and the benchmarks say it matches Claude Opus 4.7 — the top-tier paid model — at a fraction of the cost. But benchmarks are benchmarks. What actually matters is what happens when you use the thing every day for real work. I’ve been testing it across my automation projects, blog builds, and client workflows, and I need to tell you what I found. ...

I’ve been writing with AI for about a year now. Not as a developer. Not as someone with a CS degree. Just as a regular person who wanted to write faster. And in that year, I tested every AI writing tool I could find. Some I paid for. Some had free tiers. Some were amazing. Some were a complete waste of money. Here’s what I learned — so you don’t have to make the same mistakes I did. ...

I tested 10 AI writing tools so you don’t have to Every “best AI writing tools” article lists the same 10 tools with the same feature tables. ChatGPT is “versatile.” Claude is “nuanced.” Jasper is “for marketing.” Cool. But which one actually writes like a human? I gave each tool the same task: write a 200-word introduction for a blog post about why people wake up at 3am. Same prompt, same instructions. Here’s what actually came out. ...