Amazon’s $35B AGI Ultimatum to OpenAI & Anthropic Drops AI Safety | EP #235

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In this WTF episode, the hosts unpack AI’s supersonic tsunami – from Amazon’s $35B AGI bet on OpenAI, Anthropic ditching safety pauses amid race pressures, and hyper-efficient Chinese models shrinking to iPhones – to meat puppets at Burger King and Pulsia autonomously running 1,000+ companies.

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Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360

Salim Ismail is the founder of OpenExO

Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures

Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified

Chapters
00:00 – Intro
01:51 – Anthropic’s Responsible Scaling Policy and Safety Race in AI
08:21 – Elon Musk’s Truth-Seeking AI, AI’s Impact on Job Loss, Regulation and Market Valuations
10:27 – Anthropic’s Limbo, AI in Warfare and Geopolitical Power
15:11 – Legal Challenges of Global AI Regulation
18:40 – Anthropic Expands Claude’s Agentic Capacity
21:01 – OpenClaw and the Future of Autonomous AI Agents
27:00 – Claude Gains CoWork Plugin Templates for Finance, Banking & HR
36:35 – Disruption in China – Small and Tiny AI Models
49:00 – Google Releases Nano Banana 2
53:07 – The Race for AI Dominance Among Tech Giants
01:04:27 Tech industry investments, chip manufacturing, and industry shifts
01:12:00 – Burger King Launches AI Voice-Assistance “Patty” In Employee Headsets
01:19:00 – Uber Employees Built an AI Clone of Dara (CEO) for Pitch Practice
01:22:44 – The Future of Energy and Data Infrastructure
01:39:22 – Gene Therapy Success Story, Healthcare Industry & Longevity
01:52:50 – Robots Scale Across Chinese Cities & Farms
01:57:00 – China’s eVTOL’s Move Closer to Commercial Launch
01:59:00 – AMA Session, Closing Thoughts & Upcoming Events

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*Recorded on March 3rd, 2026
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