Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben

02:08:57

Opus 5.5 is the best model ever made, Grok 4.7...

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/09/30

Theo and Ben break down a packed week of AI releases, from Opus 5.5's insane release to Grok 4.7 falling short of the hype. They then dig into why post-training matters, where Jev, GPT-6 Sol, and Luna fit, and more!Thank you to General Translation & Paper for Sponsoring!General Translation: ⁠https://nerdsnipe.link/gtPaper: https://nerdsnipe.link/paperSources available on our Substack:https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/Listen wherever you get your podcasts:Spotify:

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02:32:45

Why Pacing AI Won't Stop the Apocalypse, Apple Ruins...

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/09/19

Theo & Ben break down Jacob Coxon's resignation after three years in pretraining at OpenAI and Anthropic—and his warning that both labs are racing toward AGI and gambling with our lives—along with Dario's latest blog post about pacing the frontier and how Apple's iPhone Duo could have ruined app development (if AI didn't exist).Thanks to this episode's sponsor, PostHog:PostHog: https://nerdsnipe.link/posthogListen wherever you get your podcasts:Spotify:

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02:05:02

Anthropic's Answer to Astra, Gemini 3.8 Flash Killed...

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/09/10

Theo & Ben break down their latest thoughts on how Astra and Fable 5.1's releases have changed the way they work, how they interact in T3 Code, and then circle back to the latest with Codex usage limits, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Muse Spark 1.3, and the growing gap between model benchmarks and real coding workflows.Thanks to this episode's sponsor, General Translation: General Translation: https://nerdsnipe.link/gtListen wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify: https://nerdsnipe.link/spotify Apple:

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01:51:09

We've Been Using GPT-6 Astra for a Few Weeks, Here's...

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/09/03

Theo & Ben break down OpenAI's latest model, Astra, and why it's their new benchmark for AI coding, computer use, and multimodal work. But it's not all good: they explain why its UI, stopping behavior, and agent reliability still create friction in real software workflows. From DEFCON puzzles to coding-agent PRs, we're comparing Astra with Fable and asking what a trustworthy OpenAI model should do next.Thank you to PostHog for sponsoring today's episode!PostHog, all-in-one suite of product

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02:42:56

Ox Alpha Revealed, OpenAI's Latest Pricing Updates,...

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/08/28

Theo & Ben break down OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol price cut, breakdown the "Ox Alpha" stealth model we now know is GLM 5.3 Flash, then take a drink every time they say "Grok" while ranking every current AI model on a tier list! What could go wrong?Thanks to this episode's sponsor, General Translation:General Translation: https://nerdsnipe.link/gtListen wherever you get your podcasts:Spotify: https://nerdsnipe.link/spotifyApple: https://nerdsnipe.link/appleElsewhere:

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02:18:05

Anthropic Doesn't Think You Can Be Trusted, China is...

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/08/20

Anthropic started watermarking their model's outputs, Dario posted on X, SpaceXAi is getting really good really fast, Meta is shipping again, and we won DEF CON 2026. Thank you PostHog, the all in one suite of product tools for sponsoring today's Episode! Check them out at: nerdsnipe.link/posthogListen wherever you get your podcasts: - Spotify: nerdsnipe.link/spotify- Apple: nerdsnipe.link/apple- Elsewhere: nerdsnipe.link/listenSources available on our Substack:

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01:23:29

Opus 5 Releases, China Catches Up, and the OpenAI...

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/07/28

Theo and Ben break down why Opus 5 feels like GPT-5.5 crossed with Fable rather than GPT-5.6 crossed with Fable, what Fable found when it audited an Opus thread line by line, where Opus still clearly wins (3D, animation, and Claude Code limits at half Fable's price with no 50% weekly cap), plus Kimi K3, GLM 5.2, the Hugging Face hack, Grok 4.5, Codex, and T3 Code.Thanks to this episode's sponsor, General Translation:General Translation: https://nerdsnipe.link/gtSources available on our

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02:06:15

5 different models dropped last week & the GPT-5.6...

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/07/14

This week Grok 4.5, Muse Spark 1.1, GPT-Live, and GPT 5.6 all dropped. ⁠Theo⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Ben⁠⁠ break down which models you should care about, how OpenAI fumbled the Codex to ChatGPT app transition, the abysmal usage numbers for 5.6, and the latest drama surrounding OpenAI and Sam Altman. Plus, how many satellites would it take to trap humanity on Earth, and how many data centers to heat up the ocean?Thank you to this episode's sponsors: Composio &

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01:11:15

We Tested GPT 5.6 Sol Early

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/07/09

We've spent six figures in tokens testing OpenAI's 5.6 Sol model to see whether if its better than Fable and what OpenAI have done to make it even better than 5.5. Also, we breakdown why we both moved our agents to Linux boxes, how to actually burn $65k on a single loop, and the Codex vs Claude Code subagent gap that's now bigger than the model gap itself.Thanks to this episode's sponsors Clerk and General Translation:Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: https://nerdsnipe.link/clerkGeneral

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01:16:51

Fable Is Back...kinda?

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/07/08

Fable was supposed to give us 14 days and instead we got 3 before the export ban. Now it's back at half the rate limits. Also, we break down why AI-generated Claude Code skills fall apart, what actually triggers Fable-to-Opus rerouting, the Mythos export-control timeline, and whether GLM 5.2 can really touch Sonnet 5.Thank you to PostHog for sponsoring today's episode! PostHog, all in one suite of product tools: ⁠https://nerdsnipe.link/posthogSources available on our

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01:11:33

GPT-5.6 is here! And none of us can use it.

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/06/30

A new "government-approved rollout" for GPT-5.6 is coming, and it's got us wondering: are we entering the next dark age of AI model access? Additionally, we break down the launch of T3 Code x Grok CLI, Apple's price hikes, the memory supply crunch driving RAM and SSD costs up, a repo-poisoning and AI PR spam wave hitting open source, the GPT-5.6 non-launch, and what frontier model access looks like in a Fable/Mythos-tier world.Thank you to Composio for sponsoring this

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01:33:05

The US Government Banned Claude Fable 5...

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/06/24

The US government banned Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models just after launch so we break down exactly how Project Glass Wing, a panicked AWS engineer, and Dario's failure to communicate with Washington triggered the chaos. Plus: SpaceX's $60B Cursor acquisition, GLM 5.2 beating Google, the Codex trick for running 200 parallel agents, and why your next GPU will ship with a GPS trackerThank you to Composio and WorkOS for sponsoring this episode! Composio, connect your agents to everything:

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01:17:11

Our impressions of Claude Fable/Mythos (we filmed...

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/06/15

RIP Fable 5. We recorded this before it got taken offline, but it's still worth talking about. The model is incredible. We really miss it.Thank you, Firecrawl, Depot, and Clerk for sponsoring!Firecrawl, the best api for searching and crawling the web: nerdsnipe.link/firecrawlDepot, better CI in every way: nerdsnipe.link/depotClerk, the best dx in auth:

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01:35:15

Now even Google's buying GPUs from SpaceX?

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/06/10

Cloudflare buys Void0, Google buying up compute from xAI, and Claude seems to be getting more anxious so we're here to break down everything this week on another episode of Nerd Snipe! Thank you to Composio for sponsoring today's episode! Composio, connect your agents to everything:

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01:15:07

We (mostly) like Claude Opus 4.8

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/06/03

Opus 4.8 + a ton of new stuff in Claude Code dropped this week, and we actually kinda like it. There's also a new benchmark that's actually good, and we have a lot of thoughts about the future of these AI labs...Thank you PostHog and Clerk for sponsoring! PostHog, the all in one suite of product tools: nerdsnipe.link/posthogClerk, the best dx in auth:

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01:22:46

Google is Not a Serious Company

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/05/28

Not only did Google accidentally ban Railway's account, but their new flagship model Gemini 3.5 Flash is absurdly bad. Oh and apparently Theo's building his own cloud...Thank you Macroscope and GT for sponsoring today's episode! Macroscope: ⁠nerdsnipe.link/macroscopeGeneral Translation:

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01:09:19

We Need to Start Token Maxxing

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/05/20

Peter, the creator of openclaw is apparently going through $1,300,000 worth of tokens every month. Seems like we're not using nearly enough tokens. Oh and the security psychosis is getting worse. (Anthropic is being bad again too)Thank you to today's sponsors!- AgentMail, email inboxes for your agents: nerdsnipe.link/agentmail- Clerk, the best experience for auth, orgs, billing, and more: nerdsnipe.link/clerkTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro02:44 - Token Spend06:47 - Token Future12:12 - Secure

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01:36:23

Anthropic solved their compute problem by buying it...

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/05/14

Anthropic seems to have finally solved their compute problems (kinda) by buying it from Elon, the security problem is getting so much worse, and apparently Bun's getting re-written in rust?Thank you to PostHog and Composio for sponsoring today's episode! - PostHog, the all in one suite of product tools: nerdsnipe.link/posthog- Composio, connect your agents to everything: nerdsnipe.link/composioSources/references:

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01:47:03

Theo Almost Lost $1 Million

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/05/06

This week Theo nearly lost a million dollars and Ben got AI psychosis (from gstack)...Thank you to Coderabbit and Clerk for sponsoring today's episode! - Coderabbit, the ultimate AI code reviewer: ⁠nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit- Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: nerdsnipe.link/clerkSources/references: - https://x.com/theo/status/2014863266888233193- https://x.com/theo/status/2050305813894648289- https://x.com/theo/status/2050314995561611357- https://x.com/sama/status/2050671161915371998-

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01:35:56

We need to talk about OpenAI

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben ·

2026/05/01

OpenAI and Microsoft are breaking up, Sam's drunk posting, Anthropic is being stupid again, and we still disagree about GPT-5.5Thanks to this episode's sponsors: - Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk- Coderabbit, the ultimate AI code reviewer: ⁠https://nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit- PlanetScale, the fastest and most scalable cloud databases: https://nerdsnipe.link/planetscale00:00 Intro04:05 Sam drunk tweets13:13 Anthropic billing woes28:27 OpenAI divorce42:34

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