Ep 1: The Model Anthropic Refused to Ship

Anthropic built a model so dangerous they refused to ship it. Safety call — or 2026's best marketing stunt? We make the call. Human In the Loop is a weekly podcast where two builders cut through the AI hype cycle. No hype, no doomerism, no surface-level recaps. SIGNAL OR NOISE We run through the week's biggest AI headlines and call each one: - Claude Mythos Preview + Project Glasswing - Meta's Muse Spark debut (Llama-4 quality at 1/10 the compute) - OpenAI's "Spud" / GPT-5.5 — noise until it ships - The OpenAI + Anthropic + Google anti-distillation pact - Anthropic's $400M Coefficient Bio acquisition SHIP IT OR SKIP IT Three business ideas pulled from podcasts this month. One host pitches. The other pushes back. No fence-sitting. 1. "Bring AI to small businesses" (via My First Million Ep 811) 2. A vertical AI agent for insurance claims processing 3. "Lovable-for-X" — the $200M ARR playbook, but for regulated verticals HOT TAKES Oscar: Anthropic withholding Mythos is the new frontier-lab moat. Safety-as-marketing is about to become the dominant playbook. Matt: The "AI for SMBs" gold rush is 90% consultants in trench coats. The real money is picks-and-shovels to the consultants. Key links: - Claude Mythos: https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/ - Project Glasswing: https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing - Vertical AI agents (GeekWire): https://www.geekwire.com/2026/the-rise-of-vertical-ai-agents-and-the-startups-racing-to-build-them/ - Lenny's on Lovable: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-new-ai-growth-playbook-for-2026-elena-verna Hosts: Oscar Gallo (AI Engineer & Entrepreneur) and Matt Wozniak (Builder, Operator). New episodes every week.