Episode Description

The Information’s Leo Schwartz and Amir Efrati talk with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about OpenAI's de facto licensing regime. We also talk with Ann Gehan about Google playing hardball with news publishers over AI licensing deals and Allie K. Miller, CEO of Open Machine, about building a 34-agent autonomous workforce inside Claude Code. Lastly, we chat with Author of Applied AI Laura Bratton about an independent audit revealing systematic token billing errors for OpenAI and Anthropic customers.

Articles discussed on this episode:

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/trump-administration-asks-openai-stagger-release-new-model-security-concerns

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-strikes-tough-negotiating-stance-publishers-ai-licensing

https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/applied-ai/anthropic-customers-find-errant-charges-auditing-startup-says

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

01:13 - US Government Forces OpenAI to Stagger GPT-5.6 Release

16:57 - Google Pressures Publishers on AI Licensing Deals

24:32 - Inside An AI Power User’s 34-Agent Autonomous Workforce

44:34 - Audit Finds Systematic Billing Errors for Anthropic and OpenAI Customers