1014: Anthropic doesn’t use AI

Scott, Wes, and CJ reunite fresh off a trip to Amsterdam to chat conferences, burnout, and whether Anthropic actually uses AI. They also dig into a packed bag of sick picks and tech news, including HTML streaming in Chrome, an image-to-ASCII generator, and a wild Arch Linux supply chain attack.Show Notes00:00 Welcome to Syntax!02:15 Anthropic Doesn’t Use AIThariq’s TweetTweet Response06:15 Taste and Vision in Prompting Output10:50 Wes and Scott’s Slide Decks18:05 Amsterdam Trip Recap26:09 Are Conferences worth it?27:21 Amsterdam Trip Recap31:17 Fable 5 First Impressions33:45 Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Banned41:45 IRL Events Are Great For Burnout45:12 Brought to you by Sentry.io45:52 HTML Streaming now in Chrome55:47 Image to ASCII GeneratorThe Mitos Repo01:01:31 Find Modern Module Replacements01:05:55 Scott is Using MacOS / iOS Betas01:09:25 Xiaomi OpenCode Fork and Mimo 2.5 Pro01:14:06 Agent Dashboards01:21:39 Arch Linux Supply Chain Attack01:23:47 Should we train coding only models?01:31:37 Thanks!Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn ThreadsWes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn ThreadsScott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn ThreadsRandy: X Instagram YouTube Threads.