GPT-5 Kills Switching, Claude’s Revenue Risk, and AI Hires a Human: The AI Argument EP69

09/08/2025 32 min
GPT-5 Kills Switching, Claude’s Revenue Risk, and AI Hires a Human: The AI Argument EP69

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GPT-5 has launched. It just rewrote the rules on control, coding, and cost. Justin’s delighted, Frank’s not happy… yet.Plus: open-source risks, Google’s Genie 3 world models, AI agents hiring people, and… an AI funeral.01:02 Did GPT-5 just end model-switching forever?05:16 Is GPT-5 the death knell for Claude Code?12:08 Is GPT-5’s writing truly better?14:22 Why is demoing GPT-5 so awkward?21:58 Is open source AI a gift or a grenade?24:39 Is Genie 3 teaching AIs how the world works?28:34 Did this guy really get hired by an AI agent?30:37 Should we hold funerals for dead AIs?Tell us in the comments: what’s the one GPT-5 change you love (or hate) the most?► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSEDIntroducing GPT-5Introducing gpt-ossClaude Opus 4.1Genie 3: A new frontier for world modelsVoice Startup ElevenLabs Launches AI Music ServiceGuy who was hired by a team of AI agentsClaude Fans Threw a Funeral for Anthropic’s Retired AI Model► CONNECT WITH USFor more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn.Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

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