Episode 521: The MacGuffin
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The hosts share their personal journeys through a recent vasectomy, highlighting their recovery experiences and amusing hospital stories. The chapter also explores cultural nuances in medical care, particularly the Dutch methods of post-operative support.
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This week, we discuss OpenAI acquiring io, Salesforce buying Informatica, and the future of AI agents. Plus, Coté shares details about a sensitive procedure and ceiling puzzles.
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Rundown
- Sam & Jony introduce io
- Salesforce to acquire data management company Informatica in $8 billion deal
- Agentic
- New capabilities for building agents on the Anthropic API
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- Anthropic brings web search to free Claude users
- SWE Agents Too Cheap To Meter, The Token Data War, and the rise of Tiny Teams
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the next AI platform shift
- MCP Registry
- Anil Dash thoughts on MCP Servers
- If AI Can Play Dungeons & Dragons, It Can Run Your ERP
- MCP is the RSS of AI
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