Astra (and AGI?) Arrives, Meta’s Muse and the Agent Opportunity, Anthropic and the Revival of (P)Doom Angst

Ben Thompson and Andrew Sharp discuss Ben's recent article on the transformative value of LLMs that write things down, helping users uncover blindspots. They note the availability of omnicompetent assistants to everyone, and examine the arrival of OpenAl's Astra models, which point toward a future where models use computers. The conversation also covers the rapid pace of AI progress in fall 2026, Meta's Muse as a tool to unlock agent potential for normal people, and a pair of viral p(doom) tweets from Anthropic employees that revive fears about out-of-control AI, with a pandemic-era callback offering an instructive parallel. Finally, an emotional announcement about the iPhone Air rounds out the episode.