(Preview) Fable 5.1 and Anthropic’s Data Retention Pivot, AI Civilizations and Related Matters, Q&A on Meta, Shopify, 3-D Printing

Ben and Andrew discuss the release of Fable 5.1 and Anthropic's walkback of its data retention safety initiative. They react to the viral OpenAI-Hugging Face incident and the broader problem of anthropomorphizing AI discourse. Follow-ups cover the tension between libertarian and conservative impulses in Meta's content moderation, why Shopify is a platform and not an aggregator, and a question about 3-D printing. The episode also includes a home networking anecdote, an F1 app PSA, and a listener's girlfriend who hates vibe coding.