The hosts say Anthropic is hiring chip designers to explore custom silicon for Claude. They frame the move as a bid to match hardware with model needs and reduce dependence on outside accelerators, while stressing that no Anthropic chip has yet been built and the effect on future model performance remains unknown.
They then discuss a reported US appeals-court decision involving Perplexity's Comet browser and Amazon. Their central question is when a shopping agent acts as a user's tool and how websites should handle agent traffic. They weigh user convenience against server load, access controls and unresolved responsibility for an agent's mistakes. The legal account is the speakers' description and needs independent verification before any stronger factual claim is published.
The conversation turns to why AI browsers may struggle to replace familiar browsers, despite interest in agent-assisted browsing. In a later audience Q&A, the hosts suggest using parallel agents to explore multiple options, discuss model choice, and describe how AI can raise total output even as people delegate more of their own work.
Watch on YouTube
