Anthropic’s Mythos is Back, OpenAI Releases GPT 5.6, Apple’s Price Increases

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Mythos is back 2) OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 to a small group 3) Should the government pick winners? 4) Is this a blessing to open source AI? 5) Is the gating of frontier models bad for these companies businesses? 6) Frontier lab customers are finding cheaper ways to do business 7) There's a bunch of overbilling happening in opaque AI systems 8) Is SpaceX's valuation frothy? 9) Apple's price raises: Greed or not? 10) Apple's impact on the memory space 11) Rest in peace, Om Malik --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mythos is back and OpenAI's most powerful model, GPT 5.6, is out too.
0:05.2	But will the public ever get to see either of them?
0:08.0	And Apple Hikes prices massively to keep pace with memory prices.
0:11.9	Is it Greed?
0:12.8	That's coming up on a Big Technology podcast Friday edition right after this.
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0:49.0	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition, where we break down the news in our traditional,
0:53.1	cool-headed and nuanced format.
0:54.9	We have a great show for you today coming a bit later than usual, but we are here on the feed.
0:59.6	We're going to talk about the return of Anthropics Mythos, the debut of OpenAI's GPT5.6.
1:06.0	Open AI, by the way, may be delaying its IPO to 2027 or maybe it won't.
1:10.4	We'll discuss that.
1:11.7	And Apple hikes the prices up on MacBooks and other devices by anywhere between the teens and 30%.
1:20.3	So we'll talk about what's behind that.
1:22.5	The memory crunch that's underlying, a lot of the price increases you might see in consumer electronics and
1:28.6	whether it is unavoidable or as some might say greed. Joining us as always to do it is Ranjan
1:34.9	Roy of margins. Ranjan, great to see you. Great to see you, Alex. Are you on the mythos list
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