Anthropic’s New Model Too Dangerous for the Public? & Trump Agrees to 2-Week Ceasefire

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Episode 818: Neal and Toby give an update on the Iran War, with President Trump agreeing to a 2-week ceasefire. Then, reports of an all-new powerful model from Anthropic that could be a cybersecurity ‘reckoning.’ Also, local communities are revolting against data centers being built in their backyards. Meanwhile, more Americans are breaking into the upper middle class. Finally, Google’s AI Overviews is fairly accurate, according to a recent study. Learn more at https://www.taxact.com/admin-night Vote for our show for the Webby Awards: https://wbby.co/57452N Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠ Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.1	Terms and conditions apply.
0:28.5	Good morning, Brut Daily Show.
0:30.7	I'm Neil Fryman.
0:31.5	And I'm Toby Howell.
0:32.4	Today, just how accurate is Google's AI overviews?
0:35.7	Dan Anthropics' new model is apparently so powerful,
0:38.7	they won't even release it to the public.
0:40.8	It's Wednesday, April 8th.
0:42.6	Let's ride.
0:48.0	Good morning, everyone.
0:49.6	The last time I asked for your help
0:51.0	was to prank Toby on April Fool's Day,
0:53.1	and the response blew away my wildest expectations.
0:56.4	Now I am summoning the MBD Army like Saruman once again.
1:00.6	Morning Brew Daily has been nominated for the best business podcast for the Webby Awards, which is chosen through a fan vote.
1:06.7	Currently, we are in second place behind Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher, but if there's anything I learned from the Yukon Duke game, is that a comeback is always possible. Toby, I know you hate losing more than anything. How can our listeners help us win? Well, I'm looking at the percentages right now. Pivot, which is the Kara Swisher, Scott Galloway Pod, is sitting at 52% of the vote. We're sitting at just 28%. Let's pivot that in the opposite direction.
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