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Episode #85: The Conspiracy Theory That Isn't: When Silicon Valley Quietly Changes the Deal

Podcast: Stewart Squared · Stewart Alsop II, Stewart Alsop III

Opublikowano: 2026-04-16

In this episode of Stewart Squared, host Stewart Alsop is joined by his father Stewart Alsop II to cover a wide range of topics sparked by a growing frustration with Anthropic's recent changes to their subscription model, which leads into a broader conversation about trust in Silicon Valley and the historical patterns of companies like Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI either earning or burning customer loyalty. The two also get into the competitive dynamics between Apple, Google, and Anthropic in the LLM space, LinkedIn's "Browsergate" controversy, the role of IT departments in an AI-driven world, the RISC-V open-source instruction set...