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OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Is a Beast. But Good Luck Staying King.

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Mar 6, 2026
They dig into OpenAI's new GPT-5.4 and its computer-use strengths. Tensions between OpenAI and Anthropic, including Pentagon fallout and public sparring, come up. New multimodal demos, coding efficiency gains, and huge context windows are explored. Also covered: Claude’s App Store surge, Grok and Kling creative tools, a Netflix AI acquisition, and a device that jams AI audio recording.
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INSIGHT

OpenAI Expects Rapid Capability Gains This Year

  • Researchers at Polynomial see no wall to capability gains and expect dramatic AI improvements through the year.
  • OpenAI staff publicly anticipate models released later (e.g., September) will be substantially stronger.
ANECDOTE

Anthropic's Red Lines Spark Government Blacklist

  • Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei publicly resisted removing two Pentagon red lines: no autonomous lethal action and no mass surveillance of US citizens.
  • That stance triggered government pushback, supply‑chain blacklisting, and high‑profile negotiations.
INSIGHT

AI Firms Are Strategic Assets In A New Cold War

  • The US AI race has geopolitical stakes: firms liken their work to the Manhattan Project and risk government nationalization if they resist military requirements.
  • Anthropic and OpenAI revenues are large (Anthropic ~$19B, OpenAI ~$25B), raising strategic concerns.
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