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Cheap Talk is an every-week-or-so international relations podcast with Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes, professors of government at William & Mary.

It's Real and It's Dangerous

Excitement in the world of digital diplomacy; face-to-face diplomacy to end the Iran war; blockading Iran as a plan B and its prospects for success; Anthropic’s Mythos and AI that is too dangerous to release; the offense-defense balance in cyberspace; building AI for the public good; more capable models are more dangerous, even if they are well aligned; and Marcus can’t be bothered

It's Real and It's Dangerous
Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes

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Further Viewing/Reading:
Marine Traffic website

Anthropic. 2026. System Card: Claude Mythos Preview.

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