They Launched GPT 5.6...(Kinda)

A new "government-approved rollout" for GPT-5.6 is coming, and it's got us wondering: are we entering the next dark age of AI model access? Additionally, we break down the launch of T3 Code x Grok CLI, Apple's price hikes, the memory supply crunch driving RAM and SSD costs up, a repo-poisoning and AI PR spam wave hitting open source, the GPT-5.6 non-launch, and what frontier model access looks like in a Fable/Mythos-tier world. Thank you to Composio for sponsoring this episode! Composio, connect your agents to everything: https://nerdsnipe.link/composio Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify: https://nerdsnipe.link/spotify Apple: https://nerdsnipe.link/apple Elsewhere: https://nerdsnipe.link/listen Sources available on our Substack: https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/ #ai #programming #tech #coding S/O @Ph4seon3 for the awesome edit 🙏 00:00 Cold Open 01:26 T3 Code x Grok CLI 07:30 Apple Price Hikes 09:27 Memory Supply Crunch 17:20 Repo Poisoning 17:58 AI PR Spam 25:18 GPT-5.6 Non-Launch 37:03 Safety & Alignment 46:54 Frontier Model Access 1:03:06 Audience Q&A