003: Opus 4.8 & Pope Leo XIV

This week Aaron & Ian talk about Claude Opus 4.8, Pope Leo XIV's thoughts on AI, dynamic workflows in Claude, and the absolute hottest take you've ever heard on a podcast. Sponsored by Bento - https://bentonow.com 00:00 Intro 00:55 Claude Opus 4.8 06:25 Dynamic Workflows 11:28 Claude Code Performance Improvements 13:23 Anthropic Preps for Mythos 1 18:40 How Are We Working This Week? 22:43 Q&A 30:57 Claude Code Usage 32:54 AI Adoption Trends in the U.S. 35:44 Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical About AI 44:37 Post Show Links: Opus 4.8 https://x.com/claudeai/status/2060042... Claude Dynamic Workflows https://x.com/claudeai/status/2060042... Claude Code performance improvements https://x.com/ClaudeDevs/status/20597... Anthropic preps Mythos 1 https://www.testingcatalog.com/anthro... Claude Code's Usage Command https://x.com/bcherny/status/20574768... AI trends in the US https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-is... Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical https://www.anthropic.com/news/chris-...

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