<description>&lt;p&gt;Anthropic takes its most powerful models offline after a U.S. order, with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy &lt;a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-ceo-reportedly-raised-anthropic-fable-concerns-prior-to-u-s-order-forcing-models-offline/"&gt;reportedly&lt;/a&gt; contributing to the concerns that helped trigger it. Todd and John dig into the Amazon-Anthropic dynamic, how agentic AI is &lt;a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2026/how-agentic-ai-is-rewiring-amazons-teams-and-upending-its-traditions/"&gt;upending Amazon's "working backwards" tradition&lt;/a&gt;, an AI-driven school &lt;a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2026/two-hour-learning-ai-powered-alpha-school-lands-in-seattle-region/"&gt;arriving soon in the Seattle area&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a href="https://inside.fifa.com/innovation/innovating-the-game/connected-ball-technology"&gt;sensor-packed World Cup ball&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;With GeekWire co-founders John Cook and Todd Bishop; edited by Curt Milton.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Anthropic, Amazon, and the Fable shutdown; AI-powered school arrives; World Cup tech

JUN 20, 202633 MIN
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Anthropic, Amazon, and the Fable shutdown; AI-powered school arrives; World Cup tech

JUN 20, 202633 MIN

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Anthropic takes its most powerful models offline after a U.S. order, with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly contributing to the concerns that helped trigger it. Todd and John dig into the Amazon-Anthropic dynamic, how agentic AI is upending Amazon's "working backwards" tradition, an AI-driven school arriving soon in the Seattle area, and the sensor-packed World Cup ball. With GeekWire co-founders John Cook and Todd Bishop; edited by Curt Milton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.