# Episode 2: The Fable Ban and Doom Trolling

**Show**: The Coding Agency
**Published**: June 22, 2026
**Duration**: 35:55
**Episode Number**: 2

## Hosts

Ray Myers, Liz Martinez

## Description

High drama ensues as the US government forces Anthropic to take down it's new model Fable. How did we get here? In this episode, Ray and Liz unpack some of the context and put a critical eye on fear-based fundraising from top AI labs.

Concepts

 * AI Ethics
 * Frontier models
 * Jailbreak prompts

References

 * Anthropic responds to the Fable Ban [https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access]
 * The Claude Shutdown Is a Total Sh*tshow [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4nFEQb7kZo] video by House of El
 * Dear A.I. Companies, the Doom Trolling Needs to Stop [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/opinion/ai-dangerous-openai-anthropic.html?eafs_enabled=false] op-ed by Cal Newport
 * Talking about a ‘schism’ is ahistorical [https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/talking-about-a-schism-is-ahistorical-3c454a77220f] by Emily Bender
 * ⁠Gandalf prompt hacking⁠ [https://gandalf.lakera.ai/] game by Lakera
 * Let's Fire AGI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcHDZbCM1u8&t=323s&pp=ygUIRmlyZSBhZ2k%3D] video by Ray

Hosted by Ray Myers and Liz Martinez.


## Audio

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## Transcript

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