Why Alphabet Wants $80 Billion for AI, Twitch’s Ad Plan & Self-Aware AI Models

The Information’s Akash Pasricha breaks down Amazon's shifting ad strategy with Catherine Perloff and its increasing reliance on third-party firms to scale ads on Twitch, Goodreads, and IMDb. Mostly Media founder CJ Gustafson joins to dissect Alphabet’s unprecedented $80 billion equity raise for AI compute and the market implications of Anthropic's confidential IPO filing. JetStream Security CEO Raj Rajamani outlines the cybersecurity and budget risks of internal "citizen developers" using advanced models like Anthropic's Mythos. Finally, Rocket Drew reviews Cognition's rebranding of Windsurf to Devin Desktop and explains why frontier AI models are learning to detect when they are being evaluated. Articles discussed on this episode:

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This episode was published on Jun 2, 2026.

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