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EP21: The new AI stack — Claude Fable plans, GPT5.6 builds, Grok 4.5 grinds

Explore episode Jul 9, 2026

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Chat control passes — a sad day for Europe

At 58:30 · chapter starts 53:46

The EU's chat control bill — requiring platforms to scan private communications for illegal content — passed not by winning a majority but by opponents failing to muster the supermajority needed to kill it. Most MEPs voted against it; it passed anyway. Rik calls it a sad day for Europe. Luca delivers the episode's most extended take: this vote being brought back for a second attempt in such a short window is abnormal — it takes massive lobbying infrastructure to get anything to a Parliament vote once, let alone twice in quick succession. He praises independent MEP Fidias as a rare voice who evaluates each proposal on its own merits without party allegiance. He floats his own political ambitions before walking them back. The EU Inc. project — Levels' proposal for an EU-wide startup entity — gets cited as another example of reform that looks good on paper but has stalled for two years without implementation. The tone is resigned but not hopeless.

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