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Bourbon with Brad

Bourbon with Brad

From Perplexity to Perplexing Consciousness: Brad and the Crew Pour Bourbon and Push Boundaries

Aug 10, 2026 · 1h 59m

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This week on Bourbon with Brad , the glass is full and the docket is stacked . Brad opens up about his ongoing roller‑coaster relationship with Claude — from weekly and monthly tokenization limits to the mood swings. But he has to acknowledge that Fable 5 is still the best model available, speaking from first‑hand experience. In the legal corner, Brad breaks down the Amazon v. Perplexity decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and what it signals for AI platforms moving forward. The conversation then shifts to the White House’s Frontier Model Voluntary Submission program, which has gone quiet and classified as the August 1 deadline slipped by without public updates. The crew also…