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Episode #152

ThursdAI - Feb 5 - Opus 4.6 Was #1 for ONE HOUR Before GPT 5.3 Codex

Feb 5, 2026 with Nisten Tahiraj, Wolfram Ravenwolf, Ryan Carson, VB (Varun Bhaskar)
2 major model drops happened LIVE during the show! Opus 4.6 launched and held #1 on Chatbot Arena for just one hour before GPT 5.3 Codex dethroned it. Interview with VB from OpenAI. Plus Voxtral transcription, Codex app, Qwen Coder Next, and the agentic internet.
Guests
Nisten Tahiraj @ Independent @naborsky
Wolfram Ravenwolf @ Independent @wolframravenwolf
Ryan Carson @ Treehouse @ryancarson
VB (Varun Bhaskar) @ OpenAI @vaborhaskar
Topics
AnthropicOpenAICodexVoxtralQwenagents