Been thinking about this a lot lately after stumbling across a discussion online that genuinely made me laugh and then think a lot harder than I expected to for a Thursday afternoon.

Someone from Western Sydney was talking about how they flip between polished corporate-speak in the office and full “wallah bruva I’m from The Area” mode the moment they’re around other ethnics on a smoke break. And the responses? Gold. Turns out basically everyone does some version of this, regardless of background, culture, or postcode.

So I’ve been down a rabbit hole this week, sparked by a thread I stumbled across where someone had one of those “wait, how much am I actually spending on subscriptions?” moments. You know the feeling — you sit down, add it all up, and suddenly you’re staring at a number that makes you question your life choices. Netflix, Disney+, Prime, Spotify, maybe a Binge or Paramount+ thrown in for good measure… it adds up faster than you’d think.

There’s a pattern emerging in the AI world that I find equal parts fascinating and exhausting, and the buzz around Anthropic’s upcoming Claude Opus 4.7 release has me thinking about it again over my morning batch brew.

According to The Information — which apparently is the tech journalism equivalent of the Oracle at Delphi — Anthropic is about to drop Opus 4.7 along with a new AI design tool aimed squarely at the presentation and website-building market. Tools like Gamma and Google Stitch are apparently in the crosshairs. And somewhere above all of this sits “Claude Mythos,” the mysterious flagship model currently being whispered about in hushed tones, apparently so powerful it’s being used to find security vulnerabilities by a select group of early partners. Very dramatic stuff.