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:  https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amazons-media-empire-quietly-taps-outside-ad-sales-help https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-agenda/cognition-aims-switzerland-ai-agents-app-makeover https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/the-briefing/googles-ai-fundraising-anthropics-ipo-option Subscribe:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theinformation  The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/subscribe_h Sign up for the AI Agenda newsletter: https://www.theinformation.com/features/ai-agenda TITV airs weekdays on YouTube, X and LinkedIn at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. Or check us out wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us: X: https://x.com/theinformation IG: https://www.instagram.com/theinformation/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@titv.theinformation LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theinformation/ Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:13 - Amazon leans more heavily on outside firms for ad sales 11:12 - Alphabet to Sell $80B in Stock for AI Investment 23:55 - Anthropic expanding Project Glasswing 34:43 - Cognition rebrands Windsurf app for AI era