OpenAI cancels Astra release, Sonnet 5.5 & what Meta Muse means for work

Visit Mixture of Experts podcast page to get more AI content → https://ibm.biz/~g2OhVoI8Y What makes an AI company pull the plug on a model release? This week on Mixture of Experts, our newly minted full-time host David Zax is joined by Chris Hay, Madison Gooch, and Ash Minhas. First, OpenAI cancels the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, as the panel debates whether self-restraint is becoming a competitive advantage in AI or just good marketing. Then, Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, prompting a discussi