Anthropic Chief Product Officer: Why AI Model Development Is Accelerating

Mike Krieger is the chief product officer at Anthropic and co-founder of Instagram. Krieger joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Anthropic's Sonnet 4.5 launch and how the company's been able to speed up AI model development. Tune in to hear how Anthropic is using internal tools to move fast, where the next generations of model improvements will look like, and whether model orchestration will be the core differentiator between labs. We also cover how AI development compares to social media, whether AI content will ever take off, and enterprise AI's path ahead. Chapters 00:00 – Why AI releases are speeding up 03:38 – Scale vs algorithms: what drives progress 06:27 – From code assist to proactive agents 08:49 – Defining agents: autonomy, tools, memory 11:27 – Orchestration vs output: hitting quality bar 13:06 – Sonnet 4.5 gains: cost and performance 15:27 – How 4.5 undercuts Opus on cost 26:17 – Memory built into the base model 43:48 – Coding race versus OpenAI: real tasks 46:27 – Enterprise adoption: from pilots to production --- Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com