Alex and Morgan open with today’s National Weather Summary, noting cold fronts across the Midwest and lingering rain in the Northeast, with Sacramento starting cool and dry. Markets were steady but muted, with slight shifts in the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Bitcoin as investors look ahead to holiday-shortened trading.

Anthropic Goes All-In: Opus 4.5, Sonnet 4.5, and Haiku 4.5 Launch Together

The first and only major story today centers on Anthropic’s blockbuster release of three models at once — a rare move signaling how fiercely the generative AI landscape is heating up.

Morgan breaks down each model’s positioning:

• Opus 4.5: the flagship frontier model, now significantly che ...