Streamers' Amazon bet, OpenAI loses its crown and an AI gym hack | The Media Beat Ep #102 Video Ed

Streaming fragmentation, the AI arms race, and an Australian man whose AI assistant booked him a gym class by hacking someone else out of it. Maureen and Claire dig into Antenna's new specialty SVOD report (spoiler: Amazon is quietly rebuilding cable), assess who's really winning between Anthropic and OpenAI, and look at why YouTube is suddenly paying creators to stay put. Plus Podmojis, Bob Iger's Lakers deal, and GTA 6 leaks. 00:00 Introduction 02:14 Deep Dive — Amazon Is Rebuilding Cable 16:47 The NBA's $800 Problem 22:08 OpenAI vs Anthropic: Who's Winning the AI Race? 30:11 YouTube vs Netflix: The Creator Wars 34:36 GTA 6 Leaks & Podmojis 38:26 Bob Iger Buys the Lakers 41:35 The AI That Hacked a Gym