362 Mechanical Turk

362: Mechanical Turk: The Fall of the Ottoman API

July 16, 2026 00:56:37

In episode 362 of The Cloud Pod, titled “Mechanical Turk: The Fall of the Ottoman API,” the team explores the sunsetting of Amazon Mechanical Turk and its impact on the AI data pipeline. Key cloud updates include the introduction of Kubernetes version rollbacks for Amazon EKS, AWS Security Hub’s expansion to Microsoft Azure, and the expansion of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork to web and mobile. The episode also dives into Google Cloud’s AlloyDB AI functions, Microsoft’s Frontier Company AI engineering initiative, and the public preview of Azure Chaos Studio Workspaces. Finally, the “After Show” discusses Sony’s decision to end physical PlayStation game discs by 2028 and what that means for digital ownership

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358: AI Spend Limits Because Frontier Models Aren’t Free Therapy

June 18, 2026 01:22:50

In Episode 358 of The Cloud Pod, Justin, Matt, and Ryan dive into the latest industry shifts, including Anthropic’s contradictory call for an AI development pause while prepping for an IPO, and GitHub’s massive scaling challenges amidst a surge in AI-generated code. The team also breaks down significant announcements from Snowflake, Google, and Azure, alongside a discussion on managing your AI Spend Limit as new agentic tools and compute-intensive workflows become the norm. Listen now to get the full rundown on the week’s biggest cloud news.

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