Join 40,000 readers and get the full notes and summary: https://newsletter.aiwithkyle.com/subscribe Subscribe and turn on notifications to catch the next live stream: https://www.youtube.com/@iamkylebalmer?sub_confirmation=1 Want to know which AI business to start? Check out Freedom OS: https://aiwithkyle.com/join-freedom-os This video is from the ‘AI with Kyle News and Updates Live Stream’ First aired: 25 November 2025 Summary: Anthropic just dropped Claude Opus 4.5, and honestly, it's brilliant. I've been testing it overnight and this morning, and it's smashing through coding problems that had me stuck for ages. The benchmarks are predictably stellar—37.6 on the ARC AGI test versus Gemini 3's 31.1—but more importantly, the usage limits actually seem reasonable this time. Unlike Opus 4.1 which was basically unusable after a handful of attempts, you can now actually integrate this into your workflow without hitting walls constantly. The interesting bit is watching these labs leapfrog each other week after week. We've had three state-of-the-art models in seven days, and whilst I'm desperate to actually build things with these tools, keeping up with the releases is becoming a full-time job. Anthropic's staying laser-focused on coding and writing rather than chasing video generation or voice modes, which I respect. I also covered Andre Karpathy's thoughts on AI in education—basically, we might need to flip classrooms entirely because we can't trust homework anymore. Plus OpenAI's quietly rolling out shopping research just before Black Friday, which feels like the first move towards inevitable AI advertising. Watch full edited live stream: https://youtu.be/mENXHuQCy2I —— More Useful Resources —— My other daily live show - 30-day building a business in public challenge: https://www.youtube.com/live/Z0Z_1Eg3HUk (day one) Ultimate AI Learning Resource List: https://www.aiwithkyle.com/resources/ai-learning-guide Free AI Entrepreneurship Playbooks: https://aiwithkyle.com/catalog Free Quiz: What AI business should you start? https://aiwithkyle.com/tools Free AI Training Business Planner: https://aiwithkyle.com/tools/workshop-builder Free AI Industry Translator Tool: https://aiwithkyle.com/tools/industry-ai-translator Free 10-Week ‘Vibe Coding’ AI Summer Camp: https://aiwithkyle.com/courses/10-week-ai-summer-camp —— Time Stamps —— 00:00 Introduction & Show Opening 00:30 Claude Opus 4.5 Announcement & Industry Context 01:59 Opus 4.5 Usage Limits & Pricing Concerns 02:34 Model Performance & Benchmarks 04:48 Personal Testing & Real-World Performance 06:09 Q&A - Gemini 3 Pro for Web Design 07:22 Opus 4.5 Pricing & Daily Usage 09:18 API Pricing & 66% Cost Reduction 11:29 Cursor Integration & Sonnet Pricing Promo 12:09 Unlimited Conversation Length Feature 13:55 Q&A - Claude Blackmailing Incident Explained 16:12 Claude Used in Chinese Cyber Attacks 16:45 Pliny Jailbreaks Opus 4.5 Immediately 18:20 OpenAI's Coming Response & Industry Predictions 19:34 Adam Wolf on 30-Minute Autonomous Agents 20:25 Future of Software Engineering & Coding 22:22 AI Impact on Design Jobs & Progress 23:33 Career Future-Proofing & AI Adaptation 25:56 Q&A - Are You AI? Avatar Discussion 27:37 Content Creation Strategy & Systems 29:20 Q&A - Thoughts on AI CRMs 30:16 CRM Integration & Data Strategy 33:58 AI Email Outreach & Authenticity Crisis 35:05 Andrej Karpathy on Nano Banana Pro 37:02 AI Cheating Crisis in Education 38:34 Flipped Classroom & Education Reform 42:36 Brave New Words Book Recommendation 43:16 OpenAI Shopping Research & Ad Revenue 45:56 AI with Kyle Starter Guide Promo 47:34 Closing & Outro —— Contact —— Best is in YouTube comments. For business enquiries only: https://www.passionfroot.me/iamkylebalmer