{"podcast":{"title":"AI News Today | Julian Goldie Podcast","slug":"ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784","podcast_index_feed_id":7573784,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10b0edd94/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/julian-goldie9","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44704909/44704909-1761781825225-46220d4938e3.jpg","author":"Julian Goldie","episode_count":788,"summary":"Latest Podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T20:22:02.769621+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784"},"episode":{"title":"Fusion: Fable 5 Intelligence WITHOUT Fable 5!","slug":"fusion-fable-5-intelligence-without-fable-5","published_at":"2026-06-16T02:12:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784/fusion-fable-5-intelligence-without-fable-5","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/julian-goldie9/episodes/Fusion-Fable-5-Intelligence-WITHOUT-Fable-5-e3krb79","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10b0edd94/podcast/play/121531049/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-15%2F426212538-44100-2-23fb25031acf2.mp3","summary":"Fusion (OpenRouter) Lets You Combine Multiple Models to Reach Fable-Level Intelligence for LessThe script covers a new OpenRouter Fusion API update that runs a prompt across a parallel panel of up to eight models (with web search and bash tools), then uses a judge model to extract consensus, contradictions, unique insights, and missing coverage before returning one fused answer. Fusion is presented as a way to boost benchmark performance and reduce token costs versus relying on a single frontier model, with tests on 100 hard deep-research tasks showing much of the lift coming from synthesis rather than diversity. Examples compare solo models versus panels, including a “budget panel” of cheaper models landing within 1% of Claude Fable 5 on intelligence tests, and demonstrations of using Fusion in chat and via API to generate outputs like SEO research and a clean landing page. 00:00 Fusion Update Overview 00:51 Panels Beat Solo Models 01:43 Budget Panel Near Fable 02:23 How Fusion Works 03:05 Live Panel Demo 03:53 Benchmark Results Breakdown 05:02 API Integration Ideas 05:50 Boardroom SEO Example 06:56 Judge Fusion Output 08:05 Draco Benchmark Explained 09:10 Landing Page Results 10:28 Wrap Up And Offers","meta_description":"Fusion (OpenRouter) Lets You Combine Multiple Models to Reach Fable-Level Intelligence for LessThe script covers a new OpenRouter Fusion API update that r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":699,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784/episodes/fusion-fable-5-intelligence-without-fable-5/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784/fusion-fable-5-intelligence-without-fable-5.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}