Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Cupertino d’État

Anthropic is accused of lying, fearmongering, and spreading doomsday nonsense in a Techdirt podcast episode. The episode also covers UK and Canadian proposals to restrict social media for children, Apple's new child safety features, and Australia's age assurance laws.

Of all the companies in Silicon Valley, Anthropic is by far the worst one. They unscrupulously lie, fearmonger, exaggerate, engage in anti-competitive rhetoric, minimize things to one dimensional ideas of right and wrong, and spread nonsense about doomsday. Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Cupertino d’État from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech https://ctrlaltspeech.com/ is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation https://www.everythinginmoderation.co/ ‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. To get extended episodes with additional coverage, support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/CtrlAltSpeech .In this week’s episode, Mike and Ben cover: Tech bosses threatened with prison if they fail to protect children https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/tech-prison-children-phones-social-media-nudity-976vjwt22 The Times Apple and Google given three months to ban nude images on children’s devices https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly752ydjw6o BBC News Keir Starmer’s social media ban for under-16s could backfire, experts warn https://www.opendemocracy.net/keir-starmers-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-could-backfire-experts-warn/ OpenDemocracy Apple previews new child safety features https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/apple-previews-new-child-safety-features/ Apple Apple’s WWDC keynote was very different, but this will be the new normal https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/09/apples-wwdc-keynote-was-very-different-but-this-will-be-the-new-normal/ 9to5mac Ottawa introduces bill to restrict social media for teens, regulate AI chatbots https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-safe-social-media-act-teenagers/ Globe and Mail Australia builds enforcement layer behind age assurance laws https://www.biometricupdate.com/202606/australia-builds-enforcement-layer-behind-age-assurance-laws Biometric Update NCAC Welcomes Meta Oversight Board’s New Account Recommendations https://ncac.org/news/ncac-meta-oversight-board-account-recommendations NCAC And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters https://www.patreon.com/CtrlAltSpeech , they cover: Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5 Anthropic Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concern https://www.theverge.com/report/947575/microsoft-claude-fable-5-restricted-internally The Verge The Rise of the Compliant Speech Platform https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-rise-of-the-compliant-speech-platform Lawfare Policy on the AI Exponential https://darioamodei.com/post/policy-on-the-ai-exponential Dario Amodei Our fun links this week are the 7-0 World Cup game https://7-0-game.com/ Ben and Chipotlai Max https://github.com/cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max Mike . Ctrl-Alt-Speech is the podcast where we make sense of the major debates shaping online speech, platform power, content moderation and the future of the internet. It’s co-hosted by Mike Masnick Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/ and Ben Whitelaw Everything in Moderation https://www.everythinginmoderation.co/ . If you’re already a Patreon supporter, you can get the extended episode on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/collection/2176497?view=condensed . Filed Under: ai https://www.techdirt.com/tag/ai/ , artificial intelligence https://www.techdirt.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/ , australia https://www.techdirt.com/tag/australia/ , canada https://www.techdirt.com/tag/canada/ , content moderation https://www.techdirt.com/tag/content-moderation/ , trust and safety https://www.techdirt.com/tag/trust-and-safety/ , uk https://www.techdirt.com/tag/uk/ Companies: anthropic https://www.techdirt.com/company/anthropic/ , apple https://www.techdirt.com/company/apple/ , google https://www.techdirt.com/company/google/ , meta https://www.techdirt.com/company/meta/