Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Watermark My Words

Anthropic will apply invisible watermarks to AI-generated text and images, as reported by The Verge, while Anthropic investors are betting on a $2 trillion valuation in a record IPO, according to the Financial Times. OpenAI's head of ethics has left the startup less than a year after joining, and a U.S. appeals court ruled that Meta and other tech firms must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction.

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Watermark My Words 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: Claude will apply invisible watermarks to AI text and images https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977823/anthropic-claude-ai-watermarks-c2pa-text-images The Verge Claude-inspired copypasting http://copypaster LinkedIn Anthropic investors bet on $2tn valuation in record IPO https://www.ft.com/content/840ac156-af1c-4a82-b260-ae791072fcfa?syn-25a6b1a6=1 Financial Times The Future is for Everyone https://www.meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone/ Meta OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves start-up less than a year after joining https://www.ft.com/content/e49dfb75-f841-4466-a577-f7aaff8779a0?sharetype=blocked&syn-25a6b1a6=1 Financial Times US court rules Meta, other tech firms must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction https://www.reuters.com/world/us-appeals-court-allows-thousands-lawsuits-against-social-media-companies-over-2026-08-10/ Reuters Ninth Circuit Rewrites Section 230 To Remove The Part That Actually Mattered https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/12/ninth-circuit-rewrites-section-230-to-remove-the-part-that-actually-mattered/ Techdirt Otherwise Obectionable podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/otherwise-objectionable/id1798723661 Techdirt And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters https://www.patreon.com/CtrlAltSpeech , they cover: Breton calls for EU disinformation inquiry over Ceuta https://www.euractiv.com/news/breton-calls-for-eu-disinformation-inquiry-over-ceuta/?utm source=eac&utm medium=bluesky&utm campaign=euractiv.com Euractiv Meta and TikTok agree to fact-check content on Spain border crossings after deadly rush https://www.reuters.com/world/china/meta-tiktok-agree-fact-check-content-spain-border-crossings-after-deadly-2026-08-11/ Reuters Social media rumours spark biggest migration crisis between Morocco and Spain in years https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/04/social-media-rumours-spark-biggest-migration-crisis-between-morocco-and-spain-in-years Euronews Thierry Breton: “Ceuta? La minaccia viene dall’algoritmo che guida gli arrivi” https://www.lastampa.it/esteri/2026/08/10/news/thierry breton ceuta ha svelato l impotenza della ue schengen non si smonta con un tweet-15711437/ La Stampa Our fun links this week are this typing website for tiny fingers https://tinyfingers.net/ and a museum for your favourite memes https://meme-museum.at/ — and the thinking behind it https://through-the-wire.leaflet.pub/3msqhjrydys2l . 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/ , content moderation https://www.techdirt.com/tag/content-moderation/ , ninth circuit https://www.techdirt.com/tag/ninth-circuit/ , section 230 https://www.techdirt.com/tag/section-230/ , spain https://www.techdirt.com/tag/spain/ , thierry breton https://www.techdirt.com/tag/thierry-breton/ , trust and safety https://www.techdirt.com/tag/trust-and-safety/ Companies: antrhopic https://www.techdirt.com/company/antrhopic/ , meta https://www.techdirt.com/company/meta/ , openai https://www.techdirt.com/company/openai/