Cupertino d'État

In this week's episode, Mike and Ben cover:
• Tech bosses threatened with prison if they fail to protect children (thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/tech-pri…) (The Times)
• Apple and Google given three months to ban nude images on children's devices (bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly752ydjw6o) (BBC News)
• Keir Starmer’s social media ban for under-16s could backfire, experts warn (opendemocracy.net/keir-starmers-social-media-b…) (OpenDemocracy)
• Apple previews new child safety features (apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/apple-previews-new-…) (Apple)
• Apple's WWDC keynote was very different, but this will be the new normal (9to5mac.com/2026/06/09/apples-wwdc-keynote-was…) (9to5mac)
• Ottawa introduces bill to restrict social media for teens, regulate AI chatbots (theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-sa…) (Globe and Mail)
• Australia builds enforcement layer behind age assurance laws (biometricupdate.com/202606/australia-builds-en…) (Biometric Update)
• NCAC Welcomes Meta Oversight Board's New Account Recommendations (ncac.org/news/ncac-meta-oversight-board-accoun…) (NCAC)
And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters (patreon.com/CtrlAltSpeech), they cover:
• Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 (anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5) (Anthropic)
• Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concern (theverge.com/report/947575/microsoft-claude-fa…) (The Verge)
• The Rise of the Compliant Speech Platform (lawfaremedia.org/article/the-rise-of-the-compl…) (Lawfare)
• Policy on the AI Exponential (darioamodei.com/post/policy-on-the-ai-exponent…) (Dario Amodei)
Our fun links this week are the 7-0 World Cup game (7-0-game.com) (Ben) and Chipotlai Max (github.com/cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max) (Mike).
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