License to Spill

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In this week's episode, Mike and Ben cover:
• FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses (krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service…) (Krebs on Security)
• Introducing ChatGPT for Teens: Built for learning, backed by protections (openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-teens) (OpenAI)
• OpenAI Says ChatGPT Is Safer for Teens. Now It Needs to Show Proof (rand.org/pubs/commentary/2026/08/openai-says-c…) (RAND)
• 'AI is less judgmental' (washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026…) (Washington Post)
And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters (patreon.com/CtrlAltSpeech), they cover:
• AI safety is designed in the West, and failing users everywhere (restofworld.org/2026/ai-safety-bias) (Rest of World)
• Why the global push to break free from Big Tech keeps falling short (restofworld.org/2026/google-amazon-cloud-china…) (Rest of World)
• Meta accepts U.S. safety rules while pitching softer tools abroad (restofworld.org/2026/meta-influencer-campaign-…) (Rest of World)
• How AI is mapping the tree of life (youtube.com/watch?v=IbN3ClySZsg) (Basecamp Research/Microsoft)
Our fun links this week include a Korean AI dance generator (mvnt.studio) and defrag your Windows PC (defrag98.com).
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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 (techdirt.com)) and Ben Whitelaw (Everything in Moderation (everythinginmoderation.co)).