Let Fly the Claudes of War, with Casey Newton

About this episode

Ben Whitelaw is joined by Casey Newton to discuss the latest news in online speech, content moderation, and an AI power struggle at the Pentagon.

In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by Casey Newton, founder and editor of Platformer and co-host of Hard Fork, a podcast that makes sense of the rapidly changing world of tech. Together, they discuss: After a deadly raid, an AI power struggle erupts at the Pentagon (Washington Post)Following: Anthropic vs. The Pentagon (Platformer)Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge (TIME)Hackers Expose Age-Verification Soft...

People in this episode

Host: Ben Whitelaw

Guest: Casey Newton

Topics covered

• online speech
• content moderation
• internet regulation
• AI power struggle
• tech news

Keywords

• AI
• Pentagon
• content moderation
• Anthropic
• tech news
• internet regulation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Platformer, Hard Fork, Washington Post, TIME, Anthropic, Pentagon

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