Anthropic weakened its safety pledge, Kalshi fined a MrBeast, and Instagram will alert parents if teens repeatedly search for suicide or self-harm content episode artwork

EPISODE · Feb 26, 2026 · 7 MIN

Anthropic weakened its safety pledge, Kalshi fined a MrBeast, and Instagram will alert parents if teens repeatedly search for suicide or self-harm content

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-Will Shanklin reports that with two stories about the Claude maker Anthropic breaking on Tuesday paint a chilling picture. -Ian Carlos Campbell writes about Kalshi suspending a MrBeast video editor for insider trading. -Anna Washenko writes about Instagram adding a new alert for the parents of teen users of its social media platform. The network will alert the adult if their child repeatedly searches for terms about suicide or self-harm in a short time frame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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