TWiT 1088: Model Not Available - Anthropic's Fable Shutdown & Apple's Siri Update
This Week in Tech (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2026
⏱️ 159 minutes
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Summary
The US government abruptly forced Anthropic to pull its most advanced AI model offline after fears it was simply too powerful to be safe. Hear the real story behind the sudden shutdown that rocked the tech world—and what it reveals about the uneasy alliance between Washington and Silicon Valley.
• Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model release sparks cybersecurity and jailbreak concerns
• White House pressures Anthropic to withdraw Fable amid security fears
• Debate over government intervention, model regulation, and Anthropic's IPO timing
• SpaceX IPO rockets to record-breaking $1.77 trillion valuation
• Apple unveils revamped Siri and Apple Intelligence at WWDC
• Apple's new child safety and parental controls in iOS
• OpenAI and Anthropic plot IPOs, face economic realities of AI industry
• Supply chain attacks hit Arch Linux packages, security risks highlighted
• Spotify battles surge of fake podcasts promoting illegal drugs
• German court rules Google AI overviews legally liable for inaccuracies
• FCC pursues crackdown on anonymous burner phones, raising privacy alarms
• North Korean hackers' massive infiltration of US tech sector exposed
• iFixit teardown reveals Trump Phone is just a rebadged HTC U24 Pro
• Smartphone and internet access linked to declining US birth rates
• Skydance-Paramount merger approved as Warner Bros seeks next mega deal
• Roku seeks buyer, raising questions about future streaming platforms
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Christina Warren, Harry McCracken, and Richard Campbell
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Twitter this week in tech. |
| 0:01.7 | Richard Campbell is here. |
| 0:03.2 | Harry McCracken and Christina Warren. |
| 0:05.5 | We've got the experts in the house to talk about three of the biggest stories. |
| 0:09.9 | And one of the biggest tech weeks of all time, we've got fable tabled, SpaceX launches, |
| 0:15.5 | and Apple Siri. |
| 0:17.5 | That and a whole lot more coming up on Twitter. |
| 0:22.8 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:24.7 | From people you trust. |
| 0:27.2 | This is Twit. |
| 0:34.1 | This is Twit. This week at Tech, episode 1888, recorded Sunday, June 14th, 2026. |
| 0:41.7 | Model not available. It's time for Twit, the show where we cover the week's tech news and holy cow. |
| 0:48.3 | It's been a long week. Now entering the Twit Octagon, Christina Warren from GitHub. Hi, Christina. And of course, Mac Break |
| 0:58.8 | Weekly. Great to see you. Great to see you too. Long time, a long time no see. Hard to believe |
| 1:04.0 | that it was only Monday that Apple announced the new series. I was going to say, I was going to say, |
| 1:08.7 | my most stuff that's happened since we talked on Tuesday. Actually, most things have happened since Friday is kind of nuts. It's crazy. It's been nuts. Anyway, I'm thrilled to have you. We wanted to have you on to talk about that. Harry McCracken is here, my good friend, the technologizer from Fast Company. He is a historian of technology, among other things, very astute observer. |
| 1:29.0 | And so it's always good to get that perspective. |
| 1:31.0 | Hello, Harry. |
| 1:31.5 | Welcome back. |
| 1:32.6 | Hi, Leo. |
| 1:33.2 | Always a joy to be here. |
| 1:34.6 | Happy Flag Day. |
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