It is very sensible position and I think the quote is a bit out of context, but the important part here is who it is coming from -- the company that makes money on both cheating in the job application process (which harms employers) and replacing said jobs with AI, or at least creating another excuse for layoffs (which harms the employees).
In a sense, they poisoned the well and don't want to drink from it now. Looking at it from this perspective justifies (in the eyes of some people at least) said cheating. Something something catalytic converter from the company truck.
It's worse. Anthropic is the one claiming to be a water-enhancing company that you should drink from instead of the posioned well. But they are begging you not to feed them their water.
In a sense, they poisoned the well and don't want to drink from it now. Looking at it from this perspective justifies (in the eyes of some people at least) said cheating. Something something catalytic converter from the company truck.