Sep 20th 2026
This Week in Tech 1102
Exclave Subpoena
OpenClaw, Meta's Muse, & Persistent Agentic Automation
AI hallucinations nearly sparked an international crisis, Google dodged a breakup but faces new rules, and Meta’s personal AI agent might be about to run your life. This week's episode ponders what’s pragmatic, what’s dangerous, and what’s coming for everything from privacy to geopolitics.
- Judge Orders Data Sharing and Other Fixes to Solve Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly
- US judge signals rejection of part of TikTok privacy settlement
- AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
- For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit
- OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
- Why AI pacing has become a false choice
- Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns
- Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
- Senate Votes to Block Crypto Bill in Major Blow to the Industry
- The EU Bans Social Media For Under-13s
- ‘Maybe a year’: Geoffrey Hinton gives the Senate a deadline on AI
- ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You
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Links
- Judge Orders Data Sharing and Other Fixes to Solve Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly
- US judge signals rejection of part of TikTok privacy settlement
- AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
- For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit
- OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
- Why AI pacing has become a false choice
- Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns
- Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
- Senate Votes to Block Crypto Bill in Major Blow to the Industry
- The EU Bans Social Media For Under-13s
- ‘Maybe a year’: Geoffrey Hinton gives the Senate a deadline on AI
- ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You