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Total Leo (Audio) · September 21 · 2 hr 56 min

This Week in Tech 1102: Exclave Subpoena

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 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Owen Thomas, Jason Hiner, and Dan Patterson Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: trustedtech.team/twit rayneo.com NetSuite.com/TWIT ZipRecruiter.com/twit claude.ai/technology

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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

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Owen Thomas, Jason Hiner, and Dan Patterson

Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!
Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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