TWiT 1069: In My Head I Have 3 Buckets - Moltbook Becomes a Surreal AI Agent Social Network

What happens when AI bots get their own social network, Silicon Valley execs cozy up to power, and Apple takes a cut from creators? This week's panel calls out the bold, bizarre, and often problematic ways tech's biggest players are reshaping everything from AI assistants to your everyday privacy.

• There's a social network for AI agents, and it's getting weird • Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now • Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site • Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use, sources say • Salesforce signs $5.6B deal to inject agentic AI into the US Army • Angry Norfolk residents lose lawsuit to stop Flock license plate scanners • SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit • Elon Musk reportedly wants a June SpaceX IPO to align with his birthday, the planets • Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of decline • Tesla says production-ready Optimus robot is coming soon • Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings in Q2 as gaming declines • What We Learned From Meta, Microsoft and Tesla • Apple tells Patreon to move creators to in-app purchase for subscriptions by November • Apple CEO Tim Cook 'heartbroken' after repeated ICE killings in Minneapolis • A rival smart glasses company is suing Meta over its Ray-Ban products • TikTok, YouTube, and Meta are headed to court for a landmark trial over social media addiction • The 'Social Media Addiction' Narrative May Be More Harmful Than Social Media Itself • TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection — here's what it means • A Waymo hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica • Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign • Samsung's TriFold phone will cost $2,899 in the US • Groundhogs are bad at predicting weather, but they're valuable animal engineers\ • Satellites encased in wood are in the works • Belkin reminds users that its Wemo smart home products are shutting down this week

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Gary Rivlin, Devindra Hardawar, and Victoria Song

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