<p>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.</p><ul> <li>There's a social network for AI agents, and it's getting weird</li> <li>Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now</li> <li>Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site</li> <li>Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use, sources say</li> <li>Salesforce signs $5.6B deal to inject agentic AI into the US Army</li> <li>Angry Norfolk residents lose lawsuit to stop Flock license plate scanners</li> <li>SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit</li> <li>Elon Musk reportedly wants a June SpaceX IPO to align with his birthday, the planets</li> <li>Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of decline</li> <li>Tesla says production-ready Optimus robot is coming soon</li> <li>Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings in Q2 as gaming declines</li> <li>What We Learned From Meta, Microsoft and Tesla</li> <li>Apple tells Patreon to move creators to in-app purchase for subscriptions by November</li> <li>Apple CEO Tim Cook 'heartbroken' after repeated ICE killings in Minneapolis</li> <li>A rival smart glasses company is suing Meta over its Ray-Ban products</li> <li>TikTok, YouTube, and Meta are headed to court for a landmark trial over social media addiction</li> <li>The 'Social Media Addiction' Narrative May Be More Harmful Than Social Media Itself</li> <li>TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection — here's what it means</li> <li>A Waymo hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica</li> <li>Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign</li> <li>Samsung's TriFold phone will cost $2,899 in the US</li> <li>Groundhogs are bad at predicting weather, but they're valuable animal engineers\</li> <li>Satellites encased in wood are in the works</li> <li>Belkin reminds users that its Wemo smart home products are shutting down this week</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://garyrivlin.com/" target="_blank">Gary Rivlin</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/devindra.bsky.social" target="_blank">Devindra Hardawar</a>, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vicmsong.bsky.social" target="_blank">Victoria Song</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free audio <em>and</em> video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul> <li><a href="https://www.monarch.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">monarch.com with code TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://Melissa.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">Melissa.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://helixsleep.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">helixsleep.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://canary.tools/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://expressvpn.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">expressvpn.com/twit</a></li> </ul></p>
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Published: 2026-02-01 20:21:26