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TWiT 1102: Exclave Subpoena - OpenClaw, Meta's Muse, & Persistent Agentic Automation

Sep 21, 2026 · 2h 56m

Summary

This episode of This Week in Tech covers the unsealed Google antitrust ruling, which mandates opening its ad exchange rather than a breakup, and a U.S. judge's rejection of TikTok's privacy settlement. The hosts also discuss a near-miss incident where an AI hallucination in a military intelligence report almost triggered a conflict with China. Additionally, the panel explores the growing AI safety discourse, the "effective altruism" culture within frontier labs, and the urgent need for nuanced governance to balance innovation with public trust.

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