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TWiT 1091: But You Didn't Move the Bodies - Surprising Supreme Court Move on Geofence Warrants

Jul 6, 2026 · 3h 0m

Summary

Hosts Leo Laporte, Lisa Schmeiser, Jason Heiner, and Owen “Doc” Stone discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling that geofencing warrants violate the Fourth Amendment, emphasizing digital privacy rights. The panel also covers the temporary ban and subsequent return of Anthropic’s Claude AI model due to US export restrictions, debating the balance between safety and innovation. Additionally, they analyze proposals for AI companies to share equity with the public to mitigate economic disruption and address widespread public skepticism toward big tech.

Topics discussed

Intro, Black Hat US promo, and panel introductions Supreme Court privacy rulings and Meta Ray-Ban glasses Federal privacy bill and Elon Musk's Boring Company AI security, jailbreaks, and the US government AI deal Public opinion on AI, data centers, and energy use Cloudflare blocking AI scrapers and Google's response AI pricing models, local LLMs, and enterprise adoption AI training data, copyright, and open-source models IoT history, Klarna layoffs, and social media safety Parental controls, VPNs, and Helix mattress ad RAM shortage, Apple pricing, and BYD electric vehicles VPN privacy, satellite recycling, and humanoid robots Prediction markets on wildfires and show outro
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