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

Sep 21, 2026 · 2h 56m

Summary

This episode of TWIT covers the unsealed Google antitrust ruling, which mandates opening its ad exchange to rivals rather than a breakup, alongside a judge's rejection of TikTok's privacy settlement. The hosts also discuss a near-miss incident where an AI hallucination nearly triggered a military confrontation with China, and the US military's confirmation of deployed orbital weapons. Significant time is devoted to the "AI doom" discourse, exploring the effective altruism movements within frontier labs, the lack of concrete evidence for catastrophic risks, and the need for nuanced governanc…

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