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 This Week in Tech episode 1069 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1069 Sponsors: • http://monarch.com with code TWIT • http://Melissa.com/twit • http://helixsleep.com/twit • http://canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT • http://expressvpn.com/twit Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: Website: https://twit.tv/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@TWiT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/TWiT TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twittok LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twit-llc #ai #apple #spacex About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, Security Now, Intelligent Machines, and more.