TWiT 1102: Exclave Subpoena - OpenClaw, Meta's Muse, & Persistent Agentic Automation
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It's time for Twit This Week in Tech. Jason Heiner is here. Dan Patterson, Owen Thomas. There is a lot to talk about. Google with another, I'd say, win in court, although it might be the best we could expect. World War III almost breaks out due to an AI hallucination. Oh my goodness. And stand back, here comes the AI disinformation. And a whole lot more this week on Twit. Stay tuned. This episode is brought to you by Trusted Tech. You know, Trusted Tech has reviewed more than $800 million in Microsoft 365 licensing spend and returned over $100 million to client budgets. On average, that's about 12% of every Microsoft 365 dollar going to waste. And licensing waste doesn't stay small. Left unmanaged, licensing drift grows three.
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This is Twitch This is Twit This Week in Tech, episode 1102, recorded Sunday, September 20th, 2026. Exclave Subpoena. It's time for Twit This Week at Tech, the show where we cover the week's tech news. And well, this was kind of a slow week, so it's a good thing we have interesting people like Jason Heiner, who is the editor-in-chief of the Deep View All About AI. Jason, you get to go to all the conferences. I'm so jealous.
Uh, I mean it's it's fun, it's exhausting, it's you know, all the things. Yeah. But But you're covering you're covering the number one topic of the day, AI. Yeah. I mean I knew last year I wasn't keeping up. And so like I was like, you know what? I really need a job where I can just think about this, write about it, talk about it, learn about it, read about it all day long. And you know, be careful what you wish for. Yeah, you got it. Uh 'cause that's where I am and that's that's my life now.
I love it. Well it's it's uh you know what? I'm glad to have somebody with your uh skill and uh And and frankly, context, you know, your the depth of knowledge to cover it because there's a lot of people out there Making a lot of silly noises because they don't have any m context or understanding. And then we go to the heart of the uh AI revolution where the Doomers live. Owen Thomas is here from the San Francisco business talking
about the
We got
the Doomers, the Boomers, the Zoomers, the Loomers, the three engineers and the Roomers. We got 'em all.
You got 'em all. The home of uh effective altruism, San Francisco, California. Owen's the managing editor of the San Francisco Business Times, so you're really a ground zero for this.
Hey, if there's gonna be a polyamorous sex called running the future of uh of the world, it's gonna be in San Francisco.
If you're just tuning in, kids, that is the latest on well, we'll we'll get to that 'cause I want you to explain this whole thing to me. But first let's say hi to Dan Patterson. He's also in the house. He is senior director of content at Blackbird AI, using AI to prevent, block, and uh inform when disinformation strikes. And uh that's a very important thing.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the opening introduction and who are the guests on this episode?
0:00–27:29
2
How does the episode transition to the Google antitrust court ruling?
27:29–1:10:01
3
Why do the hosts argue that AI pacing is a false choice?
1:10:01–1:28:40
4
Do people trust Meta’s upcoming AI agents?
1:28:40–2:04:21
5
How are Anthropic and OpenAI turning IPOs into marketing events?
2:04:21–2:27:06
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What are the emerging threats from AI‑driven disinformation and bot farms?
2:27:06–2:46:08
7
How are privacy and surveillance concerns evolving with Flock cameras and smart glasses?
2:46:08–2:55:56
Speakers
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