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.<ul> 
<li>There's a social network for AI agents, and it's getting weird</li> 
<li>Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now</li> 
<li>Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site</li> 
<li>Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use, sources say</li> 
<li>Salesforce signs $5.6B deal to inject agentic AI into the US Army</li> 
<li>Angry Norfolk residents lose lawsuit to stop Flock license plate scanners</li> 
<li>SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit</li> 
<li>Elon Musk reportedly wants a June SpaceX IPO to align with his birthday, the planets</li> 
<li>Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of decline</li> 
<li>Tesla says production-ready Optimus robot is coming soon</li> 
<li>Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings in Q2 as gaming declines</li> 
<li>What We Learned From Meta, Microsoft and Tesla</li> 
<li>Apple tells Patreon to move creators to in-app purchase for subscriptions by November</li> 
<li>Apple CEO Tim Cook 'heartbroken' after repeated ICE killings in Minneapolis</li> 
<li>A rival smart glasses company is suing Meta over its Ray-Ban products</li> 
<li>TikTok, YouTube, and Meta are headed to court for a landmark trial over social media addiction</li> 
<li>The 'Social Media Addiction' Narrative May Be More Harmful Than Social Media Itself</li> 
<li>TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection — here's what it means</li> 
<li>A Waymo hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica</li> 
<li>Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign</li> 
<li>Samsung's TriFold phone will cost $2,899 in the US</li> 
<li>Groundhogs are bad at predicting weather, but they're valuable animal engineers\</li> 
<li>Satellites encased in wood are in the works</li> 
<li>Belkin reminds users that its Wemo smart home products are shutting down this week</li></ul> 
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