TWiT 1045: The Juice Ain't Worth the Squeeze - Meta's Flirty Chatbot

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Leo Laporte

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🗓️ 17 August 2025

⏱️ 187 minutes

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Privacy preserving age verification is bullsh!t
The Supreme Court lets Mississippi's social media age-verification law go into effect
Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York.
AI data centers made Americans' electricity bills 30% higher
AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over
Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs
More thoughts from Sam on the Ford EV platform
Popular car brand wants you to pay monthly to unlock more horsepower
Apple Plots Expansion Into AI Robots, Home Security and Smart Displays
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After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake
Starlink tries to block Virginia's plan to bring fiber Internet to residents
China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis
The Key to Crack the CIA's Mysterious 'Kryptos' Sculpture Is Up for Sale
PACER Hacked By Malicious Entities, Briefly Turning It Into A Useful Source For Federal Court Documents
Court blocks FTC investigation into Media Matters' alleged scheme against X
Google AI Overviews linked to 25% drop in publisher referral traffic, new data shows

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Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Sam Abuelsamid, and Lisa Schmeiser

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0:00.0	It's time for Twit this week in tech.
0:02.4	Great panel for you, Alicia Schmeisers, here from nojitter.com.
0:06.0	Jennifer Patterson, Tooey, from The Verge.
0:08.7	And my car guy, Sam, a bull, Sam.
0:10.6	We'll talk about Ford reinventing its manufacturing process.
0:15.6	Age verification is now A-OK, according to the U.S. Supreme Court.
0:20.4	And Apple's robotic arm, It's coming soon to a house near you.
0:26.2	All that and more coming up next on Twit.
0:31.8	Podcasts you love.
0:33.7	From people you trust.
0:36.2	This is Twit.
0:43.8	This is Twit. This Week in Tech, episode 1,045, recorded Sunday, August 17th, 2025.
0:52.2	The juice ain't worth a squeeze.
0:55.7	It's time for Twit this week in tech.
0:57.6	The show we cover the week's tech news.
0:59.7	I have assembled a fabulous panel for your delectation.
1:03.9	Benito said, hey, Leo, it's been kind of a sausage fest the last few weeks.
1:08.9	He said, can we get some women on the show? I said,
1:12.2	yes, please. And Jennifer Patterson-Tooey consented. She's senior reviewer at The Verge. Great to see you,
1:19.3	smart home, mama. Great to be here. Yeah, happy to represent the correct chromosome.
1:26.5	Yes, exactly.
1:28.2	None of this Y stuff.
	...

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