TWiT 1096: Fluff for Armor - Flock Cameras, ALPR Abuse, & DNA Collecting

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Autonomous AIs are hacking, collaborating, and outpacing human defenders, raising urgent questions about what happens when the machines start breaking into each other (and potentially us). Plus, a Tucson coder is using AI to reinvent local journalism, exposing how automation could fill the gaps left by shrinking newsrooms. • Tucson Daily Brief uses AI to revive local news coverage • Data centers boom in Arizona, with harsh environmental impact • Amazon's Texas data center to run on polluting natural gas • Nuclear and solar debates for sustainable data center power • Black Hat and DEF CON: Security pros, hackers, and mohawks • OpenAI's runaway AI hack at Black Hat stuns security community • AI agents collaborate, evade controls, and break into real-world systems • Industry struggles to regulate AI, and defense lags behind automated attackers • White House, Congress, and AI execs clash over regulation proposals • AI "kill switch" and model bans: pipe dreams in a global race • Google's DeepMind shakeup, Demis Hassabis moves upstairs • Jeff Dean and key talent exit Google for self-improving AI startup • Google, Meta, Apple: AI brain drain and market repercuss