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 coverageData centers boom in Arizona, with harsh environmental impactAmazon’s Texas data center to run on polluting natural gasNuclear and solar debates for sustainable data center powerBlack Hat and DEF CON: Security pros, hackers, and mohawksOpenAI’s runaway AI hack at Black Hat stuns security communityAI agents collaborate, evade controls, and break into real-world systemsIndustry struggles to regulate AI, and defense lags behind automated attackersWhite House, Congress, and AI execs clash over regulation proposalsAI “kill switch” and model bans: pipe dreams in a global raceGoogle’s DeepMind shakeup, Demis Hassabis moves upstairsJeff Dean and key talent exit Google for self-improving AI startupGoogle, Meta, Apple: AI brain drain and market repercussionsPhones stagnate as hardware innovation slows, AI devours chip supplyOpenAI teams with Jony Ive on strange new AI-first deviceSmart glasses privacy backlash and DuckDuckGo’s tongue-in-cheek sunglassesMeta fined $942 million by New Mexico court for youth harmsApple sues OpenAI over alleged stolen secrets, countersuits ensueUK revives “Snooper’s Charter” for backdoors, Apple fights in secret courtLicense plate readers spark local backlash and privacy activismU.S. water systems face cyber sabotage as critical infrastructure weakensBending Spoons buys Airtable, fueling SaaS layoffs and AI data grabsNicholas DeLeon uses AI tools to get fitNASA hacks keep aging Voyager probes alive for another yearDownload or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techJoin 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/clubtwitTranscripts: This Week in Tech Episode 1096 TranscriptLinks