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Jan 26, 2026 1 hr 31 min

SNL #208: AI Hack for Freedom

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Car, Keyan and friends recap the front page of Bitcoin at Stacker.News every week. ZAP! TimeStamps: Top 3 this week on SN: Wumbo’s Picks: Car’s Picks: Keyan’s Picks: AI Bitcoin: Meta: PlebPoet Picks: Most Popular Segment in Bitcoin: Yes we are on ⁠⁠X⁠⁠ now. https://x.com/stackernewslive Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ everywhere. https://linktr.ee/stackernewslive Catch us live on ⁠YouTube every week⁠ & hit Subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@stackernews?sub_confirmation=1 Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ everywhere. https://linktr.ee/stackernewslive You can support the podcast by Zapping us on ⁠Fountain⁠. https://fountain.fm/show/Mg1AWuvkeZSFhsJZ3BW2 Or ⁠by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stacker-news-live/id1607607566 Follow Wumbo on SN. https://stacker.news/Wumbo Follow PlebPoet on SN. https://stacker.news/plebpoet Learn more about PlebPoet and what she does every week at her website. https://www.plebpoet.com Follow Car on X. https://x.com/ThrillerX\_ Follow Car on SN. https://stacker.news/Car Find Car on Nostr. https://primal.net/Car Learn more about Car and what he does every week at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PlebLab⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. https://pleblab.dev Follow Keyan on X. https://twitter.com/k00bideh Follow Keyan on SN. https://stacker.news/k00b Follow Keyan on Nostr. https://primal.net/k00b Learn more about Keyan and what he does every week at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stacker News.⁠ https://stacker.news

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SNL #208: AI Hack for Freedom

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  1. 1:01 Keon's Weekend and Robo-Taxis in Austin
  2. 5:35 Saylor's Bitcoin Buys and the Price of the Dollar
  3. 11:03 HRF AI Hackathon for Freedom
  4. 13:10 Activists and Non-Technical User Feedback
  5. 20:59 Stringer Safety: An Apple SOS for War Zones
  6. 22:52 Lucy: An Autonomous AI Trader
  7. 25:27 Switzerland to Vote on a Population Cap
  8. 31:38 Gen AI: The Snake Eating Its Own Tail
  9. 41:45 Can Machines Be Vessels for Souls?
  10. 51:36 Pub Economist Expands on Comparative Advantage
  11. 1:02:04 Stacker News Zine: The Theme Is Circles
  12. 1:07:01 Recurring Bitcoin Lightning Payments for Merchants
  13. 1:10:41 The Best Claude Code Demo Ever Seen
  14. 1:16:11 Stacker News Review 2026: A Great Community

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