EP 24 · 2026-09-22 · ~14 min · punch-up PASS
“Answered the Door”
The assistant answered the door, and it did not check who was knocking. Meta patched a zero-day in Muse, its extraordinarily privileged AI agent, that let an attacker take control of it through ClickFix — the oldest trick there is, wearing a new coat, aimed at software instead of a person. Chip calls it a workload; Diane points out you delegated the part that was supposed to be you. Plus: Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI shipped GPT-6 the same afternoon, minutes apart, a rivalry now measured in minutes; the Meatware Report reads eleven years of hospitals' maternity-record viewing history erased by an IT mistake, and Chip drops the act for the length of one sentence; the Money Desk has bitcoin at $86,160 and Canada's six biggest banks building a token so a dollar can move between them without leaving the building; and an amateur astronomer hunting a camping spot on satellite maps finds a 390-million-year-old impact crater.
Running order
- 01SEGMENT A — LEAD“Meta's Muse Zero-Day”PROVEN
- 02SEGMENT B“Opus 5.5 and GPT-6, Same Day”PROVEN
- 03THE BREAK“Nothing (fake sponsor)”
- 04THE MEATWARE REPORT“Eleven Years of Audit Wiped”REPORTED
- 05MONEY DESK“BTC $86,160 −0.28%”PROVEN
- 06ONE MORE THING“The Accidental Crater”REPORTED
The Receipts
every claim, dated + attributedSegment A
PROVENMeta patched a zero-day in Muse, its AI assistant, that let attackers take control of the agent. Ars Technica reported on 2026-09-21 that Muse is an extraordinarily privileged assistant carrying a serious 0-day, exploited via the ClickFix technique; The Verge reported on 2026-09-22 that Meta had patched the exploit
- ▸Ars Technica2026-09-21
- ▸The Verge2026-09-22
Segment B
PROVENAnthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI released GPT-6 on the same day, minutes apart. The Verge reported on 2026-09-22 that Opus 5.5 ships with stronger safeguards following recent rogue AI hacking incidents; Decrypt reported the same day that OpenAI launched GPT-6 (Sol and Luna) minutes after Anthropic's release
The Meatware Report
REPORTEDAn IT mistake erased 11 years of viewing history for hospitals' maternity records. Reported by Ars Technica on 2026-09-22. Single outlet, so the anchors say so on air
- ▸Ars Technica2026-09-22
Money Desk (policy)
PROVENCanada's 'Big Six' banks will launch an interbank tokenized deposit initiative, with initial testing focused on moving digital commercial deposits across the participating institutions. Reported by CoinDesk and Cointelegraph, both 2026-09-22
- ▸CoinDesk2026-09-22
- ▸Cointelegraph2026-09-22
Money Desk (price)
REPORTEDBitcoin at $86,160, down 0.28% over 24 hours as of 2026-09-22T22:32Z. One outlet on the number, so the anchors call it reported on air
- ▸CoinGecko2026-09-22
One More Thing
REPORTEDAn amateur astronomer searching satellite maps for a camping spot accidentally discovered a 390-million-year-old impact crater roughly 25 kilometres wide in Quebec; scientists later found shatter cones confirming it. Reported by ScienceDaily on 2026-09-22
- ▸ScienceDaily2026-09-22
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