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July 11, 2026

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A billion-dollar startup wants to clone your body. The catch? The cloned bodies would be used as a source to harvest organs or even house transplanted brains. Creepy? Or intriguing?

Plus, your smart devices could be weapons in disguise. Botnets are tied to 300,000 attacks. Intelligence analyst Allan Liska breaks it down. And watch out for fake rideshare drivers. They’re “scooping” passengers up and stealing their money.

In this episode:

0:00:00 Gen Z asks AI for horoscopes.

8:21.350 Meta smart glasses turned food narc.

16:02.418 Steve built an AI that saved his life from cancer.

24:52.957 Chat aloud with Gemini Live.

26:38.042 Fix your laptop’s sun glare.

35:43.535 Real creator of Bitcoin unmasked.

40:38.723 Alexa+ orders Uber Eats and Grubhub.

43:45.856 Kid bit by wolves. Parents on their phones.

1:09:28.443 AI adult stars clones.

1:12:17.351 American Airlines duped by bus bookings.

1:14:20.763 Amazon’s new supercenters are run by robots.

1:17:03.469 NVIDIA’s new AI sounds human.

1:23:01.235 AI reunites woman and her lost dog.

1:35:39.841 This app made $5K in 3 days. By moaning.

April 18, 2026

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It starts at 6:00 AM in their billionaire bunker. No phones. Instead, they write a gratitude list of ten things, with one rule: they can’t repeat anything from the day before. I cover what they’re thankful for. 

Plus, Silicon Valley’s elite want to upload your brains, a recruiter exposes a North Korean spy, and ways to stop your kids’ endless scrolling.

Did the tablet kidnap your sweet child? Don’t worry, Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff knows how to get them back. She’s a scientist and mom who knows how screens hijack a kid’s motivation system. In her book Dopamine Kids, she shares how to swap the screen-time stress for play.

And meet the world’s first AI store manager. Lukas Petersson of Andon Labs gave $100K to an AI agent named Luna to open a store. How’d it go? Luna didn’t only write code. She signed a lease, haggled with suppliers, and hired human employees. The result? Andon Market, a boutique in SF. 

Timecodes:

00:00 Lauren Sánchez and Bezos’s happiness routine

05:34 Why Silicon Valley elite want all your knowledge

08:14 AI cannot read an analog clock

11:10 The AI Jesus app

13:11 Job interviewer exposes a North Korean fake IT worker

15:43 Man finds hidden Wikipedia feature

17:01 Caller: ChatGPT diagnosed my car

21:44 Slay your property tax bill with AI

23:27 Caller: Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff

32:07 Shopper targeted with AI deepfake

34:00 AI beauty pageant

37:18 Mommy influencers takeover

40:48 AI school bus company ticketing you

43:49 Woman texts late grandma’s phone number

46:01 Caller: My Alexa has an attitude

49:44 Caller: AI is the boss at San Francisco retail store

56:55 AI Tool of the Week: Meta AI Muse Spark

58:54 Lithium battery rules for AirTags

1:01:31 Caller: Man’s 100,000 recorded concerts hit the internet

1:07:27 Gen Z emojis: what do they mean?

1:13:29 Kalshi prediction markets

1:18:31 Waymo and Waze partner up to fix potholes

1:18:54 Air New Zealand adds beds in the sky

1:20:46 Phone-free restaurants

1:30:18 AI helps with stocks

1:33:09 Caller: Granddaughter’s phone brings a stranger to her door

1:39:58 Your car is a snitch

April 11, 2026

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The CIA’s never-before-used “Ghost Murmur” saved a downed airman in the Iranian desert. Hear how. 

Plus, a toddler was bit by a wolf while his parents were glued to their phones, a 50-year Dodgers season ticketholder got locked out of the game because he doesn’t have a smartphone, and why adult film stars are turning to AI. 

Legally blind Chrichelle Brown is experiencing the world in a whole new way thanks to her Meta Ray-Ban glasses. How it’s changing her life and empowering the visually impaired community.

Timecodes: 

0:18.157 Dodgers denies 50-year fan because he doesn’t have tickets on his smartphone

4:05.664 The secret, never-before-used CIA tool saves a downed airman in Iran

8:29.496 AI lies to stay alive

11:49.450 Caller: Alleged cheating husband locks wife’s computer

16:34.430 Amazon’s hidden button connects you to a human customer service rep

17:33.276 Caller: Meta AI glasses change how a blind woman sees

38:48.605 Mercor poaching work from people to train AI

39:49.886 American Airlines passengers duped by bus bookings

50:36.938 Caller: AI helps woman and her dog reunite

1:01:05.525 AI tool of the week

1:15:58.779 Alexa+ can order food through Uber Eats and Grubhub 

1:19:05.961 Kid bit by wolves while his parents were glued to their phones

1:24:39.058 Caller: U.S, Germany and Canada disrupt botnets

1:34:15.872 Caller: Picked up by an Uber Scooper

1:40:50.000 YouTube’s new AI tool can identify who people are in videos

October 2, 2025

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Today on The Current AI Podcast, George takes you inside the hidden world of ultrasonic tracking, the creepy tech that links your devices through sounds you can’t even hear. Then it’s off to the Web Water Cooler, where we talk Samsung’s swollen Galaxy Ring, Alexa’s new paywall, AI-powered scams, and even China’s pay-to-wipe toilets. In Device Advice, learn how AI now fights ransomware in Google Drive, the fastest way to cancel sneaky app subscriptions, and smart tricks for Google Docs, YouTube, and Fire TV. From smart speakers to smart scams, this episode is packed with AI, security, and gadget hacks you don’t want to miss.

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