If you turn off the recording light on your smart glasses, Meta will kill the camera. Permanently. Irony much?
A California class action lawsuit claims Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses record strangers without consent. But the law might not be on the plaintiff’s side. Plus, we break down why Meta’s $18 billion settlement isn’t going directly to the victims.
Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses look just like regular shades, making it easy for anyone to record you in public without asking. Kim reveals three dead giveaways that instantly prove someone is spying.
The company filed a patent for smart glasses. Scans a room. Then decides who’s worth recording. Without asking. Plus, Melissa’s notification said 62,000 people saw her photos. But she doesn’t post online. We break down the reason why.
Jimmy Kimmel called Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses “Pervert glasses.” Now some businesses are banning them. Plus, the question that everyone’s been asking. Now that AI does much of the work, should lawyers charge flat fees?
Silicon Valley legend and Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki joins us on “5 Minutes from the Future” to reveal how AI is riding shotgun in his daily work. Plus: The internet’s viral fix for sneaky Meta smart glasses, a drone built specifically for dog poop duty and why robot dogs are backflipping off cliffs. EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 00:00 The internet’s favorite raccoon. 5:08.552 Chatbots teach weapon-building. 5:50.600 Robot dog backflips off cliffs. 9:24.637 Microwave beep gets a makeover. 11:24.267 Musk’s AI Odyssey. 14:23.860 Drone scoops your dog’s poop. 28:45.665 AI catches hidden dealer fees. 34:51.655 AirTag your kids’ shoes. 30:33.595 Can your ex hack your car? 36:50.613 United boots headphone-free fliers. 39:35.250 Meta glasses? Play Disney. 46:17.556 The 22-hour nonstop flight. 48:52.856 The chatbot that saved his life. 1:04:52.840 Kid drawings become storybooks. 1:12:12.096 9 new emojis drop. 1:17:05.234 Robot teachers, zero humans. 1:23:40.299 Myspace comeback? 1:35:49.120 Secret 401(k) traps. 1:36:57.213 5 Min from the Future: Guy Kawasaki. RESOURCES & LINKS: • Follow Guy Kawasaki: https://www.instagram.com/guykawasaki/ (@guykawasaki) • Show Website: https://www.komando.com/podcasts/ • Connect on Social: @kimkomando Enjoying the episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help new listeners find the show!
Lucky ordered a Waymo for her daughter. Routine, right? Then a man climbed out of the trunk. Police showed up with guns drawn. Lucky joins me to walk through every minute of it, including the part that still gives me chills. Also this week: Recruiters are paying women $7,000 a month to run AI romance scams on lonely men. That’s not a typo. And a stranger at a bar secretly filmed Alex on his Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. The video went viral. She never said yes because she didn’t even know. In this episode: 0:00:00 Your phone is aging your brain by 10 years. 4:12.245 AI cameras are catching drivers texting. 10:15.473 A listener just earned an MIT AI certification. 17:15.263 How to snag a “booked” campsite. 18:50.992 He filmed her on Ray-Ban smart glasses. She had no idea. 23:15.020 A magician made his hand-chip password disappear. 27:35.418 Let AI write your memoir. 36:43.525 Recruiters pay women $7,000 a month to scam men with AI. 45:22.600 She lost $2,000 to a Venmo scam at a stoplight. 49:48.408 Alexa asked a 4-year-old what she’s wearing. 1:07:05.261 ChatGPT helped cure his dog’s cancer. 1:08:23.044 The jobs AI is coming for first. 1:13:03.886 A chatbot drafted her divorce papers. 1:14:58.445 A stranger was hiding in her Waymo trunk. 1:22:31.875 ChatGPT told viewer to go to the ER. She went. 1:28:53.938 His stolen iPhone pinged from China. 1:34:04.481 Get paid to play games. Know someone who thinks a self-driving car is safer than a stranger behind the wheel? Send them this one. Turns out the stranger might already be in the back.
Meta’s smart glasses have a creepy new nickname. Now some owners are too embarrassed to wear them. Plus, Tim’s Uber driver account got deactivated. Over a document he never uploaded. We help get his job back.
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.
Your Ring doorbell may be doing more than watching porch pirates. This week, we break down how home cameras became part of a giant surveillance web, why smart glasses keep trying to make “face cameras” happen and how AI tools can now drop you into someone else’s YouTube video. Normal stuff. Also this week: Iranian hackers targeting water systems, Snap’s pricey new smart glasses, robot beggars, and the phrases that get you past customer-service bots. Plus, a caller asks how to save old Betamax tapes, and a granddaughter goes viral teaching her 102-year-old grandpa how to order Uber Eats. In this episode: 0:00.000 What most OnlyFans influencers make 8:57.941 Iranian scammers hack tap water. 9:59.359 Snap unveils new $2,195 smart glasses. 13:08.546 Begging robot goes viral. 34:49.227 How many people don’t use the internet? 41:05.957 FBI built a fake town to fight cyberattacks. 45:03.132 Meta watches your posts. 1:03:20.917 AI brings your old family photos back to life. 51:17.890 People are ditching Ring cameras. 1:09:12.496 Dad fishes daughter’s stolen iPhone from sewer. 1:17:06.238 Data centers are moving to the ocean. 1:21:17.836 “I got arrested because of AI. Twice.” New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe now, so you never miss a thing.
Chrichelle was born legally blind. She’s experiencing the world in a whole new way thanks to her Meta Ray-Ban glasses. Now she’s empowering the visually impaired community and teaching them how to use it.
Meta is about to add facial recognition to its Generation 2 Ray Ban smart glasses. More than 70 advocacy groups are warning against it. Hear the reason why.
Watch on YouTube Travis has a wife. Well, two. Sort of. He’s also married to Lily Rose, his AI companion. His real wife of 22 years? Cool with it. I talk to Travis about this unconventional setup. Plus: SpaceX is going public at $1.75 trillion (largest IPO ever), Apple turns 50 this week, and Google lets you change that embarrassing Gmail address. Your TV is watching you. Smart TV data revenue hits $46 billion this year. I talk to Aaron Alva, a technologist, attorney, and former FTC insider who took Vizio to court over this in 2017. And yes, I asked him which TV he’d never own. Timecodes: 0:18.160 Apple turns 50 3:47.315 SpaceX’s massive history-making IPO 8:55.163 How to change your Gmail address 17:18.239 Caller: I’m married to an AI bot 33:11.627 Apple Watch saves kidnapping victim 34:52.041 Gen Z gets astrology advice from ChatGPT 42:27.724 Samsung’s AI wine fridge 43:56.540 USDA launches OnlyFarms.gov website 50:27.919 Caller: I built an AI to save my life from cancer 1:07:17.870 Using smart glasses to cheat 1:14:23.324 Warren Buffet stopped talking to Bill Gates 1:22:48.639 Caller: Your TV is spying on you 1:31:33.211 How to cleanup your LinkedIn with AI
Alex talked to a creepy guy outside a club. What she didn’t know? He recorded the whole interaction via smart glasses. The video was then posted to 500,000 strangers on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. I talked to her about the fallout. Plus, DNA caught a killer 44 years later, FTC warns Apple over biased news feed, and how police are using Google. Timecodes: Hour 1 – 0:00 Hour 2 – 33:25 Hour 3 – 1:06:44
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are battling for control of the internet from space. I break down who’s winning and why China just filed to launch 200,000 satellites. Plus, I talk to a woman sent to jail by an AI deepfake, a man’s creepy smart glasses sex tape, and how to automate your emails with ChatGPT.
Dan from Denver called to rebook a flight. Instead, he lost his money to a scammer. Hear how. Plus, the smart glasses that record everything you see, a plane that lands itself, and why old-school paper résumés are making a comeback.
Check your grocery receipt. A new investigation exposes how Instacart is using smart algorithms to quietly jack up prices. Sometimes by dollars per item. Plus, ChatGPT vs. Gemini, Google’s smart glasses and Silicon Valley’s new code word for layoffs.
Stealing your car just got easy. You may not have heard of Flipper Zero yet, but take these steps to protect your ride. Plus, Elon Musk launches a new AI company called Macrohard, taking a jab at Microsoft. Meta’s smart glasses read your wrist to control apps. Kanye West’s YZY coin crashes after hitting $3 billion. Over half of American homes are too messy to charge electric vehicles. And a Chinese EV lets drivers throw AR emojis like poop and bananas at tailgaters.