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UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid spent his career detecting AI fakes. Now he can’t tell what’s real. What that means for the rest of us. 

Plus, a caller slashed a $99,000 medical bill in half. How? AI. And Elliot and his fiancée go on a wild police chase in a Waymo. Against their will.

In this episode:

0:00:00 Robot butler does your laundry. 

7:40.320 Spy cameras hidden in bushes. 

14:56.486 President Nixon goes viral. 

27:40.456 AI knows your pet is in pain. 

37:50.837 Google home cameras recognize your body.  

43:23.418 Shopping carts secretly track you. 

48:32.858 Google Pixel Watch could save your life. 

49:38.503 Jeff Bezos backs EV Slate truck. 

1:01:12.907 Be a graphic designer with AI.

54:20.494 Skip Geek Squad. Ask AI for free. 

56:06.807 AI restores old family photos. 

1:03:31.051 Uber driver saves woman from scam. 

1:12:41.917 Teens stunt-ride Waymos. 

1:15:52.283 Data centers controversy. 

1:22:06.113 AI lifeguard catches pool drownings. 

1:25:48.023 Apple Watch health risks.

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SpaceX is going public, targeting a valuation of at least $1.75 trillion. Largest IPO in history. Anthropic filed, too. Warren Buffett dropped $10 billion on Alphabet. Plus, your car is being watched. Culprit? Flock’s 80,000 cameras, which are now backed by drones. They log your driving, then the information is sold to private companies. No warrant needed. Fly-by-night surveillance. 

Kim Komando breaks it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy and your life right now.

This week on The Kim Komando Show:

13:38.994 Teen’s Bluetooth name cancels flight midair 

16:34.441 ChatGPT somehow knew her date of birth 

26:33.595 Adam dumps AI marketing, goes back to the basics for bagel shop 

12:17.418 Attack of the mosquitoes! Why tech titans are releasing millions of bugs 

8:20.248 Siri gets smart, Apple makes glasses, and a new Android trap 

23:41.688 AI Tool: Turn your digital footprint into art 

32:20.758 Use it or lose it. How AI shrinks your brain 

34:12.540 Peekabook, a viral fake book, lets parents hide their phone from their kids 

45:40.903 AI predicts 2026 NBA Finals winner 

47:53.035 Uber’s newest ride option: Professional drifting 

1:03:41.967 AI Tool of the Week: Use ChatGPT voice tool to breeze through paperwork 

1:10:30.365 Moving to the moon

1:14:44.885 Data centers in your backyard could raise your electric bills

1:21:28.029 Two YouTube creators won the box office

1:26:24.419 Video vs. audio: The best way to reach exhausted caregivers

1:33:31.331 Laid off at 55. How Kristina built a thriving AI consultancy

1:41:19.541 Your router is spying on you

Butterflies, duck sausage, a dishwasher. Oh my! Uber is revealing some of the weirdest things people left in their rides. Award-winning photographer Steven’s entry was so stunning, the competition said it looked too good to be believed. The kicker? It was shot on his Samsung phone. I speak with Steven about how he fought back and got his picture-perfect ending.

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Think your Google history is safe? Think again. Police are using online search history to hunt down suspects. A creepy guy used Meta smart glasses to secretly record Alex outside the club. Video went viral. I talk with her about the fallout.

Kim Komando breaks it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy and your life right now.

This week on The Kim Komando Show:

1:17.870 Why men shout at AI

30:36.937 AI Tool: Beat AI screening on your next job interview

49:25.418 Caller: Real estate agent spots romance scam

33:05.535 Smart home gadgets are tattling to insurance companies

39:25.634 Chatbots are secretly recording Zoom meetings

1:05:03.889 Your hotel key card livestreams your every move

18:16.841 Caller uses AI to make over family’s 1908 barn

1:06:08.741 Salvage crews are pulling the plug on internet history

1:08:34.962 54% of teens are using AI for homework

1:13:01.303 Meta’s new glasses find your Instagram profile in 90 seconds

1:22:52.725 Caller: Best AI college programs for students

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After cutting 8,000 jobs, Meta told its remaining employees something jaw-dropping: every keystroke you type at work is being recorded. Why? To train the AI that could replace you. If that doesn’t make you put down your coffee, this will. Your AI therapy chats? Not as private as you think. They could be read back to you in a courtroom.

Kim Komando breaks it all down, plus the tech stories affecting your money, your privacy, and your life right now.

This week on The Kim Komando Show:

1:17.870 – Smartphones and falling birth rates. The connection is real.

6:35.184 – AI recovers $400K in forgotten Bitcoin. (You might want to check your old hard drives.)

13:03.114 – Strangers form a human roadblock to stop a swerving driver

38:50.210 – Find your ancestor’s WWI and WWII draft cards online, free

42:53.853 – A CIA scientist claims the government knows about four alien species. (His words.)

50:01.500 – One bride used ChatGPT to design her own wedding dress and saved $12,000

1:02:22.007 – University of Virginia researcher Maria Lungu on AI-powered wrongful arrests

1:15:46.260 – The Air Force wants to land rockets on old oil rigs

1:30:33.282 – A hacker held a Facebook account for ransom

1:39:32.183 – A grandpa uses AI to write a children’s book for his grandkids. (Grab the tissues.)

Plus: delivery drivers kept pulling into the wrong driveway. So Tom did what any totally normal person would do. He programmed a drone to write directions in the sky. It worked.

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That innocent peace sign selfie? It may be exposing your fingerprints to criminals. Meanwhile, AI is now stepping into the IVF process in ways that sound straight out of science fiction.

In this episode, Kim breaks down the wildest, creepiest, and most important tech stories changing your life right now.

You’ll hear:

31:21 How thieves steal Apple Watches during handshakes

1:15:32 Why kids beat AI age checks using fake mustaches

1:32:14 The hidden-camera trick Kim used to uncover 11 cameras in an Airbnb

19:33 A terrifying $700,000 romance scam

7:52 AI systems beginning to replicate themselves

40:37 China’s $650,000 transforming rideable robot

1:18:47 Why people booed an AI-generated graduation speech

1:12:58 How Waymo “stole” a passenger’s luggage

Plus, Wall Street Journal writer Danielle Crittenden joins Kim for an emotional conversation about the devices still connected to her late daughter and what happens to our digital lives after we’re gone.

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Kathleen Tierney posted a Game of Thrones GIF as a joke on a city council Facebook page. A month later, she ended up in handcuffs for it. And lost her a six-figure job. Now, she’s suing for $3 million to prove that snark isn’t a crime.

Plus,  Bill Gates’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, inside Zuckerberg’s $170M Florida mansion and how your gas app snitches to your insurance company. 

And I talk to Sarah from Colorado. She has a drone problem. One is being flown outside her bathroom window. She’s pretty sure she knows who’s doing it. I give her the tools to find out.

Timecodes

00:00  Gen Zers are bringing mom to job interviews

02:43  Show intro

03:30  How Israel used AI and Tehran’s traffic cameras

06:30  AI-faked war videos flooding social media

07:08  Where your Meta Ray-Ban footage actually ends up

08:24  Inside Zuckerberg’s $170M Florida mansion

10:20  Bill Gates’ name in the Epstein files

13:00  Why Kim is done paying Microsoft

15:09  Splash of AI newsletter launch

16:47  Caller Sarah: Drone outside her bathroom window

26:11  Caller Graham: Fooled by an AI musician on AGT

32:46  Use a VPN to score cheaper hotel rates

34:11  Washington’s “Spanish” AI line that speaks English

36:25  Why tech CEOs won’t let their own kids on social media

39:46  Apple’s new budget iPhone, iPad, and MacBook

40:34  Google Home’s new Gemini live search

41:07  Burger King’s AI bot named Patty

43:07  Apple Watch saves a 15-year-old after a crash

44:46  Caller Pastor Jennifer: Scammers cloned her voice and face

49:57  Allstate sued for tracking 45 million drivers

51:09  Caller Rob: Earning an AI certificate from MIT

58:27  Caller Melissa: Battery exploded into flames on her flight

1:06:00  Amazon Prime members charged more on some items

1:11:57  Tempe woman arrested over a Game of Thrones GIF

1:14:30  Allstate’s massive driver-tracking lawsuit

1:15:48  Don’t ask ChatGPT if you’re dying

1:17:50  Mr. Beast is buying a bank

1:19:41  Caller Emile: A fake Zoom link gave a hacker control

1:24:35  How AI cut a $195K medical bill to $33K

1:25:51  Caller: Realtor.com’s 3D fly-around of her house

1:35:12  Caller Amber: Pivoting from software dev to sales

1:39:47  How to try DeepSeek AI safely

1:40:52  Outro

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It turns out even millionaires have AI FOMO. Storm Duncan, a veteran Silicon Valley investment banker, put his 14-acre estate outside San Francisco on the market. But he’s not asking for cash. He wants equity in Anthropic. 

While some bet their fortunes on big tech, the police are using it to look into yours. It started with a $195,000 armed bank robbery in Virginia. With no leads and no suspects, police obtained a warrant to pull Google data from every phone near the scene. They arrested the thief, but the case could reshape your privacy rights forever.

Plus, Apple’s foldable iPhone (and iPad) could land as early as September, security giant ADT breached, and how to score cheap flights. 

Trevor in Los Angeles is caught in a messy divorce, but the drama isn’t just in the courtroom. He found a charge on his bank statement for spyware and is convinced his wife is using it to track his every move. 

Timecodes:

00:00 Google Maps red pin has no official name01:45 Welcome to the show05:23 Bank robber caught via geofence warrant07:37 How often your phone pings location data09:52 AI chatbot reveals bioweapon instructions11:27 Apple’s rumored foldable iPhone12:16 Japan Airlines deploys humanoid robots13:36 Florida surgeon turned Lyft driver caught18:11 ADT data breach exposes 10M records18:57 Guest Storm Duncan: Trading $8M house for Anthropic shares26:41 AI tip: Prep for your doctor’s appointment27:57 Caller Eric: What ChatGPT really thinks of you32:54 JetBlue personalized pricing lawsuit34:14 Newborns averaging 3 hours of screen time37:39 Disneyland’s facial recognition tracking40:07 Joby air taxi: JFK to Midtown in 7 minutes41:51 Best in-flight Wi-Fi rankings43:26 Beating an AI scam call with a prompt injection45:41 Caller (Divorce): Spouse tracking him via app49:36 Chinese EVs project movies from headlights50:39 Caller Mark: Entertainment setup for his boat57:20 Review: ChatGPT Images 2.0 vs. Nano Banana1:05:46 The hidden privacy cost of hotel Wi-Fi1:24:28 Caller Rod: How burglars use Wi-Fi jammers1:39:00 Words with Friends and the “VIP” gambling strategy

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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

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Bethany woke up covered in red spots and asked ChatGPT. The AI insisted she go to the ER immediately. It’s a warning that saved her life. Hear what the bot got right and wrong. Plus, a whistleblower gives WIRED’s Andy Greenberg a terrifying look inside a Southeast Asian scam center, your WiFi can now see through walls and your smart speaker knows what you’re feeling. 

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You can now rent AI tools to run scams for less than the cost of Netflix. I talk to Alexis from Phoenix, who nearly lost $1,000 to a rental scam on Realtor.com. Plus: a mechanic’s illegal side hustle and why Wi-Fi 7 routers are a ripoff.

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Stalkerware secretly tracks everything – photos, emails, location – and sends it to someone spying on you. I’ll tell you the red flags. Plus: AI singer with 2.8 million listeners, half of Uber drivers aren’t who you think, and your cheap TV screenshots everything you watch.

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A startup is taking deposits for the first lunar hotel opening in 2032. Price? $250K to $1M per spot. Plus, Amazon tracks every employee accomplishment for raises, a teen’s ChatGPT threat got him arrested at school, and AI turned a cop into a frog in an official police report. Also, I talk to Dennis whose daughter got hit with a deepfake scam.

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House shopping? The real Zillow power move is fact-checking your friends’ finances. Also: Julie found a random $300 in her Cash App. Scam or luck? I investigate. Then, catch Jack Dorsey’s next move and the trick to bypass AI search results.

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Super-smart eighth grader Gagan from Washington calls in asking how to start his own tech newsletter. So cool! I cover a new bitcoin ATM scam, today’s most vulnerable jobs, and how to get cheap tickets on your next flight.

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I talk to Randy from Kansas City, who lost his life savings to a crypto romance scam. Plus, a new low: scammers are face-swapping lost dog photos to extort owners. Then, inside tech billionaires’ doomsday bunkers and Will Smith’s hilarious AI video fail.

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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.

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AI is now in the exam room. Here’s how it’s changing your doctor’s visit. I’ll also take you inside Raya, the exclusive dating app for celebrities and CEOs. Plus, the FBI’s latest email scam warning and the next generation of big-screen TVs.

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Holly doesn’t know what to do. Her bro believes he’s in a relationship with Jennifer Aniston. He’s not. Is there anything to get him out of the spell? Plus, deepfake virtual scams, Time Magazine’s person of the year, and an Amazon scam you need to hear.

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“South Korea” autocorrects to “Puppet State.” Or at least it does in North Korea. A YouTuber takes a look at two smartphones smuggled out of the country. Then, a shocking call from Troy in Utah. His niece is being catfished. She’s sent the scammer $500,000. Plus: A rising Amazon scam, AI pricing bots, and TikTok pranks gone wild.

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Can AI commit a crime? Anthropic says its chatbot performed 90% of a cyberattack on its own. Wow. I break down what that means, plus the Louvre break-in, Jeff Bezos’s new job, and Black Friday scam alerts. Finally: Is TikTok stealing your identity? One caller worries it’s happening to her.