🎙️🩺 Her doctors missed it. ChatGPT didn’t. - The Kim Komando Show

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Some shows are good, others are great. This weekend’s show falls into the great category.

We have two calls I’m still thinking about. A mom who says ChatGPT caught what her doctors missed. And a dad who walked away from a head-on crash on the freeway with his son in the car.

Then it gets fun. A chunk of rocket lands in a Minnesota cornfield. A robot that does kung fu goes on sale. And two dads who send each other potatoes by drone. (Yes, potatoes. Stay with me.)

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Click here or tap to listen: Her doctors missed it. ChatGPT didn’t.

Lauren Bannon knew something was wrong with her body. Her doctors had an answer. It wasn’t the right one.

So she typed her symptoms into ChatGPT. It pointed her toward a test nobody had ordered. That test found cancer.

Lauren joins me to tell the whole story. What she typed. What the chatbot said. And how she got her doctors to listen.

Here’s why you need to hear it: AI isn’t your doctor. But used the right way, it can help you ask better questions. (Used the wrong way, it leaks your medical records. I cover that in the same episode.)

🎧 Hear Lauren’s story: Apple | Spotify | iHeart

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That’s how many conversations a cuddly AI toy sold on Amazon left wide open on servers in China. Some included profiles of American kids.

Kids tell toys everything. Their name. Their school. When Mom leaves for work. That’s a scammer’s shopping list.

Is there an AI toy on your kid’s wish list? Hear my one-line Christmas rule on the podcast before you hit Buy.

Keep scrolling. There’s more good stuff below including the robo vacuum I use and how to use AI to spot cams. 👇

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12 stories worth your time. Tap to listen, then skip ahead to the time you want.

▶ ChatGPT caught the cancer her doctors missed. 

▶ His Tesla took a head-on hit. He and his son walked away. 

▶ A rocket landed in a Minnesota cornfield. Who pays if it hits your roof? 

▶ Banks are catching AI bots inside customer accounts. 

▶ One text turned a United flight around. 

▶ A hospital worker pasted patient records into a chatbot.

▶ A surgeon operated from 35 miles away. 

▶ Cracked iPhone Duo? Apple will swap it free. 

▶ Your robot vacuum drew a map of your house.

▶ The $21,600 kung fu robot built for porch patrol.

▶ Three hikers let AI plan their climb. It ended in a rescue.

▶ Your kid says your jacket is “bussin’.” Your phone can translate.

And more. Keep scrolling down for a huge surprise, if you want to start an AI business.

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🚗 Jeff saw the wrong-way driver. His Tesla was in self-driving mode on the freeway when a car started acting strange. Then it came straight at him. Jeff slammed the brakes. After the collision, he couldn’t get out, but he got his son out with help from a semi driver. Then he helped the 79-year-old woman who hit him. Elon Musk even commented on the video. What the Tesla did in those last seconds is something every driver should hear.

🥔 The potato drone dads. Two dads figured out they could send each other potatoes by drone. Why potatoes? Why not? Nathan tells me how drone delivery works and whether it’s coming to your street.

🍎 Michele wants to teach with AI. She teaches a keyboarding and coding class in Arkansas, and data laws keep her from putting AI in her students’ hands. So how do you teach AI without breaking the rules? I gave her a plan she can use Monday.

🎧 Hear all three on the podcast

Three brand-new AI gadgets. I made up two of them. One came out this week. Andrew had to find the real one on the show. Now it’s your turn.

1. SnackGuard. A camera inside your fridge recognizes who’s opening the door. After 10 p.m., it locks the ice cream drawer and texts your spouse: “Dave is in the freezer again.” It’s $149, plus $4.99 a month for “accountability mode.”

2. Genie 4. Type one sentence, like “hot air balloon ride over Antarctica,” and AI builds a whole world you can fly through in real time. You hear the wind. The people in it talk back. Type “make it snow,” and it snows.

3. Squat-to-Watch. A smart TV that uses its built-in camera to pause your show every hour. It won’t hit play again until you do 10 squats. There’s a kids’ version for screen time.

Lock in your answer. Then listen to find out if you (and Andrew) got it right. I’m not giving it away here. 🎧 Hear the answer on the podcast.

Keep scrolling. My best jokes are still to come. 👇

Tips that didn’t make the show. You get them because you read this far.

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Now, these also did not make the show because we ran out of time.

(Andrew groaned at all three. That’s the only review I trust.)

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P.S. Two dads figured out they could send each other potatoes by drone. Not a joke. A real drone, a real potato, a real backyard landing. Nathan tells me how drone delivery works and whether your next pizza drops out of the sky. Hear the potato drone story on the podcast. (What do you call a potato that rides a drone? A spud-nik.)

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