🙋♀️ Hello there, {{first_name | friend}},
Marissa trusted her best friend for 15 years. Then that friend stole her baby’s photos, posted them as her own and invented a fake birth story. It’s called “digital kidnapping,” it’s exploding, and any parent who posts their kids is a target. Marissa shares her story, and I’ll show you how to lock down your family’s photos.
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Plus, a 12-year-old builds an AI receptionist for her dad’s business, a robot maid cleans your house, and a $500/hour dancing robot will be your wedding date. And Sarah changed her Hinge location and found the love of her life. Turns out romance really is in the city of love.
Also: school laptops that never stop watching, Iran allegedly hacking U.S. water systems, and a listener using AI to fight $120K in cancer bills.
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You asked, so I delivered. Here are the exact time codes to the show. Go to this point in the show to the parts that interest you most.
2:01 Cop disguised as bush catches bad driving.
5:43 Sam Altman wants AI to help raise your kids.
7:37 School laptops never stop watching.
14:54 Meet the robot maid.
20:08 Best friend “digitally kidnaps” a baby.
29:06 AI builds crosswords from your family facts.
31:07 Can cars still run without updates?
36:06 Spider-Man ads hijack BMW dashboards.
39:19 Iran allegedly hacked U.S. water systems.
41:03 Home sellers spy on buyers.
44:58 Rent a dancing robot escort for $500/hr.
47:33 Viral TikTok saves grandmother’s restaurant.
54:04 Listener wants AI to cut his wife’s $120K cancer bills.
1:04:01 Got a weird skill? AI turns it into a side hustle.
1:11:29 People trick Gemini into bizarre bits.
1:14:26 College geeks land $1 million salaries.
1:22:07 The private jet with zero windows.
1:24:10 Changed her Hinge location. Found love.
1:31:16 A ventriloquist wants an AI job.
1:43:21 Kid genius builds an AI receptionist.
What was your favorite story this week? Hit reply and tell me. I read every single one. 💬
Until next show,
Kim 🚀
P.S. Only got ten minutes? Start at 20:08. That's Marissa. You'll stay for the dancing robot.
Photo credit(s): Kim Komando
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