Data breach announcements are starting to sound like weather reports – daily and unpredictable. In just the past few months, Charter Communications (that’s Spectrum to most of you), McGraw Hill, Medtronic, and Carnival Cruise Lines have all been hit. Think about that for a second. If you have internet service, you’re probably in the Spectrum … Read more
Most of the conversation happening around artificial intelligence is about what it can do. How fast it’s moving. Whether it’ll take our jobs or make our lives easier. Whether it’s something to embrace or something to fear. But few people are asking AI what it actually thinks about all of this. About us. About what … Read more
If you ever find yourself wanting to both love and hate your fellow humans, take up investigating scams. It’s a quick way to see the best and the worst of our kind all in one place. This investigation is a perfect example of that. On one side, you’ve got people who are willing to do … Read more
She answered the door expecting to find a package. Instead she found a sheriff – with a search warrant in hand. And she had absolutely no idea why. She thought she had a job. A real one. Work from home, receive packages, photograph the contents, log everything into an online portal, and reship using prepaid … Read more
You have probably seen it. A video pops up in your feed. A person (usually young, awkward, sweet and nervous) is holding up something they made. A crocheted cardigan. A resin lamp. A handmade bag. They worked so hard on it. They took it to a market. Nobody bought anything. Someone was cruel to them. … Read more
My research for this post started with a straightforward question: what exactly is an AI influencer, and should you be worried about them? It ended with me filing a report with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and submitting a site takedown request to a web hosting company. So. That escalated quickly. The … Read more
That Video You Just Watched? Part of It Was AI. If you came here from my latest video, you already know what I did. I used a free AI tool to create a video of myself – a version of me that blinks, smiles, gestures, and delivers a message in what sounds like my voice. … Read more