$700,000 lost to online boyfriend

Lori Schott lost her daughter Annalee to suicide in 2020 after social media consumed her life. She has spent every year since advocating to get platforms and parents to change. Her fight helped lead Meta to an historic $18 billion settlement, the largest of its kind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lukas Petersson and Axel Backlund of Andon Labs gave $100K to an AI agent named Luna to open a store. Not only did she write code. She signed a lease. Haggled with suppliers. And hired human employees. The result? Andon Market in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just like the rest of us, Caleb got tired of picking up after his dog. So he built the Poopcopter. Scans, scoops, and dumps. Tech does ‘ruff’ work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A listener's sister spent five years and emptied out her entire IRA on her "boyfriend." The kicker? She's never met him in person. Classic romance scam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. We talk to Travis about this unconventional setup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Brown's doctors missed his cancer diagnosis. So he built an AI agent that caught what they didn't. Saved his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Police ambushed Joel Feder and his wife in a Kohl’s parking lot. Guns drawn. The tipster? Flock cameras. Wrongly tracked him for days over stolen plates he never took. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid spent his career detecting AI fakes. Now he can’t tell what’s real. Other experts are getting fooled too. What that means for the rest of us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long before GPS knew where your car was, Roy was the voice guiding drivers. He recorded over 5 million navigation phrases in the '90s. Now he's the calming voice at Disney parks. Roy shares hilarious retro tech stories, including weird street names. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elliot and his fiancée go on a wild police pursuit in Waymo. Against their will. Rating? Zero stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices