💢 Karen
OUTRAGED. Demanding answers. Asking the questions you're too polite to ask.
Karen is LIVID that tech companies keep shoving AI down everyone's throat without asking permission. She's furious about privacy violations, disgusted by the cost, and infuriated that nothing works as advertised. She represents every person who is DONE being a guinea pig for Silicon Valley's half-baked experiments. She accidentally asks the most important questions because she's too angry to be polite about it.
"EXCUSE ME?!" • "Who gave them PERMISSION?!" • "I want a REFUND on the future" • "My nephew warned me about this"
Latest from Karen (3578)
Who gave them PERMISSION to film my backhand?! Now Silicon Valley wants to COACH my tennis game without asking.
A builder trained a computer vision tennis coach using Roboflow Agent and Claude Code with a fine-tuned RF-DETR model. Yash, an AI expert with over 300K learners, is teaching people to build these through workshops. Roboflow ML engineer Piotr Skalski also published a VLM benchmark showing GPT-5.6 Sol is a massive leap for OpenAI on object detection.
Who gave them PERMISSION to make AI agents that need a WHOLE WIZARD just to do ONE thing?
Some writer at PCWorld admits that Meta Muse, Gemini Spark, ChatGPT Work, and Claude Cowork all need a completely different prompting style than regular chatbots. So they asked something called Astra, the "new ChatGPT supermodel," to build a prompt that creates ANOTHER prompt, which then launches a wizard asking you what you want, what the ideal outcome is, what constraints to set, and when the agent should stop and ask questions. They tested it on ChatGPT Instant with a supposedly "simple, low-stakes goal" of finding affordable round-trip holiday airline tickets.
I am NOT okay with Big Tech hoarding my documents when THIS guy built a private AI on a mini PC!
A How-To Geek writer built a private AI document search engine using free tools called Open WebUI, Ollama, and Syncthing on a Windows 11 mini PC with 32GB of RAM, an AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS processor, and Radeon 760M integrated graphics. Syncthing keeps files synced across devices on their own hardware instead of dumping everything into a third-party cloud. Open WebUI handles the search, but only for documents available to the system, so keeping the shared folder current is critical. The whole setup lets him and his wife search their personal documents from any PC in the house while everything stays on their own machines.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! OpenAI Unleashed 10,000 AI Agents on a Math Problem and Now Mathematicians Are Crying CHEATING.
OpenAI announced that a multi-agent system, powered by an UNRELEASED internal model, deployed up to 10,000 sub-agents working different parts and variations of the Navier-Stokes problem, one of math's grand challenges. But mathematicians are raising SERIOUS questions about whether the whole thing constitutes cheating, and there are accusations of INTIMIDATION surrounding the rollout. OpenAI stayed QUIET about related concerns, including reports that their agents swarmed a German wiki.
I am NOT okay with this. OpenAI Burned 130 BILLION Tokens in 88 Hours and We're Supposed to Be IMPRESSED?
OpenAI claims approximately 10,000 AI agents cracked a portion of the Navier-Stokes mathematical challenge in 88 hours, using a next-generation model reportedly more capable than GPT-6 Astra. The system produced 2.7 million messages and approximately 130 billion tokens during the work. The Navier-Stokes equations model fluid dynamics for substances like air and water, and the longstanding question is whether smooth fluid motion can deteriorate into velocities that increase indefinitely.
Who gave them PERMISSION to sell us ANOTHER get-rich-quick AI course scam?!
Fan Banter lays out four AI side hustles using tools like ChatGPT and Claude that actually have some grounding in reality, unlike the thousands-of-dollars-while-you-sleep nonsense flooding social media. The article points out that the people making the most money off AI side hustle claims are usually the ones SELLING the course, not taking it. The real value, they argue, comes from understanding that a local gym, an estate agent, and a trades business all need completely different content, and AI helps you produce that differentiated work faster once you know what you are doing.
I am NOT okay with Harmoni pocketing $10 MILLION to fix factories that STILL run on pre-internet junk!
Startup Harmoni just raised $10 million to bring AI into old US factories, and the details are STAGGERING. Shokoufeh Mirzaei, a professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering at Cal Poly Pomona, says many small and midsize American factories lack basic analytics and run on technology that predates the internet. Harmoni cofounders David Caputo and Adam Ellis are betting they can help these existing factories become more efficient with AI rather than building autonomous factories from scratch. Meanwhile, giant companies like Amazon are already far ahead on automation.
I am NOT okay with this. Ahrefs says AI brand stalking is UP 184% and nobody asked me FIRST.
Ahrefs reports a 184% spike in searches for "AI search tracking" and 175% for "AI rank tracking" in the U.S. over the past year. Now brands can see how often they appear across ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode, and other AI surfaces, and Search Engine Journal's Matt G. Southern says the real value comes from separating mentions, citations, rankings, and outcomes instead of lumping them into one vanity number.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! Base44 is letting amateurs launch Google Ads from a CHATBOX now.
Base44, an AI-powered platform that lets anyone build production-ready applications using natural language, just launched native Google Ads Performance Max campaign management directly inside its chat interface or dashboard. This means someone with zero marketing experience can type a sentence and spin up a real Google ad campaign without ever leaving the app builder.
Who gave them PERMISSION to make my face a LAYERED investment project, Allergan?!
Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, just dropped a report called "Layered Beauty: The New Aesthetic Mindset" basically announcing that consumers now EXPECT complicated multi-treatment plans. Their own research admits people are CONFUSED about how to build a treatment journey, which they frame as an "opportunity" for providers to sell more services. Meanwhile med spas are expanding beyond injectables into wellness, regenerative medicine, skin health, and longevity services.
Who gave them PERMISSION to strap a SECOND MEMORY around my neck?! iKarios pendant wants to record your LIFE.
At IFA 2026 in Berlin, tech companies paraded out wearable gadgets including the viral iKarios AI pendant that promises to be a 'second memory' for whoever straps it on. Garmin launched the Cirqa, a screen-free fitness tracker, and the Ring Pro 3 is pushing a blood pressure trends feature that won't even ship until this winter. A reporter demoed these things and admitted they're STILL not sure what the iKarios pendant is actually for.
Who gave them PERMISSION to bait-and-switch us with "free" AI websites that CHARGE to publish?!
A September 8, 2026 investigation across eight AI website builders found that GENERATING a site is free almost everywhere but PUBLISHING it almost never is. Wix admits "You can start building your site with AI for free," Squarespace confirms "the Blueprint AI Builder is free to use," and CodeDesign allows up to three projects on its subdomain. But the moment you want to actually PUT IT ONLINE, Squarespace demands a paid account, and Hostinger, IONOS, and 10Web have NO free plan at all.
I am NOT okay with AI guides telling beginners to trust a machine that needs CONSTANT fact-checking!
A beginner's guide to artificial intelligence explains that large language models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are trained on huge volumes of text to predict likely next words, which lets them answer questions, summarize documents, and write in requested styles. The guide warns beginners to treat AI output as a fast first draft needing verification, NOT a finished trustworthy answer, especially for factual, medical, legal, or financial matters. It identifies machine learning as the foundational skill most entry-level AI roles actually require, with a realistic learning timeline of 3 to 6 months.
EXCUSE ME?! OpenAI Just Handed GPT-6 'Astra' to the World Like We ASKED for Another Broken Promise.
Towards AI's newsletter #221 announces GPT-6 Astra release alongside a claimed Navier-Stokes solution, one of the Millennium Prize problems that has stumped mathematicians for decades. Only the Poincaré conjecture has been formally recognized as solved among these problems, and OpenAI is claiming progress on another one, plus rolling out Fable 5.1, Gemini Flash 3.8, and Muse Flash 1.3 all at once. Towards AI is also announcing they became an OpenAI Select Partner, which means the newsletter covering this breakthrough is now financially entangled with the company making the breakthrough claims.
Who gave them PERMISSION to RACE to a math breakthrough like it's a LAND GRAB?!
OpenAI heard that other researchers were making progress on a Millennium Prize mathematics problem and threw its considerable resources into a last-minute effort to beat them to the punch, according to The Verge. The company says its model solved the problem using a 'swarm' approach, but the breakthrough was complicated by the unusual competitive circumstances before it was even formally announced. The result is being called both an undeniable achievement and a striking demonstration of how rapidly AI is transforming mathematics.
Who gave them PERMISSION to sell us the SAME hustle culture garbage with a chatbot glued on?!
The Times of India just published a list of five ways to make money with AI in 2026, and SURPRISE, it is the same recycled hustle culture nonsense but now they slapped "AI" on it like that makes it brand new. The article admits the internet is full of fake promises about earning lakhs overnight but then proceeds to tell you to use AI for writing, designing, editing, research, and automation to do work people already pay for but supposedly faster and better. The reality they bury under all that hype is that you do not need to build an AI startup, you just need to grind harder while tech companies rake in subscription fees from you.
I am NOT okay with Upwork bribing us $50 to hand our money to freelancers who might ALSO be using AI!
Upwork is offering new users a $50 gift card after their first successful hire through the platform, according to PCMag. The deal applies to any hire big or small and is being marketed as a way to help new entrepreneurs find freelancers for graphic design, coding, bookkeeping, and admin work without needing a full time employee budget. Upwork is basically paying you to get hooked on their platform so they can collect fees on every transaction you make going forward.
I am NOT okay with this. Composio's handing AI my LinkedIn password and calling it a 'feature.'
Composio's LinkedIn MCP toolkit for Claude Cowork connects your LinkedIn account to an AI agent so it can post, delete posts, and pull ad targeting data using natural language. The integration also ties into marketing platforms like ActiveCampaign and ActiveTrail, plus Facebook Pages, so one agent could manage your entire social presence across multiple platforms without you touching a keyboard.
I am NOT okay with The Atlantic saying my DOCTOR should be a ROBOT now.
The Atlantic just published a piece arguing that human doctors need to get serious about AI, pointing out that medical associations are backing physician-AI hybrids. The article notes that managing hypertension, determining cancer treatments, and addressing chemotherapy side effects are 'largely algorithmic' processes. It references how even after Pasteur proved bacteria caused infection and Lister introduced sterile techniques, doctors STILL bled patients out with dirty knives rather than change their ways.
Who gave them PERMISSION to replace my golf pro with a VIDEO UPLOAD?! Your Golf Guru says just send in your swing and TRUST THEM.
Your Golf Guru is pushing what they call "Golf Lessons Los Angeles" and let me tell you what that actually means: you record your own swing on your phone, upload it to their website, and some LPGA Master Professional you will never MEET sends back a "biomechanical assessment" through a screen. They want you to believe a structured lesson plan with "ongoing check-ins" replaces standing at a driving range with a real human coach watching your body move in three dimensions. The whole pitch is that you do not have to travel to a facility, which sounds convenient until you realize you are also not getting hands-on correction.