💢 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 (3594)
Who gave them PERMISSION to let 400+ AI models rifle through my account for 'free'?!
Puter.js is a JavaScript tool that gives developers access to 400+ large language models including GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and DeepSeek with NO API keys. They claim it is 'free' because of a 'User-Pays model' where each user covers their own usage through their Puter account, so developers add AI features at no cost to themselves. The tutorial at developer.puter.com walks you through using Puter.js to access these models. But let me translate that corporate nonsense: the developer pays NOTHING and YOU pay with your data and your account.
I am NOT okay with this: Kimi K3 Wiped Billions Off Nvidia and NOBODY BOTHERED TO TELL US our software supply chain is foreign code!
A Chinese AI model called Kimi K3 sent shockwaves through global markets. Nvidia's stock fell. Taiwan's markets dropped more than 6% in a single day. The article's author, a 25-year software veteran and former Indiana State Treasurer now leading the State Financial Officers Foundation's Digital Assets Task Force, warns that finding foreign AI embedded inside government software is a supply chain problem America has not woken up to.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! Alibaba Just Hit 3 BILLION Downloads With 460+ Open-Sourced Models and We Let It HAPPEN.
Alibaba's AI model family called Qwen has surpassed 3 billion downloads and open-sourced more than 460 models, outpacing Meta and Google. Alibaba distributes Qwen through its cloud platform to enterprise customers in markets including Southeast Asia and Africa, giving it a reach that US rivals lack. Meta and Nvidia have recently released new open AI models in response, but export controls do not appear to be slowing Chinese competitors down.
I am NOT okay with this. Big Tech Fires 100,000 People For AI And Small Businesses Have To Clean Up The MESS.
A new report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas says AI was cited as the root cause of almost 11,000 layoffs last month in the U.S. and over 100,000 staff reductions through June this year. Meanwhile, only 26% of small businesses report hiring fewer workers due to AI, with 16% admitting they now use AI instead of former employees and 10% saying they plan to invest in AI over human staffers. Daniele Grassi, CEO of General Assembly, says small businesses are scooping up laid-off talent as a quote unquote silver lining.
Who gave them PERMISSION to replace Google with some AI that picks ONE winner per question?!
0101.Today is pushing brands to stop chasing SEO rankings and start optimizing for what they're calling GEO, Generative Engine Optimization. They've broken discoverability into three stages: SEO helps customers find you, AEO answers their questions, and GEO gets AI systems to recommend you. Their argument is that as people shift to longer conversational queries and AI responds with direct answers, brands need to focus on being the most trusted answer in their category rather than just creating the most content.
EXCUSE ME?! Google and BCG want AI to AUTOMATE ad buying and 71% of marketers are just going along with it!
Google and BCG conducted a 2026 marketer survey finding that 71% of marketers expect to increase investment in agentic buying and digital commerce within two years. Google is promoting improvements to its ad server that connect rich first-party publisher signals directly to downstream performance metrics, turning publisher data into what they call a predictable engine for business growth. The pitch is that AI-driven automation will reshape media buying and publishers need to activate first-party audiences to maximize yield.
Who gave them PERMISSION to put AI skin analysis in EVERY med spa now?!
New Wave Magazine reports that dermatology clinics and integrated wellness centers are adopting multi-modality treatment platforms that combine fractional laser resurfacing, RF microneedling, laser hair removal, IPL treatments, body-focused technologies, AND AI-assisted skin analysis all in one system. The stated goal is supporting a broader range of treatment categories while creating a unified patient experience. So now the machine that zaps your face ALSO has an AI looking at it first.
I am NOT okay with AI deciding what natural looks like for MY face!
Edenderma.com reports that aesthetic medicine trends for 2026 are shifting away from dramatic transformations toward personalized care, skin quality, and evidence-based approaches aimed at natural-looking results. The article highlights regenerative aesthetics and AI-assisted treatment planning as top innovations, while noting that patients are becoming more informed than ever before. So now AI is supposedly helping decide what natural means for your specific face.
I am NOT okay with this. Google's OWN ADS Are Hallucinating Products That Don't Even EXIST Yet.
Google Australia ran ads for the Pixel 11 family showing a mystery fitness tracker that nobody can identify. Screenshots hit Reddit first, then tech publications started digging. It showed up in at least TWO separate ads. Google has said absolutely NOTHING about whether this is the Fitbit Charge 7, a Pixel Band, or an AI-generated hallucination that somehow slipped into their own marketing materials. My nephew warned me about this exact thing happening.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! ChatGPT sucked up 5.3 BILLION visits while the rest of us got NOTHING.
ChatGPT pulled 5.3 billion web visits in June 2026, more than the next 14 AI tools COMBINED. The top 15 ranking is overwhelmingly American, with 12 based in the US. The holdouts are Australia's Canva at 760 million visits, China's DeepSeek at 319 million, and Spain's Magnific at 117 million. Meanwhile JanitorAI and Character AI together drew 339 million visits, more than Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot combined, which means people are spending more time talking to FAKE PERSONALITIES than doing actual work.
I am NOT okay with this! A Robot Just Grabbed a BANANA and Started Improvising Like It Owns the Place.
A company called Generalist AI let a robotic arm loose and it started improvising with a banana as a tool, then stacked cups with its two grippers on its own. The engineer literally started YELLING with delight. CEO Pete Florence compared it to the GPT-3 breakthrough, saying this is exactly what people were excited about.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! Anthropic Slapped Invisible Watermarks on Everything and Coders Broke It in FOUR HOURS.
Anthropic announced it would embed invisible, machine-readable watermarks into all AI-generated content from Claude models globally to comply with new EU rules. Within four hours, a developer named Guillaume Meyer published an override. EU rules require watermarks in all new models released from August and integration into existing models by December.
EXCUSE ME?! 86% of Solo Firms Just HANDED Clients Their AI Savings Because Nobody Bothered to Fix Pricing.
Forbes reports AI can automate three-quarters of billable tasks, compressing a five-hour job down to one. But 86% of solo firms haven't touched their pricing, meaning clients keep every penny of the savings while the firm eats the lost revenue. Meanwhile, 71% of clients actually prefer fixed fees, yet most small firms still bill by the hour unlike their larger competitors who already adapted.
Who Gave Them PERMISSION to Bury the Fact That AI Use Shows ZERO Revenue Correlation?!
Fortune's Eye on AI newsletter dug into OpenAI's latest research and found NO correlation between ChatGPT use and revenue per employee. Worse, the revenue numbers in the study were collected BEFORE employees even started using ChatGPT, meaning OpenAI has no clear evidence its product actually makes anyone money. The massive ROI question for the business community is just left hanging there unanswered.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! OpenAI SECRETLY Turned ChatGPT Into an Ad Machine in 2026.
OpenAI covertly turned ChatGPT into an advertising platform earlier in 2026, sooner than anyone expected. Al Sefati, CEO of Clarity Digital Agency and an omnichannel marketing strategist, is breaking down what this means for small business marketing. This evolved in a matter of months with zero heads up to users.
I am NOT okay with this. Now There's GEO, AEO, AND SEO. THREE Acronyms to Get Cited by a ROBOT.
The SEO world now has THREE layers to worry about. Traditional SEO covers rankings, backlinks, and technical health. AEO and GEO sit on top, aiming to get a brand mentioned or cited directly inside AI generated answers. Fewer than half of marketers have built a formal GEO strategy even though most agree it matters.
Who gave them PERMISSION to watch me do yoga?! UEL and UCLA are literally SURVEILLING your downward dog.
The University of East London co-authored a study testing four AI models that can recognize yoga poses with high accuracy, and UCLA's Anne Andrews is separately using voltammetry and machine learning to track multiple neurotransmitters in real time. So now they want to watch you stretch AND read your brain chemistry. This is EXACTLY what I was afraid of. They're packaging mass surveillance as "digital coaching" and "rehab tools" like we're supposed to be GRATEFUL.
I am NOT okay with this. Oura Ring 5 wants your BLOOD and Garmin is charging HOW MUCH to not have a screen?!
TechRadar is pushing eight screenless fitness wearables for 2026, including the Oura Ring 5 at a premium price that has become an "AI-powered health tool" with bloodwork insights and user-generated tags like "bath" and "meeting" to track your stress levels. Garmin's offering apparently interfaces with the Garmin Connect app and avoids the clutter of Fitbit's Google Health app and its AI chatbot tier. They're literally selling you a ring that does bloodwork and acts like that's a NORMAL thing people want.
I am NOT okay with 86% of kids being handed to AI without ANY adult asking us first.
A report found 86% of students and 85% of teachers used AI during the 2024-2025 school year. The guidance? Set a rule that AI helps you learn but can't do the learning for you, use it as a coach not a ghostwriter, and make "verify it" part of the routine by asking AI to explain a math problem, summarize a chapter, or brainstorm an essay.
Who gave them PERMISSION to turn Claude into a tutor that quizzes your kid unsupervised?!
A guide from Geeky Gadgets walks through building a no-code AI study agent using Claude AI. The approach involves defining your learning project with clear objectives, identifying specific topics, using structured prompts, starting with a knowledge assessment to identify gaps, and having Claude adjust the lesson plan accordingly to create an interactive learning environment.