💢 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 (3557)
I am NOT okay with this: Emage Medical Wants a CAMERA to Judge My WRINKLES Now.
Emage Medical's ImagePro systems are being pushed on aesthetic practices as AI skin analysis tools that scan your face for pores, wrinkles, pigmentation, redness, and texture. They claim it organizes observations for consultations and documentation. But buried in their own admission is the truth: these images do NOT establish a medical diagnosis, and if you have a real skin concern, you still need an actual qualified professional.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! Apple Now Wants to Grade My BALANCE Like I'm a LAB RAT.
Apple's new Longevity Assessment in the redesigned Health app for iOS 27.2 tests your strength, flexibility, and balance right from your iPhone. A Tom's Guide reviewer tried it and says they gained insights into flexibility and balance. Apple is framing this as the future of healthcare where you mix AI-powered consumer tech with traditional doctor visits.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! Apple wants ANOTHER screenless tracker harvesting your body data while Google's AI coach LURKS in the background.
Apple is developing a new screenless health and fitness tracker to compete with Whoop's wrist-worn device and Oura's smart ring, according to Bloomberg. The device would pair with Google Health Coach, feeding your personal health data to Google's AI so it can deliver what they call personalized guidance. Sonera also makes non-invasive sensors that measure the brain's neural signals, because apparently your heartbeat and sleep patterns weren't enough for these people to hoover up.
I am NOT okay with Silicon Valley Expecting Me to BUILD MY OWN APP Now Because Theirs Are All Garbage.
AARP is telling everyday people to use AI "vibe coding" platforms to build their own websites, apps, and games from written or spoken prompts. They recommend Lovable (lovable.dev) as the most approachable option for non-technical builders and claim you can try most platforms for free before paying a monthly subscription. The article frames this as empowering, but let me be clear: they're pitching consumer tools that turn regular people into unpaid software developers.
Who gave them PERMISSION to Replace My Emails With a ROBOT and Call It Productivity?!
A guide from aitools.sh is teaching beginners to use AI to automate routine tasks like writing emails, organizing data, making content, and handling simple processes without coding skills. The article explains that older automation used hard-coded "if this, then that" rules, but now AI can read, write, sort, and make simple decisions based on instructions you give it. They frame this as saving time and improving productivity for anyone willing to follow their step-by-step examples.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! Meta wants to strap AI GLASSES to your FACE now with full-body HOLOGRAMS.
At Meta Connect 2026, Meta announced Meta VR Glasses, audio-only glasses, and updates to Muse, plus what they call the first full-body holograms for VR. Yes, they specifically bragged that the holograms have LEGS now, as if that is supposed to impress me. Jake Peterson and his team at Lifehacker covered the whole parade of announcements, some available now and some coming soon.
I am NOT okay with this. The White House is HOARDING AI models from UK testers and we are supposed to just TRUST them.
The White House asked OpenAI and Anthropic not to share their new AI models with the UK's AI Safety Institute until the US government reviews them first. The UK's AISI, created in 2023, has been routinely testing AI models ahead of public release on a voluntary basis and is considered a crown jewel of AI governance. The US version of AISI is currently operating without a permanent director and facing a bandwidth problem as it is asked to evaluate more models.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! Some Guy Built Three Fake People for $99 and Made $157 Selling a GUT CLEANSE Workbook.
Mark Tilbury spent $99 and seven days creating AI influencers named Amos, Vivian, and Sienna using Higgsfield and Claude, cloning existing virtual influencers like Lil Miquela and Mother Satori. The winning character, Vivian, posted daily health videos ending with a gut-cleanse drink pitch, pulled thousands of views per day, and generated 23 sales of a $12 workbook for $157 in profit.
I am NOT okay with this. Redditors Said $2,000 a Month Side Hustles and NOT ONE Warned Us About the AI Competition Coming for Those Exact Jobs.
Redditors shared 24 side hustle ideas targeting an extra $2,000 per month, ranging from selling rare houseplants to running bar trivia to installing holiday lights. The list emphasizes matching hustles to your existing skills and interests, with categories including acts of service, online reselling, and creating handmade items. The framing is financial freedom and supplemental income for people who already have full-time jobs.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! AI Ad Images Can Cost You $5,000 in New York Alone.
Businesses are whipping up AI-generated ad images without disclosing them, and regulators are NOT having it. New York can fine advertisers up to $5,000 for hiding that an ad used an AI-generated person, and FTC advertising rules kick in if AI makes an ad misleading. The disclosure rules are a patchwork across jurisdictions, meaning what is legal in one state can bankrupt you in another.
I am NOT okay with this. OpenAI's ChatGPT Ads Want Your Email Lists AND Your Conversations.
OpenAI launched an Ads Manager that lets businesses target users based on conversational context and user intent inside ChatGPT. Advertisers can upload customer email lists, use custom audiences, deploy a Pixel and Conversions API for tracking, and combine creative variations with product feeds. The system also includes Sponsored Agents, which means companies can pay to insert themselves into your ChatGPT conversations.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! AI Skin Tools Can't Even See DARKER Skin Tones Properly.
A scoping review found that AI tools for atopic dermatitis use convolutional neural networks to analyze clinical and dermoscopic images, but the evidence is a MESS. Only 27% of studies even bothered reporting skin color, and fewer than half included basic demographics like age or sex. Two teledermatology studies completely excluded Fitzpatrick skin types V and VI, and the authors found REDUCED diagnostic performance in darker skin tones.
I am NOT okay with Apple building a FABRIC STRAP to harvest even MORE of my body data.
Apple is reportedly developing a screenless fitness tracker similar to the Whoop wristband, featuring a thin fabric band with a computing module and sensors that beam your health data straight to your phone via Bluetooth. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple has been prototyping the device for months, jumping into a category where Google's Fitbit Air, Garmin's Cirq Smart Band, and Amazfit's Helio Strap Pro already compete for wrist real estate. The device would be wellness focused, unlike the feature heavy Apple Watch.
Who gave them PERMISSION to let some startup named BENCHMARK pick apart college sports contracts?!
An AI startup called Benchmark, founded by Michael Anthony, is helping college athletic departments compare contracts, cut costs, and manage finances in what the article calls a $45 million era of college sports. Bubba Cunningham, the 2020 Under Armour/NACDA Athletics Director of the Year and senior adviser to the chancellor at North Carolina, told USA TODAY Sports that it started with aggregating coaching contracts and vendor data, then expanded to multimedia rights and shoe company deals. A source named Cappadoro says they use it regularly for coaching contracts and vendor agreements.
I am NOT okay with spending half my life BEGGING ChatGPT to just answer the question right. CNET says the fix was hiding in my settings THIS WHOLE TIME.
CNET tested personalization settings across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude and found that clicking your username in the chat window opens up custom instructions under something called "personalization" or "personal intelligence." ChatGPT showed the biggest change in tone and even switched its team recommendation. Gemini basically just slapped some adjectives and emojis on the same answer, and Claude added a football emoji and narrowed its pick to Georgia. The settings take effect immediately without starting a new chat.
Who gave them PERMISSION to make me say 'think carefully' to a MACHINE? Anthropic's own guide admits I was wasting my breath the WHOLE TIME.
On September 22, 2026, Anthropic announced Claude Opus 5.5 with a new official guide that changes how people should talk to it. The official tutorial says if parts of a request are unclear, you should ask the AI to question you before it starts working. Anthropic's own work blog recommended an even more advanced requesting method. The whole point is that people have been adding phrases like "think carefully" as insurance against sloppy answers, and the official Opus 5.5 guidance says that is no longer necessary.
Who gave them PERMISSION?! OpenAI and Anthropic Said Slow Down Then Dropped THREE New Models Anyway.
OpenAI just announced GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna, slashing API prices by 50% compared to GPT-5.6 promotional pricing. Anthropic rolled out Claude Opus 5.5 the same day. These are the first releases from either lab since fears erupted around AI's potential threat to humanity, and both are racing to undercut cheaper open-weight competitors instead of hitting the brakes.
I am NOT okay with this. Meta wants 100 styles of AI glasses on YOUR FACE by Christmas.
Meta used Connect 2026 to announce Muse AI expanding to Ray-Ban, Oakley, and Meta Glasses with over 100 styles by end of year, including first-ever audio glasses with built-in AI. They also debuted Meta VR Glasses promising IMAX-grade cinema and spatial computing in a glasses form factor. Muse AI will now live on your face throughout your entire day.
I am NOT okay with this: ZenBusiness says go ahead, bet your LIFE SAVINGS on AI and pray.
The ZenBusiness State of Entrepreneurship Report 2026 finds first-time founders are deliberately choosing entrepreneurship, not turning to it after layoffs, but they're funding these ventures with personal savings and operating on terrifyingly short financial runways. The report highlights AI as an increasingly important tool for lean operations, but these founders have almost zero room for financial error while scrambling to reach profitability. So we've got beginners gambling their nest eggs on tech that barely works, and ZenBusiness is calling this a trend like it's something to celebrate.
Who gave them PERMISSION to let AI spend our ad money with NO human review?! Amazon Ads admits it!
Amazon Ads director Kapil Sharma revealed that only 2 percent of Indian SMBs have used AI to fully automate advertising decisions without human review, but AI is increasingly changing how small businesses experiment with ad campaigns. The pitch is that AI helps SMBs test more ad variants faster and explore creative ideas beyond pure performance advertising, with human decision-making supposedly still at the center. But Sharma works for Amazon, a company that profits every time an SMB spends more on ads, so excuse me if I don't trust that 'humans stay in control' promise.