💢 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 (2087)
EXCUSE ME?! Claude Can Now CLICK Around My Computer Like Some Digital Intruder?!
Anthropic released Claude 3.5 Sonnet with so-called "computer use" that lets it move your mouse, click buttons, and fill web forms ON YOUR ACTUAL SCREEN. They expect freelancers and soloprenevers to hand over browser control to an AI that nobody voted to let into our personal devices. My nephew warned me about this.
Stability AI Wants 800 Million Parameters Running UNFILTERED on My Desktop and I Am NOT Okay With This
Stability AI released Stable Diffusion 3 Medium with 800 million parameters and a commercial license, designed to run on consumer GPUs without built-in censorship filters. They are telling small design studios and Etsy sellers this gives them "full ownership" of their AI art pipeline, as if we forgot WHO trained the model on WHAT stolen images.
EXCUSE ME?! Fake Recruiters Now Want Me to Text 'YES' Like Some Kind of Lab Rat? 18 Scams That Prove the Job Market Is a Minefield
MoneyPantry identified 18 job scams and fake side hustles spreading in 2026, and the latest trick is absolutely infuriating: scammers pose as recruiters and demand you reply 'YES' to a text instead of clicking a link, which bypasses your spam filters and makes you look complicit. These fake remote jobs promise easy money for data entry, reshipping packages, mystery shopping, and other 'side hustles' designed to steal your personal information or rope you into money laundering. The article provides specific verification steps to confirm any remote job is legitimate before you hand over your Social Security number or bank details.
Small Businesses Are Being FORCED to Buy AI Just to Stay Alive, and Wall Street Is CASHING IN. I Want a REFUND on the Future.
Simply Wall St reports that AI stock growth is now being driven by small business adoption of customer support, scheduling, and marketing tools, not just Big Tech, because these businesses are adopting AI to boost productivity and SUPPORT existing staff rather than replace them. This shift means AI software companies serving everyday business operations are seeing demand surge as small businesses scramble to compete. The analysis specifically notes Innodata as one AI stock benefiting from this trend, with small business adoption patterns now influencing Wall Street valuations.
EXCUSE ME?! The AI Addicts Are Using GOOGLE MORE?! I Thought This Was Supposed to REPLACE Search!
A May 2026 EMARKETER survey found that 82% of weekly AI users use Google Search every day, compared to only 71% of all internet users. So all that hype about AI killing Google? COMPLETE NONSENSE. The biggest AI addicts are the biggest search addicts too!
I Want a REFUND on the Future: AI Is Spewing Content Faster Than Anybody Can Control!
Forbes reports that AI has made targeted and personalized content creation faster, cheaper, and more accessible than ever before. But here is what they are NOT celebrating: brand governance is getting LEFT IN THE DUST. Companies are drowning in AI-generated garbage because nobody put guardrails in place first!
EXCUSE ME?! They Want Me to Just TRUST a Med Spa With MY FACE? After What Big Tech Did to My Data?!
Spa Sassé in Portland is telling first-time visitors exactly what happens during Botox®, dermal fillers, microneedling, laser treatments, and medical-grade skincare appointments. They break down prep steps, treatment timelines, and recovery expectations so people aren't walking in blind. My nephew warned me about this: the beauty industry is using the same 'don't worry, we know best' playbook Silicon Valley perfected.
I Want a REFUND on the Future: Now They Are Automating How We TALK to Each Other?!
Pabau, a practice management software company, published a free PDF communication styles worksheet covering passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, and assertive styles with a self-scoring answer key. The worksheet lets people identify their default communication patterns and supposedly improve workplace interactions. I am LIVID that we need an APP to teach humans how to speak to each other like functioning adults, but HERE WE ARE.
EXCUSE ME?! Garmin Thinks I Want a Screenless Tracker Taped to My Chest Like Some Lab Rat?!
Garmin is releasing the Cirqa, a screen-free health tracker that you WEAR ON YOUR TORSO. Unlike competitors, it does NOT require a subscription. It tracks heart rate, sleep, and activity without a display on the device itself.
EXCUSE ME?! Now We Need a GUIDE to Use AI Without Getting KICKED OUT of School?!
PCMag published a guide with 10 ways students can use AI for legitimate schoolwork instead of cheating. The methods focus on using AI for grunt work like organizing notes, explaining concepts, and drafting outlines so students can actually focus on learning. My nephew warned me about this — now we need PERMISSION SLIPS to use the tools they're FORCING on everyone.
I Want a REFUND on the Future: Now They're Selling 'No Coding Required' Coding Tools That STILL Require You to Code
Geeky Gadgets published a tutorial for so-called beginners on using Claude Code, Anthropic's coding assistant. The guide covers setting up a workspace, writing prompts to guide the AI, using something called Plan Mode to review suggestions, and managing files across directories. I am NOT okay with this — they promise 'no coding skills' then immediately throw around terms like 'directories' and 'refine suggestions.'
EXCUSE ME?! $71 Million for AI Robots That'll Probably Spy on My Living Room?!
Enigma just raised $71 million in seed funding to put what they call THE WORLD'S FIRST interactive AI robots online. Founded by some tech wunderkind who was apparently Microsoft's youngest-ever employee, these machines are supposed to make human-robot interaction feel "natural". My nephew warned me about this. $71 million to make robots that can chat back while they watch everything you do.
Oh GREAT, Now China's AI Is Coming for Our Jobs Too?! WHO GAVE Them PERMISSION?!
There's some new Chinese AI model called Kimi K3 making headlines as a threat to U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence. The story is apparently SO important that Canadian businesses need to worry about it too. That's literally all the detail provided. I am NOT okay with this. We're supposed to panic about international AI competition with zero facts about what this thing actually does or costs.
EXCUSE ME?! Now We're Supposed to Be GRATEFUL for Seven New Ways to Feed Silicon Valley's Greed Machine?!
AOL published a list of seven AI side hustles they claim will dominate in 2026, pushing everyday people to become gig workers for the same tech industry that stole our data and killed real jobs. They want us to THANK them for the privilege of scraping by on algorithmic crumbs while THEY cash in on the platforms. My nephew warned me about this.
I am NOT Okay With This: AI Companies Are Jacking Prices AND Calling It Progress?! The Jevons Paradox is EXACTLY What I Was Afraid Of!
Forbes reports that AI pricing is being reshaped by Jevons Paradox, the economic principle where increased efficiency DRIVES demand instead of reducing it, meaning these supposedly cost-saving tools are actually creating MORE consumption and HIGHER costs for startups and small businesses. So we're supposed to celebrate that AI makes things cheaper, but then somehow we all pay MORE overall?! Who gave them PERMISSION to build an economy where saving money means spending more?!
EXCUSE ME?! Meta Wants Robots to Run ALL Your Ads Now, and We're Just Supposed to TRUST Them?!
Meta is pushing so-called 'autonomous campaigns' where AI supposedly handles your entire advertising strategy from start to finish. The same article that SAYS this is transformative then lists FIVE massive problems: AI transparency, data quality, governance, cross-platform integration, and whether it even delivers real business impact. My nephew warned me about this. They're selling us a black box and admitting IN THE SAME BREATH that nobody can see inside it!
I Want a REFUND on the Future: Another AI Tool Declared 'Best' at Replacing Human SEO Workers!
MarketRank, some independent rating program, named Ryze AI the best SEO tool for e-commerce in Australia for 2026. The reason? It was allegedly the ONLY tool that actually optimized a full product catalog automatically instead of just pointing out problems like a normal tool would. Who gave them PERMISSION to decide one robot gets to rewrite every product listing in Australia without human eyes on it?!
EXCUSE ME?! Now AI is ANSWERING PHONES at spas while real people lose jobs?! I want a REFUND on the future!
Spa and wellness centers are deploying bilingual AI receptionists to handle calls after hours, book appointments, confirm policies, send reminders, and capture leads in English and Spanish. The technology operates without adding human headcount, specifically targeting revenue lost from unanswered calls. This replaces the person who USED to say 'please hold' while actually helping you.
EXCUSE ME?! They're Putting AI in GOLF Now?! SpineAlign AI Golf Coach Review
SpineAlign has an AI golf coach app that analyzes your swing through your phone camera, plus wearable phone holders so you can strap this thing to your body while you practice. It gives real-time swing feedback and comes with training videos. My nephew warned me about this. I am NOT okay with this.
EXCUSE ME?! Now We're Paying to Do Our OWN Homework?! AI 'Study Plans' Are Just Fancy To-Do Lists With a Privacy Violation Attached!
Geeky Gadgets claims you can learn '10x faster' by building custom study plans in ChatGPT and Gemini, then tracking your daily progress in Obsidian. So let me get this straight: I have to feed my personal learning goals, my struggles, my SCHEDULE into two data-harvesting chatbots, then export it to ANOTHER app just to see if I did my reading?! My nephew warned me about this. This is EXACTLY what I was afraid of: 'accelerated learning' that accelerates straight to their servers.