This week's podcast episode covers three main topics. First, it addresses how to speak to someone experiencing "AI psychosis," a frequently discussed but unresolved issue.
Second, it details an incident where the FBI sought user data from the encrypted email service ProtonMail. Finally, a subscribers-only segment reveals how the developers of the Quittr app exposed sensitive data for hundreds of thousands of users.
The main topics covered are AI's social impact, government data requests from tech companies, and a major data breach. The episode is available on major platforms, with bonus content for paid subscribers.
This week we start with Sam’s story discussing something that has come up a lot but no one has really answered: how do you speak to your friend or family member falling into AI psychosis? After the break, Joseph breaks down what happened when the FBI wanted data from ProtonMail. In the subscribers-only section, Emanuel tells us about the viral developers behind an app called Quittr, and how they exposed very sensitive data of hundreds of thousands of users.
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