This week, our hosts Joe Carrigan, and Maria Varmazis (also host of the T-Minus Space Daily show) are sharing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. We start with some follow-up from a listener on class action settlements: they’re a class action attorney and shared that the best way to verify a notice is to contact the law firm listed in the court documents—plus, unclaimed funds don’t go to the attorneys, but are redistributed to claimants. Maria's story is on a listener dealing with phishing calendar invites that auto-add to their calendar—she shares tips like avoiding the “decline” button, adjusting settings to prevent automatic invite processing, and contacting email admins to help block these pesky requests. Joe's got the story on a film made almost entirely with AI tools like Google Veo and Runway—while the results are stunning, the process was chaotic, proving that human creativity, direction, and a lot of trial and error are still essential behind the scenes. Our cluck of the day is from listener Clayton, who writes in with a scam email sharing a fake job about a virtual interview.
Resources and links to stories:
- We Made a Film With AI. You’ll Be Blown Away—and Freaked Out.
- AI Will Smith eating spaghetti pasta (AI footage and audio)
- Just got access to Veo 3 and the first thing I did was try the Will Smith spaghetti test.
- AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?
- Impossible Challenges (Google Veo 3 )
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