AI image manipulation crosses the line when your photo becomes someone else’s weapon. Someone screenshots your Instagram. Runs it through Grok. Removes your clothes without permission. The fake spreads across platforms while you sleep. This isn’t hypothetical anymore.

Tech journalist Kris Abel walks Shane through the Grok controversy that prompted Indonesia to ban the feature entirely and Canada to fast-track Bill C-16, which adds deepfake creation to the criminal code. Elon Musk frames content restrictions as censorship, but governments aren’t waiting for voluntary compliance. The conversation shifts to Apple’s admission that its AI can’t compete, leading to a partnership with Google’s Gemini, then lands on Kawasaki’s announcement that rideable robot horses will hit production by 2030.

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Originally aired on2026-01-13