All the Hacks: Money, Points & Life The Custom Everything Era with Kevin Rose
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Apr 22, 2026 
Kevin Rose, Digg founder and True Ventures investor, gets into how AI is becoming custom software for everyday life. He and Chris talk personal agents, privacy tradeoffs, fake calls, collapsing trust online, and why authenticity may become more valuable. They also touch on jobs, investing, family time, and raising adaptable kids in an AI-shaped world.
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AI Is Destroying Default Trust Online
- Kevin Rose thinks the trust collapse online is nearly complete because AI can now manufacture persuasive people, context, and credibility cues.
- A fake podcast-style influencer fooled him until repeated outfits and identical scripts exposed the account as synthetic.
Authenticity May Become More Valuable Than Content
- Verification may become more valuable than creation as AI makes audio, scripts, and video nearly indistinguishable from real people.
- Chris built a 40-minute podcast in his own cloned voice, then decided video still briefly preserves some authenticity because it's harder to fake well.
Kevin Caught an AI-Assisted Fake Interview
- Kevin Rose says remote hiring already gets distorted by candidates using live AI answers and face-masking during interviews.
- His team caught one applicant when an AI-fed response about a Vercel beta product was obviously wrong and nonsensical.