The Money Café with Alan Kohler
Aug 18, 2026 · 44 min · 18 segments
On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss AI scams, AI's impact on reporting season, the housing market and Stephen Mayne's AFR profile, and answer questions on productivity…
Alan KohlerHost
Now, um, I had the unusual experience of being on Channel Nine News on Sunday night, um, because of the scams.
... which became a story on Sunday and then Monday because of ASIC putting out a, a release about it, saying that they're cracking down.
Well, um, it's interesting, isn't it? It's [laughs] it's mixed feelings because, uh, you know, uh, th- these AI scammers are obviously picking people who are trusted in order to, you know, further their aims, and, and, you know, obviously, that means that I'm trusted and...
A- and I've been trying to get these things taken down, and as I explained on, uh, several interviews yesterday, uh, about it, some people have written to me saying that they've, uh, lost money.
Well, look, Meta is obviously the one I think that's mostly appearing on Facebook and Instagram and, and they, they sort of are hard to get hold of.
They kind of take a while, and then eventually they take it down, and then it comes back up again.
Now, um, I had the unusual experience of being on Channel Nine News on Sunday night, um, because of the scams.
... which became a story on Sunday and then Monday because of ASIC putting out a, a release about it, saying that they're cracking down.
Well, um, it's interesting, isn't it? It's [laughs] it's mixed feelings because, uh, you know, uh, th- these AI scammers are obviously picking people who are trusted in order to, you know, further their aims, and, and, you know, obviously, that means that I'm trusted and...
A- and I've been trying to get these things taken down, and as I explained on, uh, several interviews yesterday, uh, about it, some people have written to me saying that they've, uh, lost money.
Well, look, Meta is obviously the one I think that's mostly appearing on Facebook and Instagram and, and they, they sort of are hard to get hold of.
They kind of take a while, and then eventually they take it down, and then it comes back up again.
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