September 3, 2025 • 8 mins
Cyber Security Expert Theresa Payton joins Bo and Beth to discuss the latest report of Meta chat bots impersonating celebrities. Plus, a look a President Trump's claims that a video surfacing over the weekend of items being thrown from a window of the White House, as A.I.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Good Morning Beat with both Hubson and Beth
troutb Wednesday morning in the Tyboid studio. That's where Beth is,
That's where I am, and we beamed the fifty thousand
watt blow torch to the Big Apple. That's where Teresa
Peyton is. At least I have it on good authority
from Sir Stephen of Anthony that she is in New
(00:22):
York City today. Is that correct information?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Teresa? Yes, that is correct. I am here. It's absolutely beautiful,
very similar weather actually to Charlotte this week.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So what you're doing in the Big Apple.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
I've got some meetings in the banking industry. We're going
to be talking all things. Well, I'm sure AI will
be something talked about, maybe every sixth sentence, but it
seems like these days but technology, AI policy all kinds
of good things.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Let's start with an AI story that has a lot
of people troubled and something that you put on our radar.
Meta Meta's unauthorized chatbots that are imitating some celebrities, including
one Taylor Swift, who apparently the chatbot reached out to
a Reuter's reporter and invited that reporter to her Nashville Home.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, Meta, what is going on? I mean, I think
I think on the on the good news side is
once The's chatbots were reported and people said they looked real,
so we're in that age where the technology is so
good it's hard to really discern between is this real
or is this a deep fake? And one of the chatbots, Beth,
(01:44):
was actually created by a Meta employee was found out.
So once Meta found out about this, they did shut
these down. But the fact is is that they had
over ten million interactions before some of these accounts were
shut down. Very serious and and I actually have an
open question, which is, you know, the White House just
(02:04):
put in the Take It Down Act, was signed into
law by the Hill, supported by the White House, and
so the question is was this potentially in violation of
the Take It Down Act?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
So, speaking of AI and speaking of the White House,
I know you've been following this story. This is an
interesting one because there's a video that's been circulating online
that shows items being tossed or it looks like being
tossed out of the upstairs window of the actual White House. Now,
President Trump was asked about this in a news conference yesterday.
(02:38):
I'm gonna put this is longer, longer clip than I
would normally play with you, but I want to give
context as to what was said to have happened. And
then President Trump, who lives in the White House, here's
his reaction to it.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
There's a video there is a video that is circulating
online now of the White House where a window is
open to the residence upstairs and somebody has thrown up
out the window. Have you seen this?
Speaker 5 (03:01):
No, that's probably ai generator. So I actually you can't
open the windows. You know why? They're all heavily armored
in bulletproof. What's got to be because I know every
window up there. The last place I'd be doing it
is that because his cameras all over the place right,
including yours. No, but every window, I've never seen a window.
(03:24):
That's In fact, my wife was complaining about it the
other day. She said, love to have a little fresh
air come in, but you can't the bulletproof. And number
one they're sealed. And number two, each window weighs about
six hundred pounds. You have to be pretty strong to
open them up. No, that has to be Where was
the window? Let me see which is the window?
Speaker 4 (03:44):
It looks like this is on the thirteenth Street side.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
I think, so right here, those windows are sealed. Those
windows are all They're all sealed. You can't open them.
It's the kind of thing they do. And one of
the problems we have with AI. It's both good and bad.
If something happens really bad, just blame AI. But also
they create things. You know, it works both ways. If
(04:09):
something happens it's really bad, maybe I'll have to just
blame AI. But there's truth to it because I see
so many phony things. I saw something as I was
growing up, from the time I was a baby till now,
I said, who did that? It was AI generated. So
it's a little bit scary to be honest with you.
But those windows are o very heavily sealed.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Okay, that was the exchange with Peter Doocey, one of
the Fox reporters yesterday at the White House. But you
and not everybody may know this because they may be
new to the show. Teresa Payton was once the chief
information officer at the White House during the George W.
Bush administration, so you also know the White House pretty well.
What's your reaction to that whole exchange.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Yeah, I have not had a chance to run the
video itself through a variety of different tools to get
take as to whether or not the tools believe the
video is AI generated. But it is very interesting because
you had a White House official say there's maintenance being done.
I do have an open question. If you're doing maintenance
(05:14):
at the White House, why would you throw things out
the window. I guess I didn't want to carry it
through the residence, but that is a little strange to
do that. What I will say is is there are
bulletproof windows as well as special kinds of curtains, and
they're installed many of the White House buildings, not just
the White House itself. And I remember that because I
(05:37):
remember saying to somebody like, why are there such ugly
curtains everywhere in some of the buildings, and they said, oh,
those are to protect you. Those are actually like shatterproof
type curtains. If something happens to the windows, Oh okay.
And so I think there's still an open question as
to whether or not the first report, which was maintenance
(05:58):
was being done. The windows, you know, from a safety perspective,
can be opened in a special way, and maybe that
was what was happening because the President was away. I
think we're going to have to run it through the tools,
and only time will tell if those videos were AI generated.
It's an open question. It's going to be the mystery
(06:20):
of the month until the different tools kind of weigh
in well.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
And speaking of maintenance and upgrades and tools, President Trump
via executive order, along with the National Design Studio, there's
an initiative to improve digital and physical space spaces and
this is called America by Design. What exactly is this?
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Yeah, it's very very interesting. So the White House created
a new National Design Studio and it's an initiative to
improve digital and physical spaces and called America by Design.
And he created did a new role and a name
that might be familiar to people, Joe Gebbia. He most
(07:05):
recently worked on Doze. He was also one of the
co founders of Airbnb, and the President has appointed him
in this role. Thinking about the United States and usability
and aesthetics of the US government's digital services. So it's
(07:26):
going to be very interesting to see how this plays out.
So does this mean that we're going to have new
usability and aesthetics for people who want to access the
security information online? Does that mean we're going to have
new usability aesthetics when we're actually paying our taxes each year.
There's two websites that have been stood up to support
this effort and this new role, America Bydesign dot gov
(07:49):
and nd Studio dot gov.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Jesa Payton in the Big Apple today. Be safe up there.
We'll talk to you soon, and remember you can also
follow Teresa. Always follow Teresa on x at tracker Payton
as her handle. We always appreciate the time so much.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Oh betham Bow, It's always great to be with you.
Have a great rest of the week and be safe
out there.
This is Good Morning Beat with both Hubson and Beth
troutb Wednesday morning in the Tyboid studio. That's where Beth is,
That's where I am, and we beamed the fifty thousand
watt blow torch to the Big Apple. That's where Teresa
Peyton is. At least I have it on good authority
from Sir Stephen of Anthony that she is in New
(00:22):
York City today. Is that correct information?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Teresa? Yes, that is correct. I am here. It's absolutely beautiful,
very similar weather actually to Charlotte this week.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So what you're doing in the Big Apple.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
I've got some meetings in the banking industry. We're going
to be talking all things. Well, I'm sure AI will
be something talked about, maybe every sixth sentence, but it
seems like these days but technology, AI policy all kinds
of good things.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Let's start with an AI story that has a lot
of people troubled and something that you put on our radar.
Meta Meta's unauthorized chatbots that are imitating some celebrities, including
one Taylor Swift, who apparently the chatbot reached out to
a Reuter's reporter and invited that reporter to her Nashville Home.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, Meta, what is going on? I mean, I think
I think on the on the good news side is
once The's chatbots were reported and people said they looked real,
so we're in that age where the technology is so
good it's hard to really discern between is this real
or is this a deep fake? And one of the chatbots, Beth,
(01:44):
was actually created by a Meta employee was found out.
So once Meta found out about this, they did shut
these down. But the fact is is that they had
over ten million interactions before some of these accounts were
shut down. Very serious and and I actually have an
open question, which is, you know, the White House just
(02:04):
put in the Take It Down Act, was signed into
law by the Hill, supported by the White House, and
so the question is was this potentially in violation of
the Take It Down Act?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
So, speaking of AI and speaking of the White House,
I know you've been following this story. This is an
interesting one because there's a video that's been circulating online
that shows items being tossed or it looks like being
tossed out of the upstairs window of the actual White House. Now,
President Trump was asked about this in a news conference yesterday.
(02:38):
I'm gonna put this is longer, longer clip than I
would normally play with you, but I want to give
context as to what was said to have happened. And
then President Trump, who lives in the White House, here's
his reaction to it.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
There's a video there is a video that is circulating
online now of the White House where a window is
open to the residence upstairs and somebody has thrown up
out the window. Have you seen this?
Speaker 5 (03:01):
No, that's probably ai generator. So I actually you can't
open the windows. You know why? They're all heavily armored
in bulletproof. What's got to be because I know every
window up there. The last place I'd be doing it
is that because his cameras all over the place right,
including yours. No, but every window, I've never seen a window.
(03:24):
That's In fact, my wife was complaining about it the
other day. She said, love to have a little fresh
air come in, but you can't the bulletproof. And number
one they're sealed. And number two, each window weighs about
six hundred pounds. You have to be pretty strong to
open them up. No, that has to be Where was
the window? Let me see which is the window?
Speaker 4 (03:44):
It looks like this is on the thirteenth Street side.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
I think, so right here, those windows are sealed. Those
windows are all They're all sealed. You can't open them.
It's the kind of thing they do. And one of
the problems we have with AI. It's both good and bad.
If something happens really bad, just blame AI. But also
they create things. You know, it works both ways. If
(04:09):
something happens it's really bad, maybe I'll have to just
blame AI. But there's truth to it because I see
so many phony things. I saw something as I was
growing up, from the time I was a baby till now,
I said, who did that? It was AI generated. So
it's a little bit scary to be honest with you.
But those windows are o very heavily sealed.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Okay, that was the exchange with Peter Doocey, one of
the Fox reporters yesterday at the White House. But you
and not everybody may know this because they may be
new to the show. Teresa Payton was once the chief
information officer at the White House during the George W.
Bush administration, so you also know the White House pretty well.
What's your reaction to that whole exchange.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Yeah, I have not had a chance to run the
video itself through a variety of different tools to get
take as to whether or not the tools believe the
video is AI generated. But it is very interesting because
you had a White House official say there's maintenance being done.
I do have an open question. If you're doing maintenance
(05:14):
at the White House, why would you throw things out
the window. I guess I didn't want to carry it
through the residence, but that is a little strange to
do that. What I will say is is there are
bulletproof windows as well as special kinds of curtains, and
they're installed many of the White House buildings, not just
the White House itself. And I remember that because I
(05:37):
remember saying to somebody like, why are there such ugly
curtains everywhere in some of the buildings, and they said, oh,
those are to protect you. Those are actually like shatterproof
type curtains. If something happens to the windows, Oh okay.
And so I think there's still an open question as
to whether or not the first report, which was maintenance
(05:58):
was being done. The windows, you know, from a safety perspective,
can be opened in a special way, and maybe that
was what was happening because the President was away. I
think we're going to have to run it through the tools,
and only time will tell if those videos were AI generated.
It's an open question. It's going to be the mystery
(06:20):
of the month until the different tools kind of weigh
in well.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
And speaking of maintenance and upgrades and tools, President Trump
via executive order, along with the National Design Studio, there's
an initiative to improve digital and physical space spaces and
this is called America by Design. What exactly is this?
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Yeah, it's very very interesting. So the White House created
a new National Design Studio and it's an initiative to
improve digital and physical spaces and called America by Design.
And he created did a new role and a name
that might be familiar to people, Joe Gebbia. He most
(07:05):
recently worked on Doze. He was also one of the
co founders of Airbnb, and the President has appointed him
in this role. Thinking about the United States and usability
and aesthetics of the US government's digital services. So it's
(07:26):
going to be very interesting to see how this plays out.
So does this mean that we're going to have new
usability and aesthetics for people who want to access the
security information online? Does that mean we're going to have
new usability aesthetics when we're actually paying our taxes each year.
There's two websites that have been stood up to support
this effort and this new role, America Bydesign dot gov
(07:49):
and nd Studio dot gov.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Jesa Payton in the Big Apple today. Be safe up there.
We'll talk to you soon, and remember you can also
follow Teresa. Always follow Teresa on x at tracker Payton
as her handle. We always appreciate the time so much.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Oh betham Bow, It's always great to be with you.
Have a great rest of the week and be safe
out there.
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