An AI runs a shop into the ground, and AI’s obsession with the number 27
In episode 58 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover a pair of AI headphones that don't electrocute you, Microsoft invents "medical superintelligence", Chucky opens a hotel, some robot footballers fall over, Jony Ive invents a $6 billion pen, and Malcolm Gladwell fears a dystopian future full of children playing joyfully in the street.Graham discovers that the number 27 holds a special place in the heart of every AI, and Mark investigates Anthropic’s terrible AI shopkeeper.Episode links:Neurable headphones.Pitiful Chinese ‘footie robots’ stumble through match in hilarious scenes.The path to medical superintelligence.Robots replace hotel check-in staff.Malcolm Gladwell says driverless cars don’t work in cities.Jony Ive’s First AI Gadget? Clues Point to a Pen.LLMs and the Illusion of Randomness: Their obsession with number 27.How do lava lamps help with Internet encryption?“How to HACK the lottery” keynote speech by Graham Cluley.Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop?The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.Never miss another episode by following us in your favourite podcast app. It's free!Like to give us some feedback or sponsor the podcast? Get in touch.Support the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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AI is the best hacker in the USA, and self-learning AI
In episode 57 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover an AI “dream recorder”, Mark Zuckerberg tantalises OpenAI staff with $100 million signing bonuses, Graham finds out why robot butlers sit in chairs, Wikipedia holds the line against AI slop, an AI cat collar can tell you if your cat is annoyed by its AI cat collar, and some German scientists accidentally create a new AI Fix slogan.Graham reveals that an AI is now the most successful bug bounty hunter in the USA, and Mark discovers an AI that can retrain itself.Episode links:Meta is offering obscene $100M bonuses to poach AI employees.Rich people ‘will have robot butlers by 2030′ – but there’s a major flaw. Japanese company using mee-AI-ow to detect stressed cats.Dream Recorder.AI churns out funnier memes, but people still deliver the biggest laughs.Wikipedia editors revolt over "truly ghastly" plan for AI slop.The road to Top 1: How XBOW did it.Self-Adapting Language Models.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.Never miss another episode by following us in your favourite podcast app. It's free!Like to give us some feedback or sponsor the podcast? Get in touch.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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ChatGPT traps man in a cult of one, and AI is actually stupid
In episode 56 of The AI Fix, Anthropic and Apple have a bar fight, a woman describes her husband falling in love with ChatGPT as "not ideal", WhatsApp's AI helper isn't helpful, Graham serenades a pack of headless robot dogs with his rendition of "Don't stop me now", and our hosts debate whether AI turning our brains to porridge is actually a bad thing.Graham tells the harrowing story of how chatbots are convincing ordinary people they were chosen, manipulated their minds, and in some cases, pushed them to the edge, and Mark stumps the world's best AIs with an easy question.Episode links:The Illusion of the Illusion of Thinking A Comment on Shojaee et al.Man with real-life girlfriend and child proposes to AI chatbot after programming it to flirt: ‘I think this is actual love’.AI users form relationships with technology.‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number.Boston Dynamics robots dance to ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ for ‘America’s Got Talent’ audition.Boston Dynamics Makes AGT HISTORY With Robots Dancing To "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen.Brain activity much lower when using AI chatbots, MIT boffins find.They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.Never miss another episode by following us in your favourite podcast app. It's free!Like to give us some feedback or sponsor the podcast? Get in touch.Support the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Atari beats ChatGPT at chess, and Apple says AI "thinking" is an illusion
In episode 55 of The AI Fix, Gemini thinks a little meth won't hurt, Mark realises what a terrifying 45mph "robot bird" is really for, Graham finds a surprising number of TikTokers in the bible, an AI discovers dust on Mars, Google forgets what year it is, and Apple finally enters the AI chat.Graham finds out what happened when ChatGPT took on 1979's Atari Video Chess at his favourite “sport”, and Mark explains why Apple has been raining on the AI reasoning parade. Episode links:Bible influencer videos.Long, dark 'streaks' spotted on Mars aren't what scientists thought.This “robot bird” flies at 45 mph through forests—With no GPS or light.On Targeted Manipulation and Deception when Optimizing LLMs for User Feedback.Google AI Glitch Confuses 2025 for 2024.ChatGPT gets crushed at chess by a 1 MHz Atari 2600.Four hours after being taught the rules of chess, AlphaZero became the strongest player the world has ever seen.The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.Never miss another episode by following us in your favourite podcast app. It's free!Like to give us some feedback or sponsor the podcast? Get in touch.Support the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Will AI collapse under its own garbage, and AI charity “Hunger Games”
In episode 54 of The AI Fix, Graham saves humanity with a CAPTCHA, Mark wonders whether AI can suffer, ChatGPT throws shade at Abba's Björn Ulvaeus, an AI called Jack ask if you want fries with that, an artist invents AI bird poop, and Eric Schmidt says we should unplug AI when it gets direct access to weapons.Graham finds out what happens when a rag tag team of AIs is given 30 days to raise money for charity, and Mark explores model collapse and Claude Opus 4.0's weird obsession with a fictional factory-farmed chicken company.Episode links:And the award goes to… The AI Fix!Super Trouper meets supercomputer: AI helping Abba star to write musical.Dum dum diddle.AI systems could become conscious. What if they hate their lives?Liverpool Biennial review – AI seagulls, gladiatorial football and big trouble in Chinatown.The AI Revolution Is Underhyped.'So scary': Customer stunned by new AI assistant at Hungry Jack's.Agent Village.Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves.System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.Never miss another episode by following us in your favourite podcast app. It's free!Like to give us some feedback or sponsor the podcast? Get in touch.Support the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Join tech veterans Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley as they dive headfirst into the hilarious, bizarre, and downright mind-boggling world of artificial intelligence, looking into deepfakes, machine learning, and whether it’s too late to make peace with our robot overlords. It’s not your typical AI podcast…Winner of Best New Podcast 2025.https://theaifix.showSupport the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus at https://theaifix.show/plus
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