Join tech veterans Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley as they dive headfirst into the hilarious, bizarre, and downright mind-boggling world of artificial intellige...
In episode 36 of The AI Fix, Graham and Mark take a long look at DeepSeek, an upstart AI out of China that was trained on a shoestring, shook up Wall Street, kneecapped Nvidia, and challenged America's AI hegemony.Graham also discovers a remarkably f***ing effective way to remove AI snippets, a personal mobility robot gets a bit over-excited, some aliens regret installing an FTP server, and Mark explains what o3-mini owes to Spinal Tap.Episode links:OpenAI releases o3-mini.Saying F*&! Disables Google AI Overviews.AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU.Movr: the robot that has a human on its back.DeepSeek.On DeepSeek and Export Controls.How to get Deepseek to talk about Tiananmen square.Hugging Face researchers are trying to build a more open version of DeepSeek’s AI ‘reasoning’ model.Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data.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 touchAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Project Stargate, the AI emergency, and batsh*t AI cryonics
In episode 35 of The AI Fix, our hosts learn who the 175th best programmer in the world is, the AI supervillains put on suits for President Trump, a "not imaginary" AI turns out to be imaginary, OpenAI releases Operator and teases o3-mini, and Anthropic predicts that superintelligence is only three years away.Graham considers giving his money, pets, and vital organs to a YouTuber with an AI, and Mark looks into Project Stargate and the geo-politics of AI.Episode links:Trump announces the Stargate AI infrastructure project.Shipment of ‘Friend’ AI digital companion delayed.Sam Altman teases o3-mini.Trump accused of using AI to compose garbled executive orders.Introducting Operator.LinkedIn accused of using private messages to train AI.Dario Amodei talks about superintelligence.TimeShift.TimeShift cryopreservation facility promotional video.The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modification.The memory wall.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 touchAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Fake Brad Pitt and why AI means we will lose our jobs
In episode 34 of The AI Fix, our hosts watch in horror as a vacuum cleaner sprouts a robotic arm and tiny little robot legs, a mind-reading helps a man chat up some French students, a robot dog runs as fast as Usain Bolt, and AI podcast hosts get impatient with their listeners. Meanwhile Graham isn’t tempted by NVIDIA’s $3000 supercomputer, and Mark explains his emergency manoeuvre for avoiding karaoke.Graham shares a heartbreaking tale of a French woman’s encounter with someone who owns a copy of Photoshop, and Mark looks into AI's voracious appetite for jobs.Episode links:The Black Panther 2 robot dog goes for a run.Omi, a competitor to Friend, wants to boost your productivity using AI and a ‘brain interface’.Omi launch video.Nvidia’s $3,000 ‘Personal AI Supercomputer’ Will Let You Ditch the Data Center.New Roborock Vacuum Has an Arm and Picked Up My Sock.Roborock's grabby new robot vacuum is a huge flex.Dreame X50 Ultra.Scheduled tasks in ChatGPT.Google’s NotebookLM had to teach its AI podcast hosts not to act annoyed at humans.AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830,000.Fake Brad Pitt Scammed 800K€, This Hacker Found Him.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 touchAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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AI’s deliberate deceptions, and Elon's "unhinged" mode
In episode 33 of The AI Fix, our hosts watch a robot fall over, ChatGPT demonstrates that it can't draw a watch face but it can fire a gun, a man without a traffic cone gets trapped in his Waymo taxi, Graham discovers what social robots are, and both hosts watch horrified as somebody rips a robot's face off.Graham explains why Elon Musk has invented an "unhinged" version of Grok and every Tesla will soon come fitted with a built-in racist uncle, and Mark looks into the disturbing phenomenon of "alignment faking".Episode links:EngineAI robot walks in Shenzhen.EngineAI robot falls over.ChatGPT with a rifle.Aria and Melody, social robots.LA man trapped in a Waymo.Grok may soon get an ‘Unhinged Mode’.Elon Musk tweets how Grok will be less woke than ChatGPT.The definition of “woke”.Why Google's 'woke' AI problem won't be an easy fix.Alignment faking in large language models.OpenAI o1 System Card.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 touchAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Agentic AI, killer robot fridges, and the robosexual revolution
In episode 32 of The AI Fix, our hosts learn the meaning of "poronkusema", Mark discovers his dream job, a school tries using AI instead of teachers, the "Godfather of AI" says AI will see us as toddlers, and Graham lifts the lid on the hidden threat of killer robot fridges.Mark explains why 2025 is the year of the autonomous AI agent, and Graham investigates the robosexual revolution, and the claim that robots will be more popular than men in the bedroom this year.Episode links:Episode 30: ChatGPT reveals the devastating truth about Santa (Merry Christmas!)The maker of Oreos cookies is using AI to create new snacks.Expert issues urgent call for regulations to stop AI being used for 'bad things'.British tabloid warns of the rise of killer robot fridges.Front page headline on the Daily Star.ChatGPT search tool vulnerable to manipulation and deception, tests show.School uses AI instead of teachers to educate kids.Futurist Ian Pearson predicts sex with robots.The world’s first text message.Nigel Phwoorage and friends: Now you can get a sex doll of your favourite politician – and it’s the worst thing ever.I'm 34, a CEO and a great catch... and my girlfriend is an AI chatbot. My mother is desperate for me to marry but I may never date a 'real' woman again.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
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… https://theaifix.show
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