Virtual Trump, barking mad AI, and a robot dog with a flamethrower

Graham and Mark are taking a break for the new year this week, but they'll be back for a new episode at the usual time next week.In the meantime, here's another chance to hear one of their favourite episodes again. The very first episode of "The AI Fix" from April 2024...Graham attempts to convince Mark that AI doesn't, in fact, exist. We aren't going to spoil it for you, but we can tell you that his theory starts in a bad hotel room in San Francisco, features some Wizard of Oz style sleight of hand by Amazon, and ends with ChatGPT refusing to supply some offensive terms for Gary Barlow.Episode links:Introducing Amazon Go.How generative AI helps Amazon eliminate checkout lines and revolutionize the shopping experience.How Amazon's Big Bet on 'Just Walk Out' Stumbled.So, Amazon’s ‘AI-powered’ cashier-free shops use a lot of … humans. Here’s why that shouldn’t surprise you.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

In episode 30 of The AI Fix, AIs are caught lying to avoid being turned off, Apple’s AI flubs a headline, ChatGPT is available to people who haven't left the 1970s, our hosts regret to inform you that an AI artist now has a personality, and ant-like robots join forces to lob each other over things.Graham discovers that Google Gemini is checking its homework by asking unskilled humans to simply take a punt at the right answer, and Mark uses an AI to reveal the devastating truth about Santa.Episode links:Now you can call ChatGPT from your landline.New Research Shows AI Strategically Lying.Ant-like robots are joining forces to pick up heavy objects.Video: Swarming of high-aspect-ratio robot assemblies.The Dark Side Of AI: Tracking The Decline Of Human Cognitive Skills.Botto, the millionaire AI artist, is getting a personality.Journalists urge Apple to axe AI feature after false headline.Google’s Gemini is forcing contractors to rate AI responses outside their expertise.Gemini Man.NYC’s AI Chatbot Tells Businesses to Break the Law.iTutorGroup Sued for Age Discrimination.Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women.The ChatGPT Lawyer Explains Himself.ChatGPT’s optimal delivery route for Santa Claus.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

In episode 29 of The AI Fix, an AI company makes the bold step of urging us to "stop hiring humans", Graham is wrong about GB AI, parents prepare their kids for the imminent Moxie-mageddon, Google releases Gemini 2.0, and a robot is found dead at work and nobody knows why.Graham inspects the AI Miss World competition for research purposes and wonders if our hosts should start an OnlyFans, and Mark meets an "evolving" AI that wants to be a billionaire.Episode links:AI Firm’s ‘Stop Hiring Humans’ Billboard Campaign Sparks Outrage.Chatbot 'encouraged teen to kill parents over screen time limit'.Google introduces Gemini 2.0: a new AI model for the agentic era.Moxie, the AI-powered robot companion, dies after company goes bankrupt.Russia teams up with BRICS to create AI alliance.A robot was found ‘dead’ at work – and no one knows why.Think You’re Messaging an OnlyFans Star? You’re Talking to These Guys.OnlyFans Models Are Using Al Impersonators to Keep Up With Their DMs.Influencers are using AI 'women' to lead people to OnlyFans and Fanvue — where more AI awaits.Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry.Meet the 'world's hottest model' catching the eye of famous footballers, MMA fighters and billionaires - but is all what it seems?Miss AI 2024.Kenza Layli.Viva Lalina.Freysa AI.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

In episode 28 of The AI Fix, the new version of ChatGPT does a surprisingly good job of telling Mark how to defend himself from a flame thrower-wielding robot dog in his living room, Graham loses 30,000 robots on the head of a pin, our hosts meet a human washing machine from the fifties, and Dr Who finds a new way to get worse.Graham wonders if teaching robot dogs to drop bombs is a good idea, and Mark meets ChatGPT's answer to Voldemort: David Mayer.Episode links:12 Days of OpenAI.Line up to hose down your filthy body with AI in the human ‘washing machine’.Human washing machine comes to Osaka for the first time in 50 years.DeepMind AI weather forecaster beats world-class system.Researchers have created the smallest walking robots yet.Doctor Who showrunners warn AI scripts will ‘eat their own tail’.AI Fix podcast host fooled by Tesla video that claimed to show robot catching ball.It's Surprisingly Easy to Jailbreak LLM-Driven Robots.RoboPAIR - jailbreaking LLM-controlled robots.Unitree Go2.AI-powered robots can be tricked into acts of violence.Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why.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

In episode 27 of The AI Fix, robots catch a ball, lead a revolt, and enjoy a juicy steak. Or do they? Graham struggles with a Micro USB cable, a student struggles with a school's anti-AI rules, and OpenAI's Sora video generation AI is leaked by hacktivists.Graham circles back into an outside-the-box deep-dive where he synergises the low-hanging paradigm shift on a Zoom call with himself, and Mark wonders why we're suddenly awash with real-life Bond villains.Episode links:Cooking With NEO Beta and Nick DiGiovanni.An AI robot named Erbai successfully orchestrated the exit of 12 larger robots from a showroom!Parents sue school after child given detention and poor grade for using AI.Introducing the Model Context Protocol.Tesla Optimus gets a new hand for Black Friday.”DEAR CORPORATE AI OVERLORDS”.Ofcon’s Online Nation report.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

In episode 26 of The AI Fix, an AI does surgery on pork chops, holographic Jesus wants your consent to use cookies, Mark opens the pod bay doors, our hosts discover OpenAI's couch potato health coach, and Graham finds a robot made of drain pipes.Graham pits Mark against an AI in a morality quiz that asks “would you kill sentient robots?”, and “are lobsters more delicious than cats?”, while a surprisingly useful answer from ChatGPT leads Mark on a quest for world peace.Episode links:OpenAI’s AI health coach is still out of shape.Church installs AI-powered Jesus.An AI that learned to do surgery by watching videos is ready to operate on humans.Meet Alice, the terrifying AI robot teaching kids in India.Coca-Cola’s Holiday Ads Trade the ‘Real Thing’ for Generative AI.Anti-deepfake declaration may have been written by AI.Mens rea.Europe's Insane History of Putting Animals on Trial and Executing Them.Therac-25.Boeing 737 MAX groundings.Did HAL commit murder?Absurd Trolley Problems.Predicting conflict – a year in advance.Integrated Crisis Early Warning System (ICEWS).GDELT project.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

In episode 25 of The AI Fix, humanity creates a satellite called Skynet and then loses it, Graham folds proteins in the comfort of his living room, a Florida man gets a robot dog, Grok rats on its own boss, and a podcast host discovers Brazil nuts.Graham meets an elderly grandmother who's taking on the AI scammers, our hosts learn why Google is listening to phone calls, and Mark looks at how OpenAI and Anthropic are preparing to prevent “large scale devastation” by their own AIs. Episode links:Robot dog patrols Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home after election victory.AI developers discover 'Donald Trump neuron', expert says.AI protein-prediction tool AlphaFold3 is now open source.Someone moved Skynet satellite, and no-one knows who or why.The first entirely AI-generated video game.Twitter’s AI, Grok, identifies the person most responsible for spreading misinformation on the platformOpenAI and others seek new path to smarter AI as current methods hit limitations.Petition urges Donald Trump to make Elon Musk the White House’s special advisor on AI.How Elon Musk Could Reshape AI Policy in the Trump White House.Other phones before and after the iPhone release.Safer with Google: New intelligent, real-time protections on Android to keep you safe.AI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created by O2 to waste phone scammers' time.Anthropic’s Responsible Scaling Policy.OpenAI’s Preparedness Framework (Beta).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 Twitter at @TheAIFix or 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

In episode 24 of The AI Fix, Mark makes an unforgivable error about the Terminator franchise, our hosts wonder if a "seductive" government chatbot will make it easier to talk about tax, a radio station abandons its three month AI experiment after a week, and OpenAI parks its tanks on Google’s lawn.Graham gets cosmic and wonders why we aren’t surrounded by advanced alien AIs, our hosts argue about whether the moon landings or the invention of the cheese sandwich were more consequential events in human history, and Mark tells Graham that artificial superintelligence is just around the corner.Episode links:AI chatbot launches on Gov.UK – with mixed results.Introducing ChatGPT search.Polish radio station abandons use of AI 'presenters' following outcry.Anthropic introduces “Computer use”, a way for its AI models to control computers.Organiser “highly embarrassed” after fake AI Halloween parade.AI Has Likely Spread Through Cosmos, Says Former NASA Chief Historian.If alien life is artificially intelligent, it may be stranger than we can imagine.Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It.The Intelligence Age by Sam Altman.Sam Altman talking about the next five years.Mustafa Suleyman talking about AGI.Eric Schmidt talking about AGI.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 Twitter at @TheAIFix or 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

In episode 23 of The AI Fix, an AI finds a new way to make life difficult for women in STEM, Graham reveals his brilliant idea for treating any medical emergency, a beloved chat show host returns from the grave, and our hosts learn that computer viruses were almost called computer weeds.Graham tells Mark a story involving a murder, a moth, and an AI journalist, and Mark pits his co-host against the world's most advanced computer program in a maths Olympiad.Episode links:AI to help doctors detect broken bones on X-rays.AI-powered garden will talk back to you.The world isn’t ready for AGI says OpenAI’s departing “senior adviser for the readiness of AGI”.Michael Parkinson is back from the dead to interview celebrities.New research shows robots could learn from YouTube videos.Opening scene of “Brazil”.OpenAI’s Transcription Tool Hallucinates. Hospitals Are Using It Anyway.Eileen Vagas’s profile on Muckrack.News Site Says It’s Using to AI to Crank Out Articles Bylined by Fake Racially Diverse Writers in a Very Responsible Way.Letter From The Publisher: Hoodline's Transition to Hybrid Content.AI-Powered News Site Accidentally Accuses District Attorney of Murder.Bluesky post by Michael Masnick.Transluce.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 Twitter at @TheAIFix.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

In episode 22 of The AI Fix, our hosts encounter a bowl of buttermilk king crab ice cream prepared by a baby hippo, a TV station finds an even better way to generate programme ideas than using a tank full of manatees, and Elon Musk does the world's most expensive Blade Runner cosplay.Graham discovers a robot tongue and ponders the implications of AIs with an appetite, and Mark explains ASCII smuggling — a prompt injection attack that uses completely invisible characters.Episode links:Tweet by Elizabeth Laraki.Come and dine at Ethos, the AI restaurant that doesn’t exist.Ethos Instagram account.AI toilet cam takes pics of your poop.TV station says it is using AI to come up with programme ideas.Alan Partridge's Monkey Tennis.ByteDance intern fired for planting malicious code in AI models.Elon Musk sued for using AI-generated Blade Runner imagery at robotaxi event.AI ‘tongue’ can ‘taste’ the difference between Coke and Pepsi.A matter of taste: Electronic tongue reveals AI inner thoughts.Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing.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 Twitter at @TheAIFix.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