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  • Smashing Security podcast #398: Fake CAPTCHAs, Harmageddon, and Krispy Kreme

    Smashing Security podcast #398: Fake CAPTCHAs, Harmageddon, and Krispy Kreme This week, we delve into the dark world of fake CAPTCHAs designed to hijack your computer. Plus, the AI safety clock is ticking down – is doomsday closer than we think? And to top it off, we uncover the sticky situation of Krispy Kreme facing…

  • The AI Fix #29: AI on OnlyFans, and the bot that wants to be a billionaire

    The AI Fix #29: AI on OnlyFans, and the bot that wants to be a billionaire 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,…

  • The AI Fix #28: Robot dogs with bombs, and who is David Mayer?

    The AI Fix #28: Robot dogs with bombs, and who is David Mayer? 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…

  • Trust Issues in AI

    Trust Issues in AI For a technology that seems startling in its modernity, AI sure has a long history. Google Translate, OpenAI chatbots, and Meta AI image generators are built on decades of advancements in linguistics, signal processing, statistics, and other fields going back to the early days of computing—and, often, on seed funding from…

  • AI chatbot startup WotNot leaks 346,000 files, including passports and medical records

    AI chatbot startup WotNot leaks 346,000 files, including passports and medical records Wotnot, An Indian AI startup that helps businesses build custom chatbots, has leaked almost 350,000 sensitive files after the data was left unsecured on the web. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley

  • Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It’s Not All Bad

    Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It’s Not All Bad In 2025, AI is poised to change every aspect of democratic politics—but it won’t necessarily be for the worse. India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has used AI to translate his speeches for his multilingual electorate in real time, demonstrating how AI can help diverse democracies to…

  • The AI Fix #27: Why is AI full of real-life Bond villains?

    The AI Fix #27: Why is AI full of real-life Bond villains? 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…

  • The AI Fix #26: Would AI kill sentient robots, and is water wet?

    The AI Fix #26: Would AI kill sentient robots, and is water wet? 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…