Category: Elon Musk
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Smashing Security podcast #450: From Instagram panic to Grok gone wild
Smashing Security podcast #450: From Instagram panic to Grok gone wild Confusion reigns after claims that data linked to 17.5 million Instagram accounts is up for sale – sparked by a vague post, contradictory statements, and a flood of password reset emails nobody asked for. And we dig into Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, after…
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The AI Fix #64: AI can be vaccinated against evil, and the “Rumble in the Silicon Jungle”
The AI Fix #64: AI can be vaccinated against evil, and the “Rumble in the Silicon Jungle” In episode 64 of The AI Fix, AI discovers new physics, a robot crab looks for love on the beaches of Portugal, the “Godfather of AI” thinks our only hope is to build motherly AI, a robot folds…
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The AI Fix #60: Elon’s AI girlfriend, the arsonist red panda, and the AI that will kill you
The AI Fix #60: Elon’s AI girlfriend, the arsonist red panda, and the AI that will kill you In episode 60 of The AI Fix, we learn why Grok might be Elon Musk’s bid for digital immortality, how Meta is building a Manhattan-sized data centre called Prometheus, how AI is helping create carbon-sucking concrete, and…
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The AI Fix #59: Grok thinks it’s Mecha Hitler, and AIs can think strategically
The AI Fix #59: Grok thinks it’s Mecha Hitler, and AIs can think strategically In episode 59 of The AI Fix, our hosts ponder whether AIs need a “disagreement dial”, Mark wonders what he could do with an AI-powered “drug design engine”, Graham plays Wolfenstein instead of working, a robot graduates from high school, and…
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Quelle surprise! Twitter faces criminal probe in France
Quelle surprise! Twitter faces criminal probe in France A criminal investigation into Twitter has been initiated by French prosecutors, over allegations that its algorithm is manipulated for the purposes of “foreign interference.” Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley
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Crosswalks hacked to play fake audio of Musk, Zuck, and Jeff Bezos
Crosswalks hacked to play fake audio of Musk, Zuck, and Jeff Bezos “Stop, look, and listen” is the standard advice we should allow follow when crossing the road – but pedestrians in some parts are finding that they cannot believe their ears – after a hacker compromised crosswalks to play deepfake audio mocking tech bosses…
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The AI Fix #41: Can AIs be psychopaths, and why we should be AI optimists
The AI Fix #41: Can AIs be psychopaths, and why we should be AI optimists In episode 41 of the AI Fix, our hosts learn that society needs to be completely reordered by December, Grok accuses Trump of being a Russian asset, Graham discovers that parents were wrong about computer games all along, and Mark…
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Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes?
Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes? At 49, Branden Spikes isn’t just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla and SpaceX, Spikes is also among…
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Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’
Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’ Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was given access to sensitive US government systems even though his past association with cybercrime communities should have precluded him from gaining the necessary security clearances to do so.…
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The AI Fix #33: AI’s deliberate deceptions, and Elon’s “unhinged” mode
The AI Fix #33: 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…
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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…