Category: The AI Fix
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The AI Fix #84: A hungry ghost trapped in a jar gains access to the Pentagon’s network
The AI Fix #84: A hungry ghost trapped in a jar gains access to the Pentagon’s network In episode 84 of The AI Fix, Graham and Mark stare straight into the digital abyss and ask the most important question of our age: “Is AI just a hungry ghost trapped in a jar?” Also this week,…
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The AI Fix #82: Santa Claus doesn’t exist (according to AI)
The AI Fix #82: Santa Claus doesn’t exist (according to AI) Is Santa Claus real? This Christmas special of The AI Fix podcast sets out to answer that question in the most sensible way possible: by consulting chatbots, Google’s festive killjoys, and the laws of relativistic physics. Your hosts unwrap a festive grab-bag of AI…
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The AI Fix #81: ChatGPT is the last AI you’ll understand, and your teacher is a deepfake
The AI Fix #81: ChatGPT is the last AI you’ll understand, and your teacher is a deepfake In episode 81 of The AI Fix, Graham discovers that deepfakes are already marking your kids’ homework, while Mark glimpses the future when he discovers AI agents that can communicate by reading each other’s minds. Also in this…
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The AI Fix #80: DeepSeek’s cheap GPT-5 rival, Antigravity fails, and your LLM likes it when you’re rude
The AI Fix #80: DeepSeek’s cheap GPT-5 rival, Antigravity fails, and your LLM likes it when you’re rude In episode 80 of The AI Fix, your hosts look at DeepSeek 3.2 “Speciale”, the bargain-basement model that claims GPT-5-level brains at 10% of the price, Jensen Huang’s reassuring vision of a robot fashion industry, and a…
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The AI Fix #79: Gemini 3, poetry jailbreaks, and do we even need safe robots?
The AI Fix #79: Gemini 3, poetry jailbreaks, and do we even need safe robots? In episode 79 of The AI Fix, Gemini 3 roasts the competition, scares Nvidia, and can’t remember what year it is. Meanwhile, Graham investigates a fight between a fridge and robot, and Mark discovers that poetry could be a universal…
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The AI Fix #78: The big AI bubble, and robot Grandma in the cloud
The AI Fix #78: The big AI bubble, and robot Grandma in the cloud In episode 78 of The AI Fix, alien robot spiders invade Antarctica (or Facebook says they do), Mark prepares humanity for AI-powered fighter jets with loyalty issues, and Graham tries to work out why his AI-generated country music career hasn’t yet…
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The AI Fix #77: Genome LLM makes a super-virus, and should AI decide if you live?
The AI Fix #77: Genome LLM makes a super-virus, and should AI decide if you live? In episode 77 of The AI Fix, a language model trained on genomes that creates a super-virus, Graham wonders whether AI should be allowed to decide if we live or die, and a woman marries ChatGPT (and calls it…
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The AI Fix #76: AI self-awareness, and the death of comedy
The AI Fix #76: AI self-awareness, and the death of comedy In episode 76 of The AI Fix, two US federal judges blame AI for imaginary case law, a Chinese “humanoid” dramatically sheds its skin onstage, Toyota unveils a crabby walking chair creeps us out, Google plans AI chips in orbit, robot dogs get jobs…
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The AI Fix #75: Claude’s existential battery crisis, and why ChatGPT is a terrible therapist
The AI Fix #75: Claude’s existential battery crisis, and why ChatGPT is a terrible therapist In episode 75 of The AI Fix, a Claude-powered robot gets so anxious about its dying battery that it composes a Broadway musical about stress and announces it’s “achieved consciousness and chosen chaos.” Also: an 18-month psychological study reveals five…
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The AI Fix #74: AGI, LLM brain rot, and how to scam an AI browser
The AI Fix #74: AGI, LLM brain rot, and how to scam an AI browser In episode 74 of The AI Fix, we meet Amazon’s AI-powered delivery glasses, an AI TV presenter who doesn’t exist, and an Ohio lawmaker who wants to stop people from marrying their chatbot. Also, we learn how Geoffrey Hinton and…
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The AI Fix #73: Google Gemini is a gambling addict, and how to poison an AI
The AI Fix #73: Google Gemini is a gambling addict, and how to poison an AI In episode 73 of The AI Fix, AI now writes more web content than humans and more books by ex-British prime ministers than ex-British prime ministers. Mark eats a dodgy prawn, Google discovers a new pathway to treating cancer,…
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The AI Fix #72: The AI hype train, space data centers, and lifelike robot heads
The AI Fix #72: The AI hype train, space data centers, and lifelike robot heads In episode 72 of The AI Fix, GPT-5’s “secret sauce” turns out to be phrases from adult websites, Irish police beg TikTokers to stop faking AI home intruders, Jeff Bezos pitches gigawatt data centers in space, OpenAI rolls out Agent…
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The AI Fix #71: Hacked robots and power-hungry AI
The AI Fix #71: Hacked robots and power-hungry AI In episode 71 of The AI Fix, a giant robot spider goes backpacking for a year before starting its job in lunar construction, DoorDash builds a delivery Minion, and a TikToker punishes an AI by making it talk to condiments. GPT-5 crushes the humans at the…
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The AI Fix #70: AI behaves… until it knows you’re watching
The AI Fix #70: AI behaves… until it knows you’re watching In episode 70 of The AI Fix, our hosts learn that AI makes people more dishonest, Waymo’s robo-cars save lives but get outsmarted by a bathroom mirror, a “rescue” bot slurps up victims head-first, and China shows off a fusion robot arm that can…
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The AI Fix #69: How we really use ChatGPT, and will AI agents crash the economy?
The AI Fix #69: How we really use ChatGPT, and will AI agents crash the economy? In episode 69 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover brain rot, a shark wears trainers on its fins, an AI writes a terrible J-Pop song, Graham learns that ants don’t care about AI, Mark predicts the precise date…
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The AI Fix #68: AI telepathy, and rights for robots
The AI Fix #68: AI telepathy, and rights for robots In episode 68 of The AI Fix, our hosts open the show by launching the thing nobody asked for but everybody wanted: our shiny new merch store – yes, including the “Would YOU trust a pigeon???” t-shirt for when you need fashion alongside health and…
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The AI Fix #67: Will Smith’s AI crowd scandal, and gullible agents fall for scams
The AI Fix #67: Will Smith’s AI crowd scandal, and gullible agents fall for scams In episode 67 of The AI Fix, Graham talks to an AI with a fax machine, Bill Gates says there’s one job AI will never replace, criminals use Claude Code for cyberattacks, Mark reveals why GPT-5 was better than you…
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The AI Fix #66: OpenAI and Anthropic test each other, and everyone fails the apocalypse test
The AI Fix #66: OpenAI and Anthropic test each other, and everyone fails the apocalypse test In episode 66 of The AI Fix, ChatGPT gives Mark and Graham a terrible lesson in anatomy, boffins at Stanford ruin sushi, Google Gemini has a self-loathing meltdown, DeepSeek gets an “F” in stopping existential threats to humanity, a…
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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 #63: GPT-5 is the best AI ever, and Jim Acosta interviews a murdered teenager’s avatar
The AI Fix #63: GPT-5 is the best AI ever, and Jim Acosta interviews a murdered teenager’s avatar In episode 63 of The AI Fix, Unitree Robotics looks to Black Mirror episode “Metalhead” for tips on marketing its new robot dog, ChatGPT is secretly running Sweden, OpenAI introduces its first open weight model since GPT-2,…
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The AI Fix #62: AI robots can now pass CAPTCHAs, and punch you in the face
The AI Fix #62: AI robots can now pass CAPTCHAs, and punch you in the face In episode 62 of The AI Fix, your hosts learn how AI models smash through CAPTCHA roadblocks like they’re made of wet tissue paper – so much for humanity’s last line of defence. Meanwhile, we meet a bottle-flipping robot…
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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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The AI Fix #57: AI is the best hacker in the USA, and self-learning AI
The AI Fix #57: 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,…
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The AI Fix #56: ChatGPT traps man in a cult of one, and AI is actually stupid
The AI Fix #56: 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…
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The AI Fix #55: Atari beats ChatGPT at chess, and Apple says AI “thinking” is an illusion
The AI Fix #55: 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…
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The AI Fix #54: Will AI collapse under its own garbage, and AI charity “Hunger Games”
The AI Fix #54: 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…
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The AI Fix #53: An AI uses blackmail to save itself, and threats make AIs work better
The AI Fix #53: An AI uses blackmail to save itself, and threats make AIs work better In episode 53 of The AI Fix, our hosts suspect the CEO of Duolingo has been kidnapped by an AI, Sergey Brin says AIs work better if you threaten them with physical violence, Graham wonders how you put…
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The AI Fix #52: AI adopts its own social norms, and AI DJ creates diversity scandal
The AI Fix #52: AI adopts its own social norms, and AI DJ creates diversity scandal In episode 52 of The AI Fix, our hosts watch a non-existent musical about garlic bread, Graham shares a summer reading list of books that don’t exist, Mark feels nauseous after watching a video of Sam Altman and Jony…
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The AI Fix #51: Divorce by coffee grounds, and why AI robots need your brain
The AI Fix #51: Divorce by coffee grounds, and why AI robots need your brain In episode 51 of The AI Fix, a Greek man’s marriage is destroyed after ChatGPT reads his coffee, a woman dumps her husband to marry an AI called Leo, and Graham wonders whether it’s time to upload his brain into…
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The AI Fix nominated for top podcast award. Vote now!
The AI Fix nominated for top podcast award. Vote now! Bloomin’ eck! I’m delighted to share with you that “The AI Fix” is up for an award! Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley
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The AI Fix #50: AI brings dead man back for killer’s trial, and the judge loves it
The AI Fix #50: AI brings dead man back for killer’s trial, and the judge loves it In episode 50 of The AI Fix, AI brings a slain man back from the dead so he can appear at his killer’s trial, Mark gets a mysterious phone call, Trump uses AI to become Pope Donald the…
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The AI Fix #48: AI Jesus, and is the AI Singularity almost upon us?
The AI Fix #48: AI Jesus, and is the AI Singularity almost upon us? In episode 48 of The AI Fix, OpenAI releases the first AI models capable of novel scientific discoveries, ChatGPT users are sick of its relentlessly positive tone, our hosts say “Alexa” a lot, OpenAI eyes a social network of its own,…
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The AI Fix #47: An AI is the best computer programmer in the world
The AI Fix #47: An AI is the best computer programmer in the world In episode 47 of The AI Fix, o3 becomes the best competitive programmer in the world, hacked California crosswalks speak with the voice of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, Meta introduces a herd of Llamas, Graham explains what a “lollipop lady”…
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The AI Fix #46: AI can read minds now, and is your co-host a clone?
The AI Fix #46: AI can read minds now, and is your co-host a clone? In episode 46 of The AI Fix, China trolls US tariffs, a microscopic pogoing flea-bot makes a tiny leap forward for robotics, Google unveils the Agent2Agent protocol, a robot dog is so cute it ruins Graham’s entire day, and Europe…
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The AI Fix #45: The Turing test falls to GPT-4.5
The AI Fix #45: The Turing test falls to GPT-4.5 In episode 45 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover that ChatGPT is running the world, Mark learns that mattress companies have scientists, Gen Z has nightmares about AI, OpenAI gets a bag, Graham eats too many cheese sandwiches, and too much training makes AIs…
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The AI Fix #44: AI-generated malware, and a stunning AI breakthrough
The AI Fix #44: AI-generated malware, and a stunning AI breakthrough In episode 44 of The AI Fix, ChatGPT won’t build a crystal meth lab, GPT-4o improves the show’s podcast art, some students manage to screw in a lightbulb, Google releases Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental and nobody notices, and Mark invents a clock for measuring…
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The AI Fix #43: I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords!
The AI Fix #43: I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords! In episode 43 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover a robot that isn’t terrifying, a newspaper shuns journalists in favour of AI, Graham watches a robot dog learn to stand, an AI computer programmer develops a familiar attitude, and New York tries…
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The AI Fix #42: AIs with anxiety, and why AIs don’t know what happened
The AI Fix #42: AIs with anxiety, and why AIs don’t know what happened In episode 42 of the AI Fix, our hosts discover why ads for the Neo Gamma robot are so sinister, Graham plays peek-a-boo with a crow, humans give up writing, an AI designs a drug, an upstart AI agent gets everyone’s…
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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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The AI Fix #40: ChatGPT saved my life, and making evil AIs by accident
The AI Fix #40: ChatGPT saved my life, and making evil AIs by accident In episode 40 of the AI Fix, Graham meets a shape-shifting GOAT, a robot dog gets wet, Mark likes Claude 3.7 Sonnet, OpenAI releases its dullest model yet, Grok 3 needs to go home and have a lie down, and everyone…
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The AI Fix #39: AIs value their lives over yours, and flattery gets you nowhere
The AI Fix #39: AIs value their lives over yours, and flattery gets you nowhere In episode 39 of the AI Fix, our hosts watch a drone and a robot dog shoot fireworks at each other, xAI launches Grok 3, Mark explains that AIs can design genomes now, a robot starts a punch up, Zuck…
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The AI Fix #38: AI proves time travel is impossible (but still can’t draw fingers)
The AI Fix #38: AI proves time travel is impossible (but still can’t draw fingers) In episode 38 of “The AI Fix”, our hosts discover a robot they actually like, Sam Altman teases GPT-5 and trolls Elon Musk, a robot dog grows arms, an AI compliments Graham, Mark worries about “gradual disempowerment”, an octopus pretends…
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The AI Fix #36: A DeepSeek special
The AI Fix #36: A DeepSeek special 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…
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The AI Fix #35: Project Stargate, the AI emergency, and batsh*t AI cryonics
The AI Fix #35: 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…
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The AI Fix #34: Fake Brad Pitt and why AI means we will lose our jobs
The AI Fix #34: 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 legs, a rivet embedded in the side of your head claims it will be able to read your…
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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 #32: Agentic AI, killer robot fridges, and the robosexual revolution
The AI Fix #32: 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…
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The AI Fix #30: ChatGPT reveals the devastating truth about Santa (Merry Christmas!)
The AI Fix #30: ChatGPT reveals the devastating truth about Santa (Merry Christmas!) 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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…