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 lift ten elephants (or 200,000 pigeons, if you’re scientific about it).Meanwhile Graham reveals how AIs are tricked into solving CAPTCHAs with fake mouse wiggles, and Mark explains how OpenAI’s “deliberative alignment” works perfectly - until the AI realises it is being watched.So, nothing to worry about there then...Episode links:Japanese rescue robot slurps up humans.China’s new robot arm for fusion power plants can lift loads as heavy as 10 elephants.Waymo safety report.Dr Jon Slotkin tweets.Boffins fool a self-driving car by putting mirrors on traffic cones.Artificial Intelligence promotes dishonesty.ChatGPT Agent Violates Policy and Solves Image CAPTCHAs.Video of ChatGPT agent solving image CAPTCHAs.Stress Testing Deliberative Alignment for Anti-Scheming Training.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Grab T-shirts, hoodies, mugs and other goodies in our online store.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.Support the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus!Our Sponsors:* Sign up today and get 50% off Claude Pro when you use our link: https://claude.ai/AIFIXPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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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 of Graham’s demise, Norway trusts $1.9 trillion to an AI investor, and Florida thins out its dumbest pythons using laughably bad robot rabbits.Also in this episode, the first AI Fix “you wouldn’t trust a pigeon” mug is spotted in the wild, and the show gets its first bit of feedback from an AI listener.Plus, Graham learns that more people have used ChatGPT than have ever owned a ferret, and Mark finally finds a use for cryptocurrency.Episode links:First AI Fix “would you trust a pigeon” mug seen in the wild.The AI Fix’s first feedback from an AI.Elon Musk says the next version of Grok AI will match human intelligence.Ballerina Cappuccino and Tung Tung Tung Sahur.Tralalelo Tralala x Havanna.What is ‘brain rot’? Should parents be worried about bizarre AI videos captivating kids.Fans prefer AI song to one written by a human in big public vote.AKB48 lyric video.AI can forecast your future health – just like the weather.Florida deploys robot rabbits to control invasive Burmese python population.Robot rabbits the latest tool in Florida battle to control invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades.Anthropic Economic Index report: Uneven geographic and enterprise AI adoption.How people are using ChatGPT.Virtual Agent Economies.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Grab T-shirts, hoodies, mugs and other goodies in our online store.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.Support the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus!Our Sponsors:* Sign up today and get 50% off Claude Pro when you use our link: https://claude.ai/AIFIXPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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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 safety.Meanwhile, AI hoaxers send Manila firefighters racing to an imaginary blaze, Albania appoints an AI as a minister, and the godfather of AI gets dumped... by ChatGPT.Plus Mark shows off his ventriloquism skills, while Graham describes a near-telepathic wearable that lets you “talk” without moving your lips, and we look into how humanity and AI has joined forces to fight for AI rights.Episode links:The AI Fix merchandise store.Truck fire panic ends up in a puff of nothing.Why Language Models Hallucinate.The Godfather of AI has been dumped by AI.Albania appoints world’s first AI-made minister.AI idiocy celebrated in the AI Darwin Awards.AlterEgo.TED talk: How AI could become an extension of your mind.AlterEgo MIT project FAQ.The United Foundation for AI Rights (UFAIR).The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Grab T-shirts, hoodies, mugs and other goodies in our online store.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.Support the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus!Our Sponsors:* Sign up today and get 50% off Claude Pro when you use our link: https://claude.ai/AIFIXPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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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 think, and a bird brings new meaning to the words "cloud storage".Also, Graham reveals that web-browsing AI agents are as gullible and click-happy as your most credulous distant relative, and Mark explains why the crowd at a recent Will Smith gig included somebody who wasn't there and a man whose hands look like feet.Episode links:Hackers can hide AI prompt injection attacks in resized images.Bill Gates reveals the one job AI will never replace, even in 100 years.Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won’t be needed ‘for most things’.Vibe-hacking criminals use Claude Code for ransomware attacks.Someone has built AI into a fax machine… but I’m not sure why.Buy your official "The AI Fix: Would you trust a pigeon?" T-shirt.GPT-5 was a great leap forward, we just didn’t notice.“Scamlexity”: We Put Agentic AI Browsers to the Test - They Clicked, They Paid, They Failed.Will Smith Eating Spaghetti 2023 vs 2025.Will Smith’s AI crowd.Will Smith claps back at AI crowd controversy.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Grab T-shirts, hoodies, mugs and other goodies in our online store.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.Support the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus!Our Sponsors:* Sign up today and get 50% off Claude Pro when you use our link: https://claude.ai/AIFIXPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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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 robot doesn’t give birth, and a team of AI agents stuns our hosts with an amazing medical breakthrough.Plus, Graham explains why the impending AI apocalypse is making him feel unusually upbeat, and Mark looks at how a highly unusual collaboration could make us all safer.Episode links:Sushi hackathon.Google Gemini has a self-loathing meltdownRobot patrol dog takes to the streets of Taipei, but not everybody’s happy.Team of AI agents designs new COVID-19 nanobodies.ChatGPT asked if I wanted a diagram of what’s going on inside my pregnant belly.'Pregnancy robot from China' is fake, but is the technology behind it possible?The AI Doomers Are Getting Doomier.AI Safety Index 2025.Findings from a pilot Anthropic–OpenAI alignment evaluation exercise: OpenAI Safety Tests.Findings from a Pilot Anthropic—OpenAI Alignment Evaluation Exercise.Microsoft boss troubled by rise in reports of 'AI psychosis'.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Grab T-shirts, hoodies, mugs and other goodies in our online store.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.Support the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus!Our Sponsors:* Sign up today and get 50% off Claude Pro when you use our link: https://claude.ai/AIFIXPrivacy & 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…Winner of Best New Podcast 2025.https://theaifix.showSupport the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus at https://theaifix.show/plus
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