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.

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