The AI Fix

By Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley

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

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August 05, 2025AI 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 and call BS on a cartwheeling cyborg, Graham has a full-blown breakdown over traffic light puzzles, and Anthropic hires an AI psychiatry team to figure out why its bots are unhinged.
Also: Microsoft helpfully tells us which jobs are toast, Vogue replaces models with AI-generated glam-bots, and a tiny homebrew neural net humiliates the big boys at Sudoku.
Plus, Mark explores GEPA — the AI prompt optimiser that politely mutates your questions until they’re 35 times more effective than reinforcement learning.
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AI model appears in Vogue.
Humanoid robot can run, cartwheel and fist-fight.
Nuclear waste cleaning humanoid robot nails 500 ml bottle throw test.
500ml Water Bottle Throw Test with ARMstrong Dex.
Tweet by Jack Lindsey of Anthrophic.
Anthrophic’s "AI psychiatry" team.
Microsoft reveals the top ten jobs most (and least!) at risk from AI.
This New AI is 100x Faster at Reasoning Than ChatGPT.
Bias alert: LLMs suggest women seek lower salaries than men in job interviews.
AI researcher ‘turns down $1bn pay offer from Mark Zuckerberg’.
Agent casually clicking the "I am not a robot" button.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test.
GEPA: Reflective Prompt Evolution Can Outperform Reinforcement Learning.

The AI Fix
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July 29, 2025Replit panics, deletes $1M project; AI gets gold at Math Olympiad
In episode 61 of The AI Fix, a robot called DeREK goes bananas, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic warn we may lose the ability to see what AI is thinking, a dextrous robot changes its own batteries, the USA unveils its AI action plan, and a human beats AI to win the World Coding Championship.
Also in this week's episode, Graham reveals why you should never ask a vibe coding app to "clean up" your project, and Mark explains why it was handbags at dawn at the International Mathematical Olympiad.
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OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic sound alarm: ‘We may be losing the ability to understand AI’.
Chain of Thought Monitorability: A New and Fragile Opportunity for AI Safety.
Experimental fighting robot thrashing uncontrollably.
Elon says that in future we’ll be able to “mentally remote” into an Optimus robot.
Walker S2 – The world’s first humanoid robot capable of operating autonomously 24/7.
Human programmer beats OpenAI’s custom AI in 10‑hour marathon, wins World Coding Championship—possibly the last human winner.
AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database.
Replit CEO: What really happened when AI agent wiped Jason Lemkin’s database.
Jason Lemkin “Vibe coding day 8”.
Alexander Wei announces IMO gold medal.
Sam Altman weighs in.
Thang Long announces IMO gold medal.
Demis Hassabis weighs in.

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July 22, 2025Elon'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 are bewildered that 2000 people "work" at the Candy Crush company.
Plus Graham takes a look at Elon's latest creations: a giggling anime girlfriend desperate for your attention, and a cute cartoon red panda who wants to bomb a synagogue and moon the rabbi.
Meanwhile Mark learns which AI is most likely to blackmail, lie, and - when the mood takes it - commit murder to avoid being switched off.
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AI Can Simulate Billions of Atoms Simultaneously.
Grok consults Elon Musk before answering controversial questions.
Meta is building gigawatt data centres the size of Manhattan.
ChatGPT is changing how we speak.
Laid off Candy Crush staff are being replaced by the AI tools they helped to build.
I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend.
Of course, Grok’s AI companions want to have sex and burn down schools.
Elon Unveils New Grok AI ‘Companion’ That Looks Uncomfortably Familiar.
Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats.

The AI Fix
The AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.
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July 15, 2025Grok 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 a popular rock group is unmasked as an AI fever dream.
Graham explains why Grok thinks it’s Mecha Hitler, and Mark reveals which AI is most likely to betray you.
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Disagreement dial.
Humanoid robot ‘graduates’ at Chinese high school ceremony as automation tech gains spotlight.
Robot surgery on humans could be trialled within decade after success on pig organs.
Rock band with more than 1 million Spotify listeners reveals it’s entirely AI-generated — down to the musicians themselves.
Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs has grand ambitions to ‘solve all diseases’ with AI. Now, it’s gearing up for its first human trials.
ChatGPT Guessing Game Leads To Users Extracting Free Windows OS Keys and more.
Wolfenstein 3D - DOS.
Musk Keeps Trolling as Internet Melts Down Over His Hitler-Loving Chatbot.
Strategic Intelligence in Large Language Models: Evidence from evolutionary Game Theory.

The AI Fix
The AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.
Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.
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July 08, 2025An AI runs a shop into the ground, and AI’s obsession with the number 27
In episode 58 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover a pair of AI headphones that don't electrocute you, Microsoft invents "medical superintelligence", Chucky opens a hotel, some robot footballers fall over, Jony Ive invents a $6 billion pen, and Malcolm Gladwell fears a dystopian future full of children playing joyfully in the street.
Graham discovers that the number 27 holds a special place in the heart of every AI, and Mark investigates Anthropic’s terrible AI shopkeeper.
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Neurable headphones.
Pitiful Chinese ‘footie robots’ stumble through match in hilarious scenes.
The path to medical superintelligence.
Robots replace hotel check-in staff.
Malcolm Gladwell says driverless cars don’t work in cities.
Jony Ive’s First AI Gadget? Clues Point to a Pen.
LLMs and the Illusion of Randomness: Their obsession with number 27.
How do lava lamps help with Internet encryption?
“How to HACK the lottery” keynote speech by Graham Cluley.
Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop?

The AI Fix
The AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.
Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.
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July 01, 2025AI 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, an AI cat collar can tell you if your cat is annoyed by its AI cat collar, and some German scientists accidentally create a new AI Fix slogan.
Graham reveals that an AI is now the most successful bug bounty hunter in the USA, and Mark discovers an AI that can retrain itself.
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Meta is offering obscene $100M bonuses to poach AI employees.
Rich people ‘will have robot butlers by 2030′ – but there’s a major flaw.
Japanese company using mee-AI-ow to detect stressed cats.
Dream Recorder.
AI churns out funnier memes, but people still deliver the biggest laughs.
Wikipedia editors revolt over "truly ghastly" plan for AI slop.
The road to Top 1: How XBOW did it.
Self-Adapting Language Models.

The AI Fix
The AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.
Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.
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June 24, 2025ChatGPT 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 robot dogs with his rendition of "Don't stop me now", and our hosts debate whether AI turning our brains to porridge is actually a bad thing.
Graham tells the harrowing story of how chatbots are convincing ordinary people they were chosen, manipulated their minds, and in some cases, pushed them to the edge, and Mark stumps the world's best AIs with an easy question.
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The Illusion of the Illusion of Thinking A Comment on Shojaee et al.
Man with real-life girlfriend and child proposes to AI chatbot after programming it to flirt: ‘I think this is actual love’.
AI users form relationships with technology.
‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number.
Boston Dynamics robots dance to ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ for ‘America’s Got Talent’ audition.
Boston Dynamics Makes AGT HISTORY With Robots Dancing To "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen.
Brain activity much lower when using AI chatbots, MIT boffins find.
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

The AI Fix
The AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.
Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.
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June 17, 2025Atari 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 dust on Mars, Google forgets what year it is, and Apple finally enters the AI chat.
Graham finds out what happened when ChatGPT took on 1979's Atari Video Chess at his favourite “sport”, and Mark explains why Apple has been raining on the AI reasoning parade.
Episode links:
Bible influencer videos.
Long, dark 'streaks' spotted on Mars aren't what scientists thought.
This “robot bird” flies at 45 mph through forests—With no GPS or light.
On Targeted Manipulation and Deception when Optimizing LLMs for User Feedback.
Google AI Glitch Confuses 2025 for 2024.
ChatGPT gets crushed at chess by a 1 MHz Atari 2600.
Four hours after being taught the rules of chess, AlphaZero became the strongest player the world has ever seen.
The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity.

The AI Fix
The AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.
Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.
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37min
June 10, 2025Will 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 invents AI bird poop, and Eric Schmidt says we should unplug AI when it gets direct access to weapons.
Graham finds out what happens when a rag tag team of AIs is given 30 days to raise money for charity, and Mark explores model collapse and Claude Opus 4.0's weird obsession with a fictional factory-farmed chicken company.
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And the award goes to… The AI Fix!
Super Trouper meets supercomputer: AI helping Abba star to write musical.
Dum dum diddle.
AI systems could become conscious. What if they hate their lives?
Liverpool Biennial review – AI seagulls, gladiatorial football and big trouble in Chinatown.
The AI Revolution Is Underhyped.
'So scary': Customer stunned by new AI assistant at Hungry Jack's.
Agent Village.
Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves.
System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4.

The AI Fix
The AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.
Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.
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June 03, 2025An 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 a collar on a headless robot dog, Mark asks why kickboxing robots wear head guards, and the CEO of Anthropic says AI could wipe out entry-level jobs.
Graham asks your favourite AI how it feels about being kidnapped, and Mark explains how an AI tried to save itself by blackmailing the engineer responsible for turning it off.
Episode links:
Duolingo CEO walks back AI memo.
Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects.
Humanoid robots fight in Chinese kick-boxing competition.
Anthropic CEO warns AI could eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs.
‘Dystopian’ video shows robot dog scaring real dog in NYC: ‘That thing is possessed’.
Sam Altman: Tens of millions of dollars well spent--you never know.
ChatGPT burns tens of millions of Softbank dollars listening to you thanking it.
Sergey Brin: All AI models tend to do better if you threaten them.
System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4.

The AI Fix
The AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.
Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.
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