The AI Fix #58: An AI runs a shop into the ground, and AI’s obsession with the number 27

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The AI Fix #58: An AI runs a shop into the ground, and AI’s obsession with the number 27

In episode 58 of “The AI Fix” podcast, 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.

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of “The AI Fix” podcast by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.

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The AI Fix #58:
An AI runs a shop into the ground, and AI’s obsession with the number 27

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Graham Cluley is an award-winning keynote speaker who has given presentations around the world about cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. A veteran of the computer security industry since the early 1990s, he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows, makes regular media appearances, and hosts the popular "Smashing Security" podcast. Follow him on LinkedIn, Bluesky and Mastodon, or drop him an email.

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