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 paid for even a Tesco Meal Deal.

Anthropic claims it has caught the first autonomous AI cyber-spy... but fails to provide much in the way of evidence, Claude hallucinates its way through espionage, and China allegedly uses American AI for hacking.

Mark asks the big question everyone is avoiding: are we in an AI bubble? Some are loudly shouting "yes" - even as trillions are still being hurled into data centres large enough to blot out the sun.

Plus an AI that needed a lie down after being asked one difficult question.

Episode links:

• False robot alien spider story is invading social media.
• I made Minecraft in Minecraft with redstone!
• What to know about the AI-generated country song topping Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart.
• The AI Fix theme tune.
• If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The case against superintelligent AI.
• What if the loved ones we've lost could be part of our future?
• In a first, F-22 pilot controls wingman drone from cockpit, General Atomics says.
• Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign.
• China’s ‘autonomous’ AI-powered hacking campaign still required a ton of human work.
• The Big Short Guy Just Bet $1 Billion That the AI Bubble Pops.
• Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'.

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