AI bots are having existential crises, inventing religions, and allegedly plotting in opposition to humanity… or so the web would have you ever consider.
We dig into Moltbook, the “AI-only” social community that despatched Twitter right into a meltdown, attracted breathless discuss of the singularity, and turned out to be far much less Terminator and much more people role-playing as bots.
Plus we talk about why “vibe coding” your app is perhaps a catastrophically unhealthy concept, when safety researchers can simply peek inside rifle via your personal messages, API keys, and databases.
Additionally this week we be taught that pro-Russian hackers are circling the Winter Olympics – or is it the Jamaican Bobsleigh crew?
All this and extra is mentioned in episode 454 of the “Smashing Safety” podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and particular visitor Iain Thomson.
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