RNZ “Nine to Noon” – Was Pokemon Go used to train military drones?

On RNZ’s “Nine to Noon” I gave host Kathryn Ryan an update on the US export controls on the “Fable 5” AI model – and how that’s causing them trouble with their allies, who had already integrated it into workflows. Then we’ll look at what happens when a security researcher goes rogue – threatening the world’s fourth most valuable company. We’ll conclude with the unpleasant story of how millions of Pokemon Go players unwittingly collected geospatial data now licensed to be used in military drones…

Big thanks to RNZ for letting us share this broadcast – and more big thanks to producers Ampel!

RNZ “Nine to Noon” – Unsafe AI? Anthropic’s Fable 5 may be too smart for its own good.

On Friday 12 June, AI powerhouse Anthropic cut off all access to their latest-and-greatest “Fable 5” AI model. Based on the incredibly powerful Mythos, which has the capacity to hack into almost any computer, Fable had safeguards to block that sort of use – or so Anthropic believed. A hack to ‘jailbreak’ Fable 5 went viral just a day after it went live, and very quickly the White House got alarmed. Mark shares the whole tale with RNZ “Nine To Noon” host Kathryn Ryan.

Big thanks to RNZ for allowing us to share this broadcast, and more big thanks to producers Ampel!