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!

THE NEXT BILLION CARS – DRIVING ME BACKWARDS Part 1: USA! USA! USA!

What a difference a year makes. A transition to EVs that once seemed utterly inevitable has been thoroughly disrupted by a change of regime in the United States. Using every tool in its arsenal to bribe, cajole and even threaten its allies into dropping any support or incentives for electrification, the USA seems intent upon reviving a past where the internal combustion engine ruled unchallenged. Will it work? Co-host Sally Dominguez, Special Correspondent Drew Smith and host Mark Pesce go looking for answers on this special two-part episode of THE NEXT BILLION CARS.

Produced with Ampel.