Smashing Security podcast #280: Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI • Graham Cluley

Smashing Security podcast #280: Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI

Internet-connected jacuzzis find themselves in hot water, and a Google engineer claims that their AI has developed feelings.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

Hosts:

Graham Cluley – @gcluley
Carole Theriault – @caroletheriault

Show notes:

Hot Tub Time Machine trailer — YouTube.
Hacking into the worldwide Jacuzzi SmartTub network — Eaton Works.
SmartTub — Apple iOS App Store.
SmartTub — Google Play store.
Hot tub hack reveals washed-up security protection — BBC News.
Google engineer Blake Lemoine thinks its LaMDA AI has come to life — The Washington Post.
Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient — The Guardian.
AI's most convincing conversations are not what they seem — The Register.
Blake Lemoine's blog.
Van Gogh Bristol Exhibition: The Immersive Experience.
Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience — YouTube.
The Inquiry — BBC World Service.
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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the anti-virus industry having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent security analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of computer security, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter at @gcluley, on Mastodon at @[email protected], or drop him an email.

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