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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 330

Episode 330 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast looks at AI ‘sleeper agents’, eBay shenanigans and crypto-casinos

David Buxton
January 18, 2024

Episode 330 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks things off with talk around the potential for A.I poisoning, which could allow malicious actors to turn AI chatbots into ‘sleeper agents’. From there the team talk about eBay and a truly bizarre story involving spiders, cockroaches and death threats, as well as China’s crackdown on casino’s, which has led to an underground boom in crypto-casinos.

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