The AI Fix #55: Atari beats ChatGPT at chess, and Apple says AI “thinking” is an illusion – Source: grahamcluley.com

In episode 55 of The AI Fix, Gemini thinks a little meth won’t hurt, Mark realises what a terrifying 45mph “robot bird” is really for, Graham finds a surprising number of TikTokers in the bible, an AI discovers dust on Mars, Google forgets what year it is, and Apple finally enters the AI chat.

Graham finds out what happened when ChatGPT took on 1979’s Atari Video Chess at his favourite “sport”, and Mark explains why Apple has been raining on the AI reasoning parade.

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of “The AI Fix” podcast by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.

Hosts:

Graham Cluley:

Mark Stockley:

Episode links:

• Bible influencer videos.
• Long, dark ‘streaks’ spotted on Mars aren’t what scientists thought.
• This “robot bird” flies at 45 mph through forests—With no GPS or light.
• On Targeted Manipulation and Deception when Optimizing LLMs for User Feedback.
• Google AI Glitch Confuses 2025 for 2024.
• ChatGPT gets crushed at chess by a 1 MHz Atari 2600.
• The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity.

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