Humanoid Robots' CES Fight Night

In episode 85 of The AI Fix, Graham discovers that Silicon Valley has the solution to your pet's mental health crisis, and Mark explains why AI godfather Yann LeCun thinks the entire AI industry is wrong about LLMs.

Also in this episode, OpenAI decides to ruin ChatGPT with ads; Sam Altman and Elon Musk and have a public spat over whose AI is more murderous; humanoid robots turn up at CES 2026 and answer of whether robots can fight—with a resounding "no"; and AI slop forces the beloved cURL project to shut down its bug bounty program.

Episode links:

• ChatGPT gets ads
• Billionaires Elon Musk, Sam Altman fight over whose tech killed more people
• Humanoid robots go for the knockout in high-tech fight night at CES
• I met a lot of weird robots at CES
• Curl shutters bug bounty program to stop AI slop
• Pet owners in the US could soon get help from a robot 'butler' who feeds and plays with fur babies while you work
• This robot companion is a cameraman for your pet
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• Checking Out The Aura At The Tuya Smart Booth CES 2026!
• Yann LeCun LinkedIn announcement
• The Decoder: LeCun exits Meta

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