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Thinking Optional: Is AI Making Us Stupid AND More Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks?

October 15, 2026 · 49 min

Is AI Making Cybersecurity Analysts Less Effective? In this episode of Compromising Positions, we're asking whether thinking is becoming optional. We've spent decades finding new ways to outsource the work our brains used to do…
Wargames Aren’t Just For Generals: What Wargaming Can Teach Us About AI, Cybersecurity and Resilience

September 17, 2026 · 43 min

In this special Compromising Positions field trip, we head to Connections UK, a conference dedicated to the art and science of professional wargaming. And no, it’s not about Orcs or Space Marines. We explore what cybersecurity and AI can…
The (Dis)Agreeable World of AI Sycophancy

August 20, 2026 · 40 min

AI Isn’t Lying to You, It’s Agreeing With You AI is supposed to be helpful. But what if "helpful" has started to mean "whatever you say, babe"? In this episode, we continue our How Technology Ruined Your Life mini-series by taking a…
F Is for FAKE: How AI Deception Is Becoming Cybersecurity’s New Attack Surface

July 23, 2026 · 41 min

In this episode, we continue our How Technology Ruined Your Life mini-series with "F" Is For FAKE, exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming not only what we see online, but what we believe to be true. From convincing deepfake…
AI Doesn't Need to Hack You. It Just Needs to Convince You - How Technology Ruined Your Life PT1

June 25, 2026 · 42 min

In this episode, we launch our new mini-series, How Technology Ruined Your Life, with the first chapter: The Persuasion Machine. AI has crossed an important threshold. Large Language Models are no longer just generating text, they are…

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The Great AI-Escape! What self-replicating ai agents mean for cybersecurity

May 28, 2026 · 39 min

In this episode, we unpack one of the most alarming AI security papers released so far: research from Palisade Research proving that Large Language Models can autonomously hack systems, self-replicate, and spread across networks. What was…
Compromising Positions Presents: Tech Film Noir - Electric Dreams (1984)

May 14, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

In the second episode of Tech Film Noir, hosts Lianne Potter, Jeff Watkins, and Simon Painter travel back to 1984 to watch Clippy gone wild in Electric Dreams! *** Regular Compromising Positions Resume on 28th May*** This week on Tech Film…
Chernobyl 40th Anniversary: Are Nuclear Power Plants Safe from A Cyber Attack?

April 30, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

In this episode, we commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster by asking a chilling modern question: Can a cyber attack cause a nuclear meltdown in 2026? Moving past the Hollywood tropes of ‘exploding reactors,’ we dive…
Compromising Positions Presents: Tech Film Noir - The Terminator (1984)

April 16, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

In the premiere episode of Tech Film Noir, hosts Lianne Potter, Jeff Watkins, and Simon Painter travel back to 1984 to dissect James Cameron’s career-defining masterpiece, The Terminator. *** Regular Compromising Positions Resume on 30th…
Self-driving Cars, Cybersecurity and Trust

March 26, 2026 · 50 min

What happens when the welfare state designs its technology to side-eye first and ask questions later? In this episode, we take a ride into the world of self-driving cars and ask: What happens to trust when your car gets hacked? Drawing…
Suspicion By Design: Inside DWP's Universal Credit AI Fraud System

February 26, 2026 · 45 min

What happens when the welfare state designs its technology to side-eye first and ask questions later? In this episode of Compromising Positions, we get hands-on with Big Brother Watch’s “Suspicion by Design” report, unpacking how the UK…
From Dark Triads to Patriotic Hackers: Human Maliciousness in Cybersecurity

January 29, 2026 · 46 min

Is cybersecurity just a technical problem, or a human one? In this episode, we debut our new format: bridging the gap between deep academic research and boots-on-the-ground security practice. We dive into Zoe M. King et al., 2018 paper…

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About the show

The award-winning tech podcast that asks : "Are we the ones breaking the world?" Most tech podcasts are an echo chamber for builders. We step outside. We talk to the observers, the social scientists, and the deep thinkers who study the friction we create and the human systems we disrupt. Lianne Potter and Jeff Watkins strip away the industry fluff and pit academic research against the harsh reality of real organisations and real human incentives. We don’t just talk about AI, security, and automation; we explore the unintended consequences of our own "elegant" solutions. We’re here to look at tech through a different lens and ask the uncomfortable questions that the industry usually avoids. Because if you’ve built a system that has become everyone else's problem, you have to ask: "Am I the compromising position here?"