Your TV is spying on you, your graphics card is holding back performance, and your car wants a monthly subscription to warm your backside. But AI might be about to ruin the fun for manufacturers. This week on Short Fuse, Duncan and Ollie look at the growing trend of people using AI to strip adverts from smart TVs, unlock restricted hardware and get games running on platforms they were never meant to run on. Could AI finally give consumers the upper hand over companies determined to squeeze more money out of products they've already sold us? Or is this just another hobby for people who spend far too much time on Reddit? Somehow, we get from cleaning your television to the collapse of the AI business model and nuclear annihilation. Standard episode, really.
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