Leak Show Podcast: Police iPhone Bypass, LLM Torture, and Fake ChatGPT Witnesses

Police Can Bypass iPhone Automatic Reboot, Leaked Video Claims

404 Media's weekly podcast Leak Show opens with a report from journalist Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai about how law enforcement can get around a key iPhone security feature. According to the episode, a leaked video claims that police are able to bypass the automatic reboot that iPhones perform after a period of inactivity. The inactivity reboot is a protection measure that returns the device to a locked state requiring the passcode, which is meant to make it harder for forensic tools to extract data from seized phones.

The episode was written by Joseph Cox and published on October 8, 2026. It says the bypass undermines the protection the reboot was designed to provide for owners whose phones are taken by investigators.

LLM Torture Prison Sparks AI Debate

After the break, the episode moves to a story about what the hosts describe as a large language model torture chamber. Someone has created what is being called a robot prison for LLMs, and the project has triggered a heated argument in the AI community. The podcast frames it as one of the more unusual debates the field has seen so far.

Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Witnesses in Murder Appeal

In the subscribers-only section, Sam walks through a case from New Mexico in which a lawyer cited fake witnesses invented by ChatGPT in a murder appeal. The case adds to a growing list of legal incidents involving hallucinated material generated by AI chatbots being submitted to courts.

The full episode, including the extended video version, is available to paid subscribers, with access details provided in the email from the podcast host and in the show notes of the podcast player.

Sources: 404 Media