{"id":1876,"date":"2025-12-10T23:44:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/i-couldnt-fix-it-with-ifixits-ai-fixbot\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T23:44:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:44:24","slug":"i-couldnt-fix-it-with-ifixits-ai-fixbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/i-couldnt-fix-it-with-ifixits-ai-fixbot\/","title":{"rendered":"I couldn\u2019t fix it with iFixit\u2019s AI FixBot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My classic Sony CRT television won’t power on. My living room is chilly because my Mitsubishi heat pump isn’t putting out enough hot air. I want my Japanese N64 to play US games, too, but I’ve been too busy to pop the hood. What if I had an AI companion to talk me through?<\/p>\n

iFixit just released a voice-and-text chatbot<\/a> to do just that, one that can supposedly help you figure out repairs just by talking to it – FixBot will ask you questions, and you can share images, too. iFixit claims it \u00ab\u00a0thinks out loud with you, the way a master technician would, until the diagnosis clicks into place.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Having tried it, I would definitely not trust iFixit’ \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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