Chris Stokel-Walker

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Tech journalist and author, who increasingly also talks on TV and radio. Interested in the sparks that happen when the online and offline worlds collide @stokel on the other place. Buy my book: How AI Ate the World!

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Plenty of discussion about AI hallucinations, but can... AI correct human errors that have persisted throughout the scientific record? My latest for @nature.com looks at an interesting presentation at a recent conference www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AI agents are checking the scientific literature — and spotting decades-old errors nature.com
AI Weekly's analysis
  • A Zhejiang Lab chemist's AI predicting boiling points clashed with a 75-year-old reference database; manual checks showed the database, not the model, was wrong.
  • The same AI spotted further mistakes in older papers and reference books, including a typo and incorrect values of century-old boiling-point measurements.
  • Researchers caution AI fact-checkers are not reliable on their own because the models make mistakes like humans do and still need manual oversight.
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AI companies say we're going to be shopping though their systems in the near future - but a new study suggests you can waylay recommendations with a single webpage. My latest for @fastcompany.com on the weird future ahead www.fastcompany.com/91562049/one...

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God, AI is remarkable. I've got an uncomfortably warm office at my university that they refuse to do anything about. Bought a £10 smart thermometer which has an associated app but I want to access it remotely. Uses Bluetooth. Have vibe coded a remote access dashboard

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Hard to know what to think about today. On the one hand, scrapping DSIT is moronic. Giving the department its own fiefdom attracted great thinkers from industry. Not sure they'd do so now. On the other, an AI minister in cabinet is good

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Trump's export control on Fable/Mythos is a) the best case for AI sovereignty that doesn't rely on a handful of US models you can make and b) another example of Anthropic's "ooh scary model" overhype blowing back in their face

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You can smell AI-generated slide decks a mile off (and I don't like it)

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On the morning of 30 July, I'm hosting a hack day near King's Cross for journalists and PRs. Three hours later, they'll leave with software they directed AI to build. No coding experience needed. £199. In person, with feedback while you build. www.stokel-walker.com/buildwithai

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