We should pay peer reviewers Paying reviewers led to faster decisions—an average of 5.5 working days vs 38 days for unpaid reviews And review quality improved (judged by handling editors) Reviewers who delivered a good peer review in 4 days were paid $290 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Now this is wild for so many reasons: - SpringerNature retracts 2x70 year-old articles by Max Planck for "copyright violation". - Dead people can't violate copyright. - Editor was not notified. - "Springer Nature is nevertheless still selling the empty PDF for $39.95".

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

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Five years ago I gave an invited talk on AI myths. How well has it held up? Here is a (brief) 2026 update, including some things that I think everyone should know about LLMs. youtu.be/5bwTOY6aa3s

Omg, best easter egg ever ! C= 🦇🧍‍♂️ 👌

#rantsandreckons by me on new policy initiatives etc being dropped in at last minute after select committee has reported #shoddylawmaking 🤓 newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/12/g...

This is outrageous. When I hire KPMG to validate my priors I expect to receive the wildly overconfident lies of a 23 year old MBA, not those of some stinking robot.

The proceedings of AAMAS 2026 on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems are now available! Explore cutting-edge research, insights, and case studies shared by participants during the conference. 📖 Access the full proceedings here: www.ifaamas.org/Proceedings/...

QED aifails.substack.com/p/lion-vs-ch...

Michael Wooldridge delivered an amazing keynote speech at AAMAS 2026! His perspective on Rethinking Multi-agent Systems in the Era of LLMs was both informative and challenging. #AAMAS2026 #Cyprus #AutonomousAgents #MultiAgent

Days 2 & 3 of #AAMAS2026 are packed with insightful sessions! Share your memories by tagging us.

An unforgettable Awards Ceremony at #AAMAS2026! Celebrating exceptional research, dedication, and innovation in Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. Congratulations to all the award winners for their inspiring contributions!

The best ideas often begin with a single question. Our participants keep the discussions at AAMAS 2026 thoughtful and engaging. #AAMAS2026 #Cyprus #AutonomousAgents

A full house for the speech of Sabine Hauert OBE! Her take on Designing Trustworthy Robot Swarms for Real-World Applications brought fresh perspectives and bold ideas to the table. What resonated with you the most? Let us know and tag us! #AAMAS2026 #Cyprus #AutonomousAgents

Prof. Sabine Hauert shares key messages from her keynote on Designing Trustworthy Robot Swarms for Real-World Applications.

New paper in Nature. The more a government controls its domestic media, the more it dominates AI training data, the more pro-regime outputs we get from AI. By scraping the open web, LLMs are unwittingly laundering state-coordinated narratives into seemingly objective answers.

The paper in question: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thrilled to be attending the 25th(!) AAMAS this week (although online, rather than in-person). I have attended most AAMAS since the first in 2002. @aamasconf.bsky.social (1/n)

"ChatGPT, the most heavily used AI service, gave wrong information in 46% of its answers, including making up an expenses scandal, giving inaccurate replies on voter eligibility rules and getting the date of the election wrong by two months." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Particularly in the context of (appropriate) crackdowns on LLM-generated papers (e.g., on arXiv) and more and more tales of fabricated citations, two reminders: (1) LLMs do not "cite their sources" (2) Using an LLM to generate, complete, or fix LaTeX code can result in fabricated citations

Weird … the Xitter account that I haven’t touched since late 2022 was just suspended for “inauthentic behaviour”. Anyone else experiencing similar? I suspect someone reported it for something, but of course I’ve got no idea what.

The full AAMAS 2026 program has just been released—check out what’s in store for this exciting event. 🗓️ 📍 cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/de... #AAMAS2026 #Cyprus #AutonomousAgents #MultiAgent

Wise comments from my colleagues — a wafer thin purported justification makes the slated bar on tort claims a worrying breach of the rule of law and democratic traditions etc. theconversation.com/changing-cli...

Mighty congratulations Charlotte + @bwbnz.bsky.social 👏 arts.unimelb.edu.au/news/charlot... and a reminder that this was a @royalsocietynz.bsky.social Marsden funded project in Humanities! #HumanitiesMatter #history @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social

a requirement that subsequent arXiv submissions must first be accepted at a reputable peer-reviewed venue.

We are implementing a similar policy at @arxiv.bsky.social. If there is incontrovertible evidence of LLM slop in a paper, this means the authors did not take the time to read the LLM output and we can't trust anything else in the paper. Penalty is 1 year ban from arXiv followed by...

Really important tidbit here as well: even asking AI to *format* citations can result in hallucination. (I know this but my students absolutely do not believe it)

a small twist on a classic puzzle aifails.substack.com/p/backpack-w...

Not only does telling a chatbot ‘do not hallucinate’ misunderstand how LLMs works, the idea that they are capable of following instructions is an illusion. At best, this just adds text to the context that may cause them to go down one path rather than another. But they don’t literally obey commands.

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This is huge. I can't believe it took this long before accountability was established in a domain so evident and hazardous as traffic. But proves its doable. Now let's see it enforced, rapidly and at appropriate scale to effect change. #AIEthics #driverless

The countdown has begun! In just 20 days, we’ll gather for the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. 🔗 Registration System: easyconferences.org 🔗 Registration Guidelines: cyprusconferences.org/online-regis...

Under California's new rules, police can cite AV companies when their vehicles commit moving violations. The rules will also require the companies to respond to calls from police and other emergency officials within 30 seconds. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Babe, wake up, new anti surveillance tech just dropped…

I’m attending, but online, not in person.

Thank you to all of you who attended ACM's Technology Policy Council's special session, "From Technical Safety to Societal Impact: Rethinking AI Governance," at the recent India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi! If you missed it, here's a recap: buff.ly/MDl8s6T

What is the one thing that most worries you about AI? In a survey of 3,700 AI researchers, only 3% replied existential risk—despite the prominence given to these risks in media. Far more experts are worried aout malicious use, misinformation, job losses, bias, etc. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Little known fact: it's only our data that keeps data centers from flying into space. aifails.substack.com/p/data-cente...

We would like to welcome Professor Sabine Hauert from the University of Bristol to the AAMAS 2026 keynote stage! Discover more about her speech on "Designing Trustworthy Robot Swarms for Real-World Applications". ➡️ cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/ke... #AAMAS2026 #Cyprus #AutonomousAgents

Prepare for an inspiring keynote speech in Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems! Joanna Bryson from the Hertie School will deliver a keynote address on "the Limits of Artificial Agency" at AAMAS 2026🎤 More information ➡️ cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/ke... #AAMAS2026 #Cyprus

Michael Wooldridge from the University of Oxford will share expert insights at the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems!🎤 More info ➡️ cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/ke...

New: Wikipedia has officially banned AI-generated content. After months of heated debate and previous attempts to restrict the use of LLMs, volunteer editors accepted a new policy that prohibits using them to create articles for the online encyclopedia www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

TBH I got the answer I deserved

Tell the AI giants to stand together against killer robots actions.eko.org/a/tell-the-a...

I'm commenting here as an expert: "JESUS LOL FUCK NO".

Embedding unreliable AI deep into the source code of the military without human oversight is the single stupidest thing we could do as a species. And that is *exactly* what the United States is about to do.

(1/9) I love Mike Wooldridge's delivery of some of the examples I post here :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyyL... Maybe also a good time to clarify how I myself interpret these examples.

5/5 What I do see as the big challenges for the rest of the 21st century (all my grandchildren can be expected to live beyond the year 2100), are global warming, and rise of diseases due to vaccine deniers. Stay calm. Love those around you. Be kind to everyone.