ICYMI, EY have retracted a report seemingly full of AI hallucinations after this story I wrote, then provided comment to the FT (but not to me). The FT declined to cite my prior reporting, which caused the retraction. Well done everyone

EY appear to have removed the report in question from their website (while not providing a comment for my story)

AI hallucinations are appearing left right and centre - including, it seems possible, in consulting reports. My latest for @sherwood.news sherwood.news/tech/ai-hall...

SSRN, the social-sciences preprint site, has five times higher hallucinated/fake citations than arXiv, bioRxiv etc, according to a new study (not yet peer-reviewed). By @stokel.bsky.social | @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hallucinated references seem to be way more common in social science papers than others - but why? My latest for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What do and don't we know about NHS Online, the health service's big bold plan for our health service? My latest @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/...

New Podcast Episode: Intelligent Machines: Meet Me In Alaska Are AI Content Filters Changing What We Read? with @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, @paris.nyc, @stokel.bsky.social

UK Biobank data appearing on a Chinese e-commerce platform last month hit the trust of digitisation medical data hard - but we shouldn't let it scupper plans, my latest for The Standard finds www.standard.co.uk/news/health/...

In news that is going to annoy a certain subsection of the people on here, the UK's ICO has clarified that AI chatbot/tool outputs are FOIable. My latest for @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2526...

First he wasn't on the plane, then he was - but why all the confusion over Jensen Huang? My latest for @fastcompany.com looks at the geopolitical implications of the Nvidia exec being onboard Air Force One to China www.fastcompany.com/91541055/jen...

A Plymouth-based factory could be the key to unlocking a £4.6 billion opportunity for the UK EV sector - and reducing reliance on international partners. My latest for IMechE's Professional Engineering www.imeche.org/news/news-ar...

Pricey LLMs are changing how researchers do theyr work - and making some question whether it's still possible to be AI-augmented. My latest for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Pricey LLMs are changing how researchers do theyr work - and making some question whether it's still possible to be AI-augmented. My latest for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Google used to be a search engine. Now? I'm not sure anyone could tell you exactly what it is - but does that matter? My latest for @fastcompany.com on a firm about to topple Nvidia but struggling for its identity www.fastcompany.com/91538458/goo...

The Middle East was a major hub for data centre development... and then the Iran war happened. So where does it sit now? My latest for @tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Shrinkflation is coming for the AI systems we use. My latest for @inc.com on what's going on www.inc.com/chris-stokel...

The folks at @bmj.com asked me to look at what's going on with AI in the United States lately www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Courts are being flooded with AI-generated cases, documents and testimonies. While they're not yet at breaking point, those who know them well worry they're right up to it. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91539168/ai-...

The folks at @bmj.com asked me to look at what's going on with AI in the United States lately www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Shrinkflation is coming for the AI systems we use. My latest for @inc.com on what's going on www.inc.com/chris-stokel...

The Middle East was a major hub for data centre development... and then the Iran war happened. So where does it sit now? My latest for @tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Google used to be a search engine. Now? I'm not sure anyone could tell you exactly what it is - but does that matter? My latest for @fastcompany.com on a firm about to topple Nvidia but struggling for its identity www.fastcompany.com/91538458/goo...

Could your next boss be an AI avatar? My latest for @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy looks at Mark Zuckerberg's latest moves in this space www.standard.co.uk/business/mar...

AI agents running frontier models are haemorrhaging sensitive data, a new study shows - meaning the work of software developers is even more important than ever. My latest for @leaddev.com leaddev.com/ai/frontier-...

A recent Science paper suggested doctors are now outstripped at diagnosis patients by AI - but there's more than meets the eye. My latest for @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Whether you're applying for a coding job or not, there's a new task you're likely to be given in job interviews these days: show you can build something with Claude Code. My latest for @sherwood.news sherwood.news/tech/use-ai-...

Can gas and electricity's price link be broken? My latest for IMechE's Professional Engineering looks at the UK government's bold latest claim www.imeche.org/news/news-ar...

Europe is rethinking how it considers innovation - and borrowing from DARPA as a model. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91535461/how...

One of the fastest-growing startup sectors is in building clothing and items that avoid surveillance. My latest for @inc.com www.inc.com/chris-stokel...

One of the fastest-growing startup sectors is in building clothing and items that avoid surveillance. My latest for @inc.com www.inc.com/chris-stokel...

Europe is rethinking how it considers innovation - and borrowing from DARPA as a model. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91535461/how...

Listen to Elon Musk on the stand this week in his trial against OpenAI and you'd think he was a hero. But there's often a duality between his words and his deeds. My latest for @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/tech/musk-al...

Elon Musk and Sam Altman arguing so much a judge has to tell them to stop. Meanwhile, Altman's home has been firebombed and shot at. You can't mention AI on social media without pissing off 50% of people. My latest for @fastcompany.com asks if AI has broken us www.fastcompany.com/91534884/are...

Elon Musk and Sam Altman arguing so much a judge has to tell them to stop. Meanwhile, Altman's home has been firebombed and shot at. You can't mention AI on social media without pissing off 50% of people. My latest for @fastcompany.com asks if AI has broken us www.fastcompany.com/91534884/are...

@hisotalus.bsky.social Hi Hannah, hope you're well - could I get a quick DM when you see this please? Would love to chat to you for a Nature story I'm writing

Any 🧪 scientific researchers who tried AI and realised it was too clumsy/expensive for their needs? I want to talk to you!

A question for the local LLM community out here - every model I am trying (Qwen-3.5s and 3.6s, mostly) in Claude Code aren't working. eg: Ask them to look at a set of files and suggest a redesign. They make tool calls, think, then output "Hey! How can I help you?" How do I fix?

Anyone heard of SocialLab before? I haven't heard or seen it before, and can't tell if it's AI or not sociallab.ai

Tokenmaxxing is hitting a wall - so what should software engineers, and the people who manage them, do? My latest for @leaddev.com explores the options leaddev.com/ai/your-ai-c...

Lots of people very kindly RTing this but no one actually coming forward and talking to me. If you're in the 🧪 community and you're looking at the increase in cost in what AI labs are offering and thinking of either cutting back, going local, or going back to traditional human work, let me know!

The jury has been decided and the social media posts have been messy - but what is at stake in the trial pitting Elon Musk against Sam Altman this week? My latest for @the-independent.com www.the-independent.com/tech/elon-mu...

The jury has been decided and the social media posts have been messy - but what is at stake in the trial pitting Elon Musk against Sam Altman this week? My latest for @the-independent.com www.the-independent.com/tech/elon-mu...

Hello - if you're a scientific researcher or academic who is being impacted by this shift or any of the others where pricing is going up, I want to talk to you

A privilege to contribute to @time.com's Most Influential Companies list this year! I think I did about 25 entries, which is always fun to do time.com/tag/time100-...

> you work at HMRC > you're told you're going to get an AI to improve your working life > get excited > AI arrives, it's Copilot > realise you work at HMRC > go about ruining someone else's day www.theregister.com/2026/04/27/h...

China just paid back Donald Trump's fucking about with the TikTok divestiture with interest www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Personal landmark as I crossed a billion tokens used on my local LLM since setting it up just over a month ago. If I'd run this through API calls on big tech's models, it'd have cost me around £750 or so

Spotted the accounts on here crowing about making moolah with fast-moving AI bots trading margins on Polymarket and Kalshi? My latest for @fastcompany.com suggests the reality may be more complicated than it seems www.fastcompany.com/91531389/ai-...

Holy crap "we're removing 10% of our staff to offset our AI spending" sure is an explicit link to make

Folks I don't know what to tell you if you're shocked about the UK Biobank story other than if something (anything) is on a database there is a very much more than non-zero chance that it can end up on a marketplace. Why do you think we know so much about Russian GRU operatives?