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stokel.bsky.social
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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This is weird. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Very bizarre that the one place yet to cover the Iranian missile launch on the Qatar US air base is Qatar-based Al Jazeera (in English at least)

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Over the weekend MrBeast revealed, then quickly withdrew, a controversial AI product that could mimic other creators’ thumbnails. My latest for @FastCompany.com dug into the controversy www.fastcompany.com/91356796/mrb...

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A massive experiment with 750,000+ Roblox users found that the longer you block someone from an online service, the better behaved they are when they return (and they do return, despite big tech fears). My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91353557/rob...

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

Have a bit of an open week this week, if any editors are watching

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Rare earth supplies are likely to become harder to come by in future months, forestalling things like the EV revolution. But a slew of startups think they have the solution. My latest for @Inc.com www.inc.com/chris-stokel...

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Texas Instruments' $60bn investment into the US sounded eye-popping, but for @fastcompany.com I dug into the claims a little deeper www.fastcompany.com/91354557/tex...

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What's going on with OpenAI and Microsoft, why are they arguing, and who stands to win (and how)? My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91353775/ope...

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New research suggests that - for now at least - we have to decide between AI model accuracy and sustainability. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91354353/ai-...

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Texas Instruments' $60bn investment into the US sounded eye-popping, but for @fastcompany.com I dug into the claims a little deeper www.fastcompany.com/91354557/tex...

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New research suggests that - for now at least - we have to decide between AI model accuracy and sustainability. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91354353/ai-...

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What's going on with OpenAI and Microsoft, why are they arguing, and who stands to win (and how)? My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91353775/ope...

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Remember the Humane AI Pin? One hacker thinks he's managed to make it useful, months after its functionality died. My latest for @pcmag.com uk.pcmag.com/ai/158585/th...

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Donald Trump('s family) is launching a $499 mid-line phone in a market where people either want a high-end or bargain basement device, and a virtual mobile network when 95% of the market is controlled by three companies. My latest for @fastcompany.com asks why www.fastcompany.com/91352863/tru...

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Donald Trump('s family) is launching a $499 mid-line phone in a market where people either want a high-end or bargain basement device, and a virtual mobile network when 95% of the market is controlled by three companies. My latest for @fastcompany.com asks why www.fastcompany.com/91352863/tru...

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Remember the Humane AI Pin? One hacker thinks he's managed to make it useful, months after its functionality died. My latest for @pcmag.com uk.pcmag.com/ai/158585/th...

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The folks at @newscientist.com asked me to cover the Disney/Universal-Midjourney copyright lawsuit just filed. The summary? “It’s Disney, so Midjourney are fucked, pardon my French,” says @technollama.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2484...

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The Disney/Universal lawsuit could have huge repercussions for AI firms, so we spun up our own text-generating machine @stokel.bsky.social to look at what happens next www.newscientist.com/article/2484...

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The folks at @newscientist.com asked me to cover the Disney/Universal-Midjourney copyright lawsuit just filed. The summary? “It’s Disney, so Midjourney are fucked, pardon my French,” says @technollama.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2484...

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Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are throwing astronomical sums about to try and build (another) AI lab. My latest for @fastcompany.com asks industry insiders and former Meta staff whether anyone would take up the offer, even with that money? www.fastcompany.com/91350445/met...

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AI agents are the next big thing if you believe big thinkers in leading AI labs. One group is trying to develop an open alternative to the agentic AI protocols being pushed out by Anthropic and Google. My latest for @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2483...

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What a great first line for an obituary. Very sad about Brian Wilson - was one of my very earliest music obsessions

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Just traversed Schiphol to make a <1 hour flight connection while filing a 500-word story on some breaking news on my phone because my laptop crashed, if you're asking why my doctor says my blood pressure is high

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AI agents are the next big thing if you believe big thinkers in leading AI labs. One group is trying to develop an open alternative to the agentic AI protocols being pushed out by Anthropic and Google. My latest for @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2483...

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Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are throwing astronomical sums about to try and build (another) AI lab. My latest for @fastcompany.com asks industry insiders and former Meta staff whether anyone would take up the offer, even with that money? www.fastcompany.com/91350445/met...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Missed this one last week, but for The Current I looked at why ad agencies are snapping up ad tech firms with such alacrity www.thecurrent.com/marketing-st...

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Anyone in here involved in the hiring and recruitment of AI devs? I'm looking to chat to someone about the challenges of hiring staff nowadays (even before you're talking about being personally managed by Mark Zuckerberg)

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The next area of competition is in providing AI models to governments. Tech sceptics have their concerns about it. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91348141/ope...

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A new study tracked people's phone use at a granular level then asker them what activity they enjoyed and regretted. Unfortunately for big tech, we regretted listless scrolling through algorithmic feeds the most. My latest for @FastCompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91348032/why...

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Not super keen on the tech secretary, who has previously gone on record saying government should be more humble to tech execs, asking a tech exec to act as a “sense check” on government oversight of those same countries democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-s...

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Not super keen on the tech secretary, who has previously gone on record saying government should be more humble to tech execs, asking a tech exec to act as a “sense check” on government oversight of those same countries democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-s...

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For @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy I wrote about when we might expect to see driverless taxis in London (and the UK's other major cities) www.standard.co.uk/brave-new-wo...

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Fully aware of the issues of vibe coding, but I'm also loving the ability to make things useful to me. I've made an app to train my students to write better top lines for stories - apps.apple.com/gb/app/top-l... - and got ChatGPT's help to code Python tools to help me scan news and tame my inbox

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A community-led package manager for WordPress to try and limit the single point of control that caused so many issues in the last year is about to be launched in Portugal. I have the scoop for @FastCompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91347003/wor...

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For more than two decades, "Google it" was the default way of thinking. But with ChatGPT and Perplexity, are attitudes changing - and what happens to Google? My latest for @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/tech/google-...

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My latest for @inc.com looks at the ways the construction industry is solving its waste problem www.inc.com/chris-stokel...

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My latest for @inc.com looks at the ways the construction industry is solving its waste problem www.inc.com/chris-stokel...

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For more than two decades, "Google it" was the default way of thinking. But with ChatGPT and Perplexity, are attitudes changing - and what happens to Google? My latest for @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/tech/google-...

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Just over six months ago I wrote a story for @fastcompany.com asking how long the Elon Musk and Donald Trump bromance would last. Today we have our answer. Here’s what happens next, and why both men lose www.fastcompany.com/91347360/tru...

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Just over six months ago I wrote a story for @fastcompany.com asking how long the Elon Musk and Donald Trump bromance would last. Today we have our answer. Here’s what happens next, and why both men lose www.fastcompany.com/91347360/tru...

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Breaking news: The sell-off erased $153bn from Tesla’s value, the biggest one-day drop in the electric-car company’s market capitalisation on record, and comes as Donald Trump threatens he will terminate US government contracts with Musk’s companies. www.ft.com/content/a14f...

submitted 18 days ago • 40 comments

*pats web browser* just going to leave this one here www.fastcompany.com/91228113/how...

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*pats web browser* just going to leave this one here www.fastcompany.com/91228113/how...

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Why is it so hard to find what you need on Google these days? Tech journalist and author @stokel.bsky.social‬ joined us on The Explainer to break down why endless ads and unwanted AI answers are now so prevalent. Spotify https://spoti.fi/4kq5BMN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/4djk6j7

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