Rob Waugh
@RobWaugh74
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'The cockwomble of all journalists' - a reader. Book on robots and AI out this year.
London, England
Joined February 2009
I will believe it when I see it!
Google says it is working on a fix to combat the rise of spam sites in its Discover feed in the UK as fake AI-generated news stories gain visibility in the feed (@robwaugh74 / Press Gazette) https://t.co/xr0Vp8n4Le
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Royal cleaner stories removed by The Times and The Sun after authenticity questions. Similar stories remain on the websites for the Daily Mirror and the MailOnline. https://t.co/QaRe1wbmjb by @RobWaugh74 for @pressgazette
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Stories featuring a ‘royal cleaner’ who claimed to have worked for the Royals have been withdrawn over questions about their authenticity.
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I don't claim that the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, or the mounting evidence supporting it, "prove" my ideas about a lost civilization. But the timing of the proposed cataclysm intrigues me and seems relevant as part of a much wider argument. https://t.co/zvjV1bvxrl
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Almost 13,000 years ago, a vast, hurtling fragment of a comet exploded over Louisiana, turning stone into glass, and it could offer evidence to support a controversial scientific theory.
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Google AI summaries and AI mode are going to do to a lot of publishers what the Death Star did to Alderaan
Google officially launches AI summaries in the Discover news feed within its smartphone search app in the US; there is no date set yet for the UK (@robwaugh74 / Press Gazette) https://t.co/pjWTXrAZyp
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Looking to speak to an SEO expert on why people might send fake AI-generated comments to journalists with links to websites as the 'job title' of the commenter #JournoRequest
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Looking for an environment expert to discuss the real environmental impact of avocados #journorequest
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Looking for cybersec expert to offer comment on the Apple Advanced Data Protection thing - what does this mean for people in the UK? Are people now more at risk? Why has this happened? #journorequest
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Looking to speak to farmers/people in farming industry about UK egg prices #journorequest
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⚠️⚠️⚠️ Everyone—and not just @theinformation—should be genuinely terrified that the richest man in the world has built a Large Language Model that spouts propaganda in his image. This isn’t free speech. It’s a massive, massive thumb on the scale, from one of the most powerful
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Looking for quick quote from a psychologist on why audio (ie voiceovers and music) can be an effective way to make video more impactful. For Telegraph, urgent #journorequest
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Writing a B2B piece about what makes biz leaders successful and loved this gem a psychology prof sent me: 'Entrepreneurs tend to be disagreeable'
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Scene from the rom-com The Fuhrer and I, 1997, starring Dale Winton as Hitler and Debbie McGee as Unity Mitford.
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On this morning as I wander around social media, seeing the devastation in LA and thinking of people and animals while looking at the snow fall in Berlin I am thankful and pray for one thing: that @elonmusk goes and fucks himself
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Looking to chat to a pub landlord about the current Guinness shortage for Yahoo News #journorequest
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Looking for a medical expert/doctor to explain the very obvious problem with AI 'death clocks' (ie that the studies they are based on are population-level and individual variation is huge) #journorequest #journorequests
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“Do you know what they call the Rizzler in France?” “They don’t call him the Rizzler?” “No. They call him Le Charismeur”
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Saw Nick Cave in Paris recently at the Accor Arena and I was really struck by that song Joy where he sings “We’ve all had too much sorrow, now it the time for joy.” I was thinking to myself, yeah that’s about right.
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Bit of an out-there one this, looking for someone who's bought a tech product from EE recently and been happy with their experience (no second name required etc) #journorequests #journorequest
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Looking for a social media expert to offer insight into why users are leaving Twitter/Xitter for BlueSky - short, pithy comment at most two pars please. He asked, on Twitter #journorequest #journorequests
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