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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 3h

The folks at @techpolicypress.bsky.social sent me over to Stockholm to explore what Sana, the recently acquired Swedish AI unicorn, are doing by offering their AI system up to 2.3 million Swedes. Here's my piece, speaking to those early adopters www.techpolicy.press/what-happens...

What Happens When You Give Millions of People Free Access to AI? | TechPolicy.Press

Initiatives in Sweden and UAE to provide population-level access to AI tools could be just the beginning of a new AI revolution, reports Chris Stokel-Walker.

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 3h

What happens when you give millions of people free access to AI? My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/what-happens...

What Happens When You Give Millions of People Free Access to AI? | TechPolicy.Press

Initiatives in Sweden and UAE to provide population-level access to AI tools could be just the beginning of a new AI revolution, reports Chris Stokel-Walker.

www.techpolicy.press

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 4h

The EU's Chat Control bill was only sort of shelved last week - and if it lingers longer it could tank big tech in Europe. My latest for @pathfounders.bsky.social pathfounders.com/p/the-eu-cha...

The EU Chat Control bill is only sort of shelved, but it could still tank platforms in Europe

Europe is already dangerously divergent with the rest of the world: a snooper’s charter would make that digital divide worse.

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Pathfounders @pathfounders.bsky.social · 4h

The EU Chat Control bill is only sort of shelved, but it could still tank platforms in Europe pathfounders.com/p/the-eu-cha... by @stokel.bsky.social

The EU Chat Control bill is only sort of shelved, but it could still tank platforms in Europe

Europe is already dangerously divergent with the rest of the world: a snooper’s charter would make that digital divide worse.

pathfounders.com

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks, sent!

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 1d

@mustbemistry.bsky.social hi Pritesh, hope you're well. Could I get a DM when you see this? Thanks

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 1d

Interacting with chatbots in curt, incomplete sentences might not get the best results, a new study I wrote up for @newscientist.com finds www.newscientist.com/article/2499...

Chatbots work best when you speak to them with formal language

Are you terse and informal when speaking to an AI chatbot? If so, you might be getting worse answers than if you used more formal language

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 1d

I mean I think they've thought if they just replace the em-dash with a comma no one will notice

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 1d

What in the name of ChatGPT is this opening sentence from Liz Kendall?

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 2d

"Not for all the tea in China" could become more meaningful in decades to come thanks to climate change. My latest for @economist.com Espresso

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 4d

What do Disney+ and your local car wash have in common? Both are increasingly becoming regular monthly subscriptions taken out of your bank account. My latest for @sherwood.news sherwood.news/business/car...

Why your local car wash wants to be a subscription business just like Disney+

An unlikely subscription charge is increasingly showing up next to Netflix and Amazon Prime on our credit card statements. Believe it or not,...

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 4d

Ha ha – I always tell my students in my #AIconsciousness lecture that the only thing besides concepts not just "emerging" from skills we haven't yet achieved {in this ambitious @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social & LAS proposal to build a baby} is "hand linking", and that's because no one can afford fingers.

Figure from "building brains for bodies". Brooks & Stein 1993, MIT AI Lab tech report 1439 (to get the dates). My slide also asks "Would any system capable of human-like behaviour also have multiple-drafts and episodic memory?"

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 4d

The Geoff Norcott voice is crap

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 5d

It's that time of year again... @time.com's Best Inventions list is out, and I was honoured to contribute 34 entries to this year's roster. Have a read of the 300 inventions that made the cut here time.com/collections/...

The Best Inventions of 2025

Here are the 2025 best inventions making the world better, smarter, and more fun.

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 4d

Tesla is reportedly struggling to make the hands on its Optimus humanoid robot work, pushing back audacious targets to scale up production. So why not just... avoid humanoid design? My latest for @fastcompany.com explains why it's not as simple as that www.fastcompany.com/91418249/do-...

Do robots dream of perfect hands?

Why we're so obsessed with giving robots human digits.

www.fastcompany.com

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 4d

Tesla is reportedly struggling to make the hands on its Optimus humanoid robot work, pushing back audacious targets to scale up production. So why not just... avoid humanoid design? My latest for @fastcompany.com explains why it's not as simple as that www.fastcompany.com/91418249/do-...

Do robots dream of perfect hands?

Why we're so obsessed with giving robots human digits.

www.fastcompany.com

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 5d

It's that time of year again... @time.com's Best Inventions list is out, and I was honoured to contribute 34 entries to this year's roster. Have a read of the 300 inventions that made the cut here time.com/collections/...

The Best Inventions of 2025

Here are the 2025 best inventions making the world better, smarter, and more fun.

time.com

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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 5d

Proof - if it was needed - that big energy firms are not investing in renewables and are unduly promoting their work on the energy transition - by @stokel.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2499...

Top 250 oil and gas firms own just 1.5% of the world's renewable power

Despite public promises by many fossil fuel firms that they are investing in the green transition, it turns out that they have made little contribution to the growth of renewable energy

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 5d

I'm running a @journoresources.org.uk event in November on how to use AI... carefully... in elements of the journalistic process like a first pass at finding contacts, managing overflowing email inboxes and more. Tickets are just a fiver ex VAT - sign up here www.tickettailor.com/events/journ...

Buy tickets – How To Use AI To Be An Efficient Journalist – Zoom

How To Use AI To Be An Efficient Journalist – Zoom, Thu 20 Nov 2025 - Have you felt intimidated by the uptake of AI in the media industry? Are you looking to downscale your fear and increase your conf...

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 5d

The world's biggest energy firms are responsible for less than 1.5% of renewables - something researchers suggest show their efforts are little more than marketing hype. My latest for @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2499...

Top 250 oil and gas firms own just 1.5% of the world's renewable power

Despite public promises by many fossil fuel firms that they are investing in the green transition, it turns out that they have made little contribution to the growth of renewable energy

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 6d

Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

Sketches from the 70s & 80s featuring slurs including the N word are going viral on social media, shared by millions and boosted by algorithms

@stokel.bsky.social reports

www.thenerve.news/p/bernard-ma...

Composite of Bernard Manning clips on social media with the title: Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 6d

Bernard Manning was perhaps the most distasteful comedian of his time. TikTok and Instagram have hosted videos, seen by millions, calling people "P***" and "N*****". For @thenerve.news, I asked both why they were still hosted. They disappeared soon after. www.thenerve.news/p/bernard-ma...

Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

Social media algorithms boosting N-word and P*k* jokes have been propelling racist comments into users’ feeds. One platform has deleted the videos after being approached by The Nerve

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 7d

@stevenjcbuckley.bsky.social Hello - have DMd you!

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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 11d

Some cheerful news on a Friday afternoon www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 8d

The folks at @backmarketofficial.bsky.social asked me to look into which of the latest iPhones might be worth your money (and which aren't). Read my review here www.backmarket.co.uk/en-gb/c/ipho...

iPhone 17 Review – innovative or a let down? | Back Market

The highly anticipated new iPhone 17 generation from Apple has had plenty of hype—but is it really worth yet another upgrade?

www.backmarket.co.uk

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