Chris Stokel-Walker

Newcastle upon Tyne

Contributor at Professional Engineering Magazine

Tech journalist and lecturer. I write books (How AI Ate The World, out May 2024), do radio and TV, and present podcasts too

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Articles

La IA resucitó a una víctima para testificar en un tribunal sentencia

2 days ago | fastcompany.mx | Chris Stokel-Walker

Cuando Christopher Pelkey murió en un incidente de furia al volante en Arizona, su familia no solo tuvo que lamentarse, sino también decidir cómo representarlo en el tribunal. Mientras se preparaban para confrontar a su asesino, Gabriel Horcasitas, durante la sentencia, tomaron una decisión inusual y profundamente controvertida: que Pelkey testificara “desde el más allá” usando IA.
LLM Web Scraping Surge Disrupts Hosting Industry| Cybernews

4 days ago | cybernews.com | Chris Stokel-Walker

The AI revolution’s aftershocks are being felt in more ways than one. The Wikimedia Foundation has spotted a worrying trend in recent months. It says multimedia downloads from Wikimedia Commons have swallowed up 50% more bandwidth since January 2024, a surge the organisation blamed squarely on artificial intelligence (AI) bots that ignore or sidestep robots.txt rules. They’re not alone.
Por que empresas de IA insistem em alardear a IA senciente - que ainda não existe

4 days ago | fastcompanybrasil.com | Chris Stokel-Walker

A revolução da IA generativa tem tido mais avanços do que tropeços, mas um deslize emblemático foi o comportamento excessivamente bajulador do GPT-4o, da OpenAI. O chatbot ficou tão obcecado em agradar que acabou parecendo forçado demais, e a empresa precisou voltar atrás. No post em que explicou o que deu errado, a OpenAI usou termos como “personalidade padrão do ChatGPT” e “comportamento” – palavras normalmente usadas para descrever pessoas.
Tidal Power Is More Reliable Than Solar. Why Aren’t We Using It?

5 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Chris Stokel-Walker

These entrepreneurs are working to harness tidal power as a reliable, scalable source of energy. But there’s one big problem. Source link
Uber staff revolts over return-to-office mandate

5 days ago | fastcompany.com | Chris Stokel-Walker

Uber is facing internal staff unrest as it attempts to implement a three-day-per-week return to office (RTO) mandate and stricter sabbatical eligibility. An all-hands meeting late last month descended into acrimony as staff flooded the online meeting chat with queries about why the mandate was being enacted. "How is five years of service not a tenured employee? Especially when burnout is rampant in the org," read one message that was reviewed by CNBC.
The Trump administration’s Signal scandal shows humans will always be the weakest link in cybersecurity

5 days ago | devicedaily.com | Chris Stokel-Walker

The Trump administration’s Signal scandal shows humans will always be the weakest link in cybersecurity Described as the worst U.S. security breach in a generation, the leak is an unprecedented failure for the White House.
Tidal Power Is More Reliable Than Solar. Why Aren’t We Using It?

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Chris Stokel-Walker

8 hours agoIs an American pope still a US citizen? WASHINGTON (RNS) — It's a more complicated question than you'd think. WASHINGTON (RNS) — When it was announced that Pope Leo XIV would be the first …15 hours agoPropaganda slip-up: Iran accidentally exposes sensitive missile dataOn May 4, 2025, Tehran announced it had tested a new ballistic missile system. Iranian state television swiftly began broadcasting propaganda videos showcasing the test.
Opinião: chats públicos com a IA da Meta são um desastre anunciado

6 days ago | fastcompanybrasil.com | Chris Stokel-Walker

Desde que o ChatGPT deu início à revolução da IA generativa, em novembro de 2022, interagir com inteligência artificial tem parecido como uma espécie de "confessionário digital" – uma coisa particular, íntima e protegida do escrutínio público (a menos que você opte por compartilhar). Isso está prestes a mudar drasticamente com o lançamento de recursos sociais no aplicativo independente de IA da Meta, o Meta AI, disponibilizado na semana passada.
Scraper bots impact hosting needs and skyrocket costs

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Chris Stokel-Walker

The future is artificial intelligence (AI) agents crawling the web for answers to questions – so expect hosting costs to skyrocket. Listen to the various AI companies promising us a new, bright future enabled by agentic AI where everything will be hunky dory, with answers to the world’s most pressing questions at our fingertips. Need to order a pizza or your weekly food shop? AI can do that. Want personalised product recommendations for a relative’s upcoming birthday? That’s doable, too.
Elon Musk's new city puts SpaceX in the driver's seat. Could public services be at risk?

1 week ago | fastcompany.com | Chris Stokel-Walker

Residents living near SpaceX headquarters in Boca Chica, Texas, will soon have a new public body through which to raise concerns about everything from road maintenance to garbage collection. Earlier this month, more than 200 residents voted to establish the city of Starbase, Texas -a 1.5-square-mile community governed by three elected officials, all of whom have ties to SpaceX, the space exploration company based in the area.