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Philip Williams

@philipwilliams.bsky.social

Musician; Gamer; Librarian; PhD candidate - Presence in VR; Complex Adaptive Systems explorer; Ally in training; he/him

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Philip Williams@philipwilliams.bsky.social · last mo.

If only there was a profession that had expertise in citation, research, and information management that could help avoid this kind of mistake. #librarylife #librarianship www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears

Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds one section of report includes links to academic articles that do not exist, but authors deny the references were made up by AI

theguardian.com

Philip Williams@philipwilliams.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If it looks like book burning, smells like book burning … probably is book burning. Levels of irony, layers ethical concerns, this AI machine has a phenomenal appetite. Human creativity shovelled in, consumed and sold back as something new!? www.404media.co/ai-companies...

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

404media.co

Philip Williams@philipwilliams.bsky.social · 12mo ago

‘Footprints in Time’ report. The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. “Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive” theconversation.com/our-study-fo...

Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive

A new report follows the lives of around 1,700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the largest study of its kind.

theconversation.com

Philip Williams@philipwilliams.bsky.social · last yr.

Is it good news that the best OpenAI and Anthtopic can do is a 70% refusal rate on hallucinations? That means 30% still getting through! openai.com/index/openai...

Findings from a pilot Anthropic–OpenAI alignment evaluation exercise: OpenAI Safety Tests

OpenAI and Anthropic share findings from a first-of-its-kind joint safety evaluation, testing each other’s models for misalignment, instruction following, hallucinations, jailbreaking, and more—highli...

openai.com

Philip Williams@philipwilliams.bsky.social · last yr.

We’re missing the main take away from this data! Reddit is becoming the main reference for information searches!! And Wikipedia unsurprisingly remains a key source of information. Not sure what AI searches are actually helping us to do? www.analyticsinsight.net/news/reddit-...

Reddit Overtakes Google in AI Search: Here’s Why It Matters

Reddit became the number one source for AI-generated search results in June 2025. According to Statista, 40.1% of all citations used by large language models (L

analyticsinsight.net

Denise Difficult-Shrivell@deniseshrivell.bsky.social · last yr.

Please join us this morning at 9am for #SundayShot This will be me behind the scenes 😇😇 #auspol

a man sitting in front of a computer with the words if you 're reading this you 've been max written on a blackboard

ALT: a man sitting in front of a computer with the words if you 're reading this you 've been max written on a blackboard

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Jo Dyer@instanterudite.bsky.social · last yr.

Guess who's getting up early just for you @rachelwithers.bsky.social, @leopuglisi6.bsky.social & @auspoldaily.bsky.social, that's who! Make it worth their while by tuning in to the #SundayShot @ 9am AEST. A better bet than hate watching #Insiders. Watch & subscribe @ www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot

Philip Williams@philipwilliams.bsky.social · last yr.

A MS teacher requested an immersive experience of the industrial revolution. So I created this simple prototype coal mine experience for our students using Blender, Unity & Engage VR. >> cramped conditions, collapses, fire, poor light, danger & an AI guide at the end. #VRcademicSky

Charles Harvey@cjharvey56.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank you for your expose’ of these heinous neoliberal think tanks and media organisations set up by elites to extend their power and influence @lucyham.bsky.social !

Lucy Hamilton@lucyham.bsky.social · last yr.

If anyone wants to see the degree to which the #AtlasNetwork is a genuine conspiracy, there is a collection of resources listed here. Some academic, some investigative, some explanatory. Atlas is making the world safe for plutocrats at your expense. #AtlasNetwork docs.google.com/document/d/1...