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Chris Stokel-Walker
@stokel
Tech journalist and lecturer. I write books (How AI Ate The World, out May 2024), do radio and TV, and present podcasts too
Newcastle, UK
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Apr 12, 2024
    How AI Ate The World, is out on 9th May! "Comprehensive and compelling" - @MattNavarra "A wild, brilliant ride" - @ciaranmartinoxf "Entertaining... clear, direct" - @sharongoldman "I highly recommend it" - @SashaMTL 🇬🇧 amazon.co.uk/How-Ate-World-… 🇺🇸 amazon.com/How-Ate-World-…
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Nov 28, 2022
    SCOOP: Twitter didn't pay its current and former employees on time in the UK and Germany today. “It has come to our attention that some of you may not have received your November 2022 salary yet in your bank account,” an email sent this morning says.
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Dec 12, 2022
    The original account that posted it has disappeared (either because the fanboys have been sicced on it or something more nefarious, not sure which), so here's Elon Musk being booed at a Dave Chapelle gig last night
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Mar 14, 2024
    If you're a tech executive the minimum you need is a good poker face when you're asked a question like "Is your model trained on YouTube data?"
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    Tsarathustra
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    Mar 13, 2024
    OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says Sora was trained on publicly available and licensed data
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Nov 28, 2022
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    This is a huge issue that has got current and former employees in private groups up in arms. Staff in Ireland and the Netherlands were paid on time. In the last 30 minutes, some of the salaries have been hitting bank accounts... one at a time, suggesting they're doing it by hand
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Mar 27, 2023
    SCOOP: I spoke to the guy behind Balenciaga Pope for @BuzzFeedNews, who was (a) tripping on shrooms when he made the image and (b) thinks it means we should regulate AI
    We Spoke To The Guy Who Created The Viral AI Image Of The Pope That Fooled The World
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Nov 28, 2022
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    Usually, Twitter staff are paid on the 28th of every month. If the day falls on a Monday, staff would typically see their salary as a pending payment on the Friday, with the cash hitting their accounts by midnight on Saturday. But it didn't - or in one case, did and was reversed
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Nov 28, 2022
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    Current and former staff have entered their overdrafts as direct debits have been taken out to pay bills because their expected salary didn't arrive in time. "I feel ashamed I trusted the words of the senior staff [...] while the rest of us suffer like this," one ex-tweep told me
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Nov 28, 2022
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    Also, if you are the poor person at Twitter payroll manually making these salary payments and hand typing in “[surname] salary”;and hitting send (as the drip drab way they’re being paid right now suggests), please DM me for my Signal. You don’t have to live like this
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Nov 28, 2022
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    Frustratingly, this story surfaced to me before 9am today, and I'm having to tweet it now after a story on it got spiked. Grr. But yes, totally normally run company, having a normal one
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Sep 27, 2023
    "I was in no way amused by the comments"
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Nov 28, 2022
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    You'll also remember, if you're following my reporting, that former Twitter employees who incurred expenses while still working for the company are still owed thousands in expenses that are gathering debt in their personal bank accounts
    Twitter headquarters in San Francisco
    Ex-Twitter employees are left in limbo owing thousands in expenses after Elon Musk layoffs and mass...
    From fortune.com
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Nov 28, 2022
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    I'm very, very glad that staff have now been paid what they're owed. But also it's not a good way to run a company if people starting getting their salary after I approach Twitter for comment (if they still have a comms team...)
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    Chris Stokel-Walker
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    Nov 28, 2022
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    I personally thought this was news, and the response to it on Twitter already would suggest so, but apparently it was only spikeworthy despite the sourcing. If you're an editor who likes scoops, I have more: DM me