Is the AI bubble about to burst?:

"The neuroscientist Eric Hoel calls this the “supply paradox of AI”: “the easier it is to train an AI to do something, the less economically valuable that thing is. After all, the huge supply of the thing is how the AI got so good in the first place.”" https://unherd.com/2025/08/is-the-ai-bubble-about-to-burst/

Feeling pretty good about the dinner I put on the table for my family this evening.

Man follows ChatGPT’s advice – and so poisons himself:

"As described in a new paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, a 60-year-old man ended up coming down with an all-but-defunct condition known as “bromism” after ChatGPT suggested he replace sodium chloride, which is better known as table salt, with sodium bromide, a substance used in pesticides, pool and hot tub cleaners, and as a canine anticonvulsant."

We need to keep teaching people that LLMs are guessing machines, not answer engines. https://futurism.com/man-poisons-himself-chatgpt

I see that the Generative Engine Optimisation grift is building up speed. https://searchengineland.com/why-your-website-needs-a-geo-audit-now-460056

This morning’s links on the dominance of YouTube, the state of university education and Ghostly publishers…

Cuttings for 11th August 2025 https://onemanandhisblog.com/2025/08/cuttings-youtube-education-and-ghost/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cuttings

Fun guys to hang out with in the woods.

(Yes, I’m reusing this joke. Yes, I love it.)

Beach life

Ignoring the fact that AI produces hallucinations does not make those errors go away: Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part.

Any long term use of GenAI needs a strategy for identifying and eliminating hallucinatory results. And that’s going to have a major impact on the claimed cost/efficiency savings. https://www.theverge.com/health/718049/google-med-gemini-basilar-ganglia-paper-typo-hallucination

Great, deep dive into the financial precariousness of the AI revolution: AI Is A Money Trap https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-a-money-trap/?ref=adam-tinworth-one-man-and-his-blog

Instagram finally gets the repost:

New Instagram Features to Help You Connect https://about.fb.com/news/2025/08/new-instagram-features-help-you-connect/

Oh, every time I have to use Google Analytics, I’m reminded of how throughly GA4 ruined it for editorial people.

John Gruber:

"Meta is an empty husk of a company with no values, no beliefs, other than growth and dominance for the sake of growth and dominance."

No lies detected. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/08/05/meta-porno-bittorrent

Having lots of interesting conversations about the overlaps of journalism and the so-called creator economy. This is more fodder for those discussions. https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-mergers-news-tracker/swns-ceo-barcroft-acquisition-creatorville/

I dawned on me yesterday that I’ve been training journalists for 20 years now.

But I’ve also feel that something needs to change. What is training going to look like as the journalism world shifts fundamentally, away from large publishers, and towards many, many more independent creators? https://onemanandhisblog.com/2025/08/20-years-of-digital-journalism-training/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=change

‘ello.

Ghost gets social and analytical: Ghost 6.0 is here https://onemanandhisblog.com/2025/08/ghost-6-0-is-here/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=first-share

Morning. I’m back at the blogface after a much-needed break. (Well, quasi-break.)

How have you been? Good, I hope? https://onemanandhisblog.com/2025/08/and-back/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=first-share

I feel like I’ve wondered into a British folk horror movie…

Best WiFi password ever.

My daughters have watched this three times. The album is on repeat. It’s the cultural phenomenon of Summer 2025.

It’s Golden.

Shooting interviews at a local swimming club, which isn’t at all acoustically challenging… 😳

Rebellious gull.

Anna Wintour leaving Vogue:

"Vogue editor-in-chief of 37 years and fashion mogul icon Anna Wintour will step down after the magazine’s next cover release. The inspiration for The Devil Wears Prada will continue her roles as Vogue’s global editorial director and chief content officer of publisher Condé Nast."

For context, I’m in my early 50s - so I was still at school when she took on this role. https://www.dailydot.com/culture/anna-wintour-leaving-vogue/