And what’s the solution? More AI!!

Hallucinated references are an area the publisher is “actively exploring,” added Chris Graf, research integrity director for Springer Nature. Last April, the publisher announced the launch of a new in-house AI tool to check submissions for irrelevant references.

Mmmmm, not according to massgrave. You get 4 years more.

Disinformation. Misinformation is when it’s unintentional.

This feels like PR bullshit to make people feel like AI isn’t all that bad. Assuming what they’re releasing is even true. Not like cigarette, oil, or sugar companies ever lied or anything and put out false studies and misleading data.

However, there are still details that the company isn’t sharing in this report. One major question mark is the total number of queries that Gemini gets each day, which would allow estimates of the AI tool’s total energy demand.

Why wouldn’t they release this. Even if each query uses minimal energy, but there are countless of them a day, it would mean a huge use of energy.

Which is probably what’s happening and why they’re not releasing that number.

This was a study on mice using a running wheel and how their brains changed, which they then compared to human brain tissue from people who had Alzheimer.

I’m sure running helps, but the headline is a bit sensationalized.