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• @anneapplebaum Anne Applebaum on x

  Amazing: KPMG wrote a report describing the successful use of AI by businesses. But the case studies turned out to be AI hallucinations. https://www.ft.com/...

• r/business r on reddit

  Exclusive: KPMG report contained AI hallucinations on benefits of . . . AI

• Missy Cummings Missy Cummings on linkedin

  Another silver lining with the rise of LLMs - exposing the hypocrisy and mediocrity of the big consulting firms  —  https://lnkd.in/... …

• Nick Baines Nick Baines on linkedin

  At the start of this year I was keen for us to work more in ‘information verification’.  As lovers of journalism and believers in the power of credibility, this felt like an area to double down in. …

• @edzitron.com Ed Zitron on bluesky

  To rely on AI is to subject oneself to a lifelong humiliation ritual.  You must be willing to become a dogshit merchant that accepts, sells and defends dogshit.  [embedded post]

• @spavel Pavel on bluesky

  This, for example.  In the service of showing how awesome and cutting edge they are, KPMG released a work of fiction masquerading as a report.  All the case studies were made up.  —  They have finally withdrawn it.  But it's only a matter of time until they find another agentic r…