LLMs are poisoning the knowledge base that has been painstakingly accumulated over the course of human history. We will, if this is allowed to continue, find that we have "destroyed the Library of Alexandria" once again. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=4b50fd2341-nature-briefing-daily-20260408&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-33f35e09ea-49717696
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real

Bixonimania doesnโ€™t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

@tompearce49 the perfect moment to discuss the business model of Springer Nature.
@ipofanes Something that restricts access to that knowledge by charging a fortune...