George Poles

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I write things, mostly kids' and family telly.
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Annoyed ChatGPT users complain about bot’s relentlessly positive tone
Users complain of new "sycophancy" streak where ChatGPT thinks everything is brilliant.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/04/annoyed-chatgpt-users-complain-about-bots-relentlessly-positive-tone/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Annoyed ChatGPT users complain about bot’s relentlessly positive tone

Users complain of new “sycophancy” streak where ChatGPT thinks everything is brilliant.

Ars Technica
The Evil Scientist's Notes for the Press Conference (Tom Gauld)
@confluency @yomimono @davidaugust Here’s the specific video on YouTube in case anyone wants a link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d4HCfkiRhfw
Before you continue to YouTube

It’s a faintly (at least) ridiculous ritual, but I’ve taken to standing in the garden at twilight each night, just to watch a group of bats from next door’s loft darting around in our garden. They’re incredibly nimble little things in the air, and their flight is so utterly different to a bird’s.
Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, screens 4 times in London in May https://louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2024/04/pandoras-box-starring-louise-brooks.html
Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, screens 4 times in London in May

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Quick April 1 reminder that today is the one and only day of the year you need to fact check anything you might read on the internet.
@markoswin Nice one! That's now leapt into a fine second place for cunning title references, just below Lower Decks's peerless "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee"