James Purtill
@JamesPurtill
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Tech reporter @ABCscience, formerly with @triplejHack. Contact: [email protected]
Perth, Western Australia
Joined May 2011
RT @CarlSmithAUS: New *paid* 3-4 month residency for science journalists in Australia from @ScienceJournOz Full editorial independence, g…
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I don't tweet often but this is annoying. @Channel10AU's @theprojecttv interviewed me Thursday, after the ABC published my story about 23&Me on Wednesday. Their story on Sunday is v similar to mine + I'm the main talent, but doesn't mention (a) my story (b) I'm a reporter 1/
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I texted the producer this morning and he said it was an error. 🤷🏻 I'll leave it to others to speculate. My story: 5/
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RT @mmjukic: It's unbelievable how many dynamic companies broke their streaks of engineer-CEOs for the first time in the 2000s, installing…
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My story on the controversy around AI-generated articles at the popular science mag Cosmos, where staff, contributors and even the editors weren't told the publisher was developing a tool to generate content @ABCscience
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RT @eurekaprizes: Hello AI Overlords @jamespurtill @jordaaaye @erica_vowles is a finalist in the @austmus Eureka Prize for Science Journali…
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Our six-part AI podcast is up for a big award - the Eurekas @eurekaprizes. Hello AI Overlords was presented by me and produced by Jordan Fennell, Erica Vowles and Will Ockenden for @ABCscience .... aaaand now this post will be used to train xAI's new LLM
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RT @withMEAA: #MEAAmedia members at @WAtoday are now on strike! Come down and show your support at their 253 St George’s Terrace. #DontTorc…
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RT @cog_ink: From 'DEI' to 'Birtherism': Only minutes after Kamala Harris announced she would run for president, old tropes and conspiracie…
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