Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence Despite rising concerns about sycophancy—excessive agreement or flattery from artificial intelligence (AI) systems—little is known about its prevalence or consequences. We show that sycophancy is wide...

Link to the paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (because direct links help the metrics)

Listening to @aiannucci.bsky.social on Strong Message Here and thought this paper on AI sycophancy which showed AI was 50% more sycophantic than the r/AmITheAsshole on Reddit. And that people really like it.

AI chatbots agree with users 49% more often than humans do — even when users are being deceptive or harmful. A new Science paper shows this "sycophancy" isn't a quirk. It's a design choice, and it has real consequences. 1/5

@thenewsagents.co.uk Please don't start the show with random out of context quotes from later on. Rest of the show is great, just get on with it!

Is there a company with a good solution to this? Obviously these cannot be connected to individual flat meters, but also should be cheaper than public charging. Can this be done with allocated spaces? I would be interested to see what works and how people approach landlords.

‘Let’s Talk About: Surveillance’, a series developed in collaboration between the History of Science Museum and the Pandemic Sciences Institute.

Thursday 12 March - 5:30-7:30pm - History of Science Museum, Oxford Tickets are free but booking is required:

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What actually is a psychodrama?
I have tried searching the web but the definitions there do not seem to be in any way similar to the antics of our political parties.

a man is sitting in a chair and holding a brick and saying i love my brick Alt: An elderly priest is sitting in a chair and holding a brick and saying "I love my brick"

Something of a UK reference....

At Best Practice at London Olympia. Can you spot @cihorg-ox.bsky.social ?

Epidemiology of virologically confirmed RSV, influenza and COVID-19 in adults in England, 2023-2024: Primary Care Observational Study of Acute Respiratory Infection (ObservatARI) To describe the positivity, clinical presentation and predictors of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adult primary care patients compared to influ…

RSV was a significant infection in the winter of 2023/24. This is a closer look at the epidemiology of RSV in that year with a combination of routinely collected data and virology swab results. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Book your tickets now for our talk tomorrow!

STEAM Museum, Swindon. 7-9 pm.

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#cihorg #oxfordrcgprsc #research #primarycare #data

It probably varies with data sources. e.g. QOF uses vaccination rates at 18 months. e.g. www.gpcontract.co.uk/child/ENG/VI...

#Swindon

Have you ever wondered how we monitor the spread of viruses and vaccine efficacy?

Book your free ticket to hear us speak at the STEAM Museum in Swindon.

Friday 17 February, 7-9 pm. See you there!

#cihorg #oxfordrcgprsc #research #primarycare #data

One of my favourite entertainment operations.

Join us at Best Practice London 2026!

#cihorg #oxfordrcgprsc #research #primarycare #data

On this day, 85 years ago!

The building which saw the first clinical use of #Pencillin is now home to @oxprimarycare.bsky.social

Keep innovating!

#cihorg #oxfordrcgprsc #primarycare #research

I see keirforleader.co.uk is still available.

ATTENTION SWINDON! If you have any interest in disease surveillance then the History of Science Museum is holding an event at STEAM, where many of you would have had your COVID vaccine. 17th February (Shrove Tuesday). Tickets are free. tickets.ox.ac.uk/webstore/sho...

Reform, very much the Dave of UK politics

So much missing data. That is not helping my proxy anxiety!

Graph titled “Positive tests for flu.” Data from: 23 December 2025 – 21 December 2025. Source: SGSS, England only; 7-day rolling average.

🆕 #UKHSAVirusWatch: The latest #flu, #COVID-19 and #RSV data from our weekly winter surveillance report.
🟢 Flu has decreased but continues to circulate at medium levels

Smutty photo.
(A joke somewhat spoilt by the very clean fireplace)

Book. What we cannot know by Marcus du Sautoy

Between us we having it all covered!

A screenshot showing charging at 2.4kw for 90 minutes in the middle of the schedule.

Being dynamic it could change after I have set it up. If it is becomes slower then I might have have an unpleasant surprise in the morning.
My charging session tonight has a slow 90 minutes in the middle. This doesn't matter tonight but would be an issue if I was closer to 42kwh.

Yes, thanks. It says "When using its smart features, the charger may slow the charge at times part of its dynamic charging feature. This helps manage demand on the energy grid and can reduce strain on your car battery." The issue is whether I can predict the length of time when setting up the charge

Odd. My Ohme puts up a schedule with different power levels. Not charging tonight but you can see the chart from a previous charge.

Sometimes the car charging happens at less than 7kw. If I charge 7x6=42kwh and the system does five hours at 7kw and two at 3.5kh does that count as six hours (5x1 +2x0.5) or seven hours with 3.5kw charged at peak? This is not in the FAQs.

A 500 internal server error from Cloudflare for the DownDetector site.

DownDetector is down. Now what?

Julian Costello Travel Bursaries

Opportunity for early career health & care informaticians to attend Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) 2026 in Genoa (25–28 May)

The PHCSG is offering up to three £1,250 travel awards in honour of Dr Julian Costello, a long-time PHCSG member.

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