The AI Coconut Wireless – October 25, 2025

Here’s what every Islander needs to know about AI today!

1. Fiji and Israel sign a landmark cyber-security pact—Pacific ties deepen after embassy opening in Jerusalem (PMN)
2. Nature asks: if LLMs “killed” the Turing test, do we even need a replacement? (Nature)
3. Study links heavy social media + AI curation to cognitive decline—what’s really going on? (WIRED)
4. Can we still trust clinical AI? Nature weighs replicability and real-world performance (Nature)
5. “AI slop”: is the internet about to get even worse? Hear the debate (The Guardian)

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