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A one-underscore typo in a Skyrim-themed Kik username led police to arrest and convict an innocent Canadian man, Brandon Klayme, who served 18 months in prison before the error was discovered and his conviction overturned.
This article points out a recurring typo in scientific literature where the compound Cr2Ge2Te6 (chromium germanium telluride) is incorrectly written as Cr2Gr2Te6, and discusses how such errors spread and could be amplified by AI systems.