OP. You know, I made a diligent effort to find a primary source, whether a paper or whatnot. It seems like Oxford is trying to get across the idea there has bee

OP. You know, I made a diligent effort to find a primary source, whether a paper or whatnot. It seems like Oxford is trying to get across the idea there has been a general “breakthrough” or at least recent dramatic improvement, but it doesn’t seem tied to any particular paper. Sometimes it’s hard to tell from paper titles or even abstracts. On the other hand, it’s Oxford, source of some of the greatest achievements in human history. If they want to trumpet something that’s going on, I’d give them the benefit of the doubt it’s worth a sniff. And here at HN, people who know might chime in. So, I don’t do this all the time, but I made an exception and floated it, apparently reasonably. I also had a personal connection, which was the micron thin film aspect, which my dad worked on at a megacorp for his whole career. Would have been great to be able to chat with him about it, ach well.