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Towards Data Science
2 days ago
More powerful models are not always the better choice for engineering systems. Benjamin Nweke highlights the tradeoff between flexibility and consistency in LLM outputs.
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I Replaced GPT-4 with a Local SLM and My CI/CD Pipeline Stopped Failing | Towards Data Science
The hidden cost of probabilistic outputs in systems that demand reliability
https://towardsdatascience.com/i-replaced-gpt-4-with-a-local-slm-and-my-ci-cd-pipeline-stopped-failing/
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DuckDuckGo
6 days ago
Google just announced they are redesigning search around AI. Here's how to get actual search results again.
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Atlantic Council
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The Trump administration has made a dizzying array of force posture decisions this month, raising doubts about the United States’ deeper commitment to the NATO alliance, write Daniel Fried and Torrey Taussig. Read more ⤵️
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Washington's latest force posture moves have Europeans feeling whiplash
The announcement on sending US troops to Poland didn't stop Washington's other force posture decisions from generating concern among NATO allies.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/washingtons-latest-force-posture-moves-have-europeans-feeling-whiplash/?utm_campaign=ac_dispatches&utm_content=20260523&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_term=Atlantic%20Council
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Open source models can shield user data from being weaponized. "Personal data embedded within existing commercial foundation models thus positions AI as a link between commercial personal data and automated weapons’ target lists and surveillance capabilities."
arxiv.org/abs/2410.14831
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Mind the Gap: Foundation Models and the Covert Proliferation of Military Intelligence, Surveillance, and Targeting
Discussions regarding the dual use of foundation models and the risks they pose have overwhelmingly focused on a narrow set of use cases and national security directives-in particular, how AI may enab...
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14831
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Nicolas Barradeau
about 1 year ago
Not sure how long it has been around but it’s a really great ML resource
huggingface.co/learn
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Hugging Face - Learn
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
https://huggingface.co/learn
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Julien Chaumond
7 months ago
Training LLMs end to end is hard. But way more people should, and will, be doing it in the future. The
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Research team is excited to share their new e-book that covers the full pipeline: · pre-training, · post-training, · infra. 200+ pages of what worked and what didn’t. ⤵️
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Timothy Snyder
4 days ago
The story, in the end, is ours.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-man-in...
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The Man in the High Castle
An Occasional Book Review
https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-man-in-the-high-castle
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Meduza in English
3 days ago
Apple removed 1,213 apps from the App Store in 2025 at the request of the Russian government.
meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Apple removed 1,213 apps at Russia’s internet regulator’s request in 2025 — Meduza
Apple removed 2,045 apps from the App Store in 2025 at the request of government authorities — in more than half of those cases, at the direction of Roskomnadzor. The figures come from Apple’s annual…
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/25/apple-removed-1-213-apps-at-russia-s-internet-regulator-s-request-in-2025
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Bellingcat
3 days ago
What would make Bellingcat an organisation you’d like to support? We want to hear from you. Help us build the Bellingcat of tomorrow by filling out this quick survey:
bellingcat.questionpro.eu/t/AB3vDHmZB3...
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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف)
about 1 month ago
For those interested I previously wrote about how Anthropic and others co-opt safety and defense terminology to take over the arbitration of risk determinations, thus subverting democratic processes
arxiv.org/abs/2504.15088
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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف)
2 months ago
I joined Hari Sreenivasan on CNN International and PBS to discuss the use of AI in warfare and the impacts we're already seeing of this fallible technology being used in Iran, and how it ultimately obscures accountability. Full interview can be found at
youtube.com/watch?v=w16f...
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AI Now Institute
about 2 months ago
On
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explains the stakes of Anthropic’s Mythos and its impact on security. We lack the evidence and independent expertise needed to verify the claims around the security tool - especially problematic given the risks posed by LLMs.
shorturl.at/kNtU9
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Concerns about Mythos lie in its ‘purposely vague language’ – AI expert
As concerns have been raised about Anthropic’s new AI model Mythos, we spoke to Dr Heidy Khlaaf, chief Artificial Intelligence scientist at the AI Now Institute.
https://www.channel4.com/news/concerns-about-mythos-lie-in-its-purposely-vague-language-ai-expert
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"Generative AI has no shortage of ways that it might, be shaped into genuinely useful products, but this shaping needs to actually happen before the hyper-scalers earn the right to continually harass the psyche of billions of people with breathless pronouncements. "
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Who Asked For This? - Cal Newport
Last week, Elizabeth Lopatto published an insightful article in The Verge. It boasted an intriguing title: “Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want.” “Within ... Read more
https://calnewport.com/who-asked-for-this/#more-16877
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"I think we’ve entered a stage where we need to almost entirely discount any claims made by the AI companies themselves until we can independently verify what’s actually going on."
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Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying” or Just Hype? - Cal Newport
Last week, millions of New York Times readers were subjected to an alarming column by Thomas Friedman. “Normally right now I would be writing about ... Read more
https://calnewport.com/is-claude-mythos-terrifying-or-just-hype/
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EU DisinfoLab
about 1 month ago
What if a patch or badge could reveal Russian intelligence structures? Watch the session to unpack what’s behind military insignia 🎥
www.disinfo.eu/23-april-dec...
Next up 💥 Look what you made me do: How FIMI actors weaponise pop culture 🗓️ 30 April, 14:30 CEST
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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"IFIT tested six leading AI models including ChatGPT, Deepseek, Grok, and others on three real-world prompt scenarios from Syria, Sudan, and Mexico. [...] From a total possible point value of 100/100, the average score across all six models was only 27 points."
ifit-transitions.org/publications...
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AI on the Frontline: Evaluating Large Language Models in Real-World Conflict Resolution | IFIT
This groundbreaking study by the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) reveals that all major large language models (LLMs) are providing dangerous
https://ifit-transitions.org/publications/ai-on-the-frontline-evaluating-large-language-models-in-real-world-conflict-resolution/
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MIT Technology Review
about 1 month ago
Coding aside, even the best AI systems struggle to be economically viable in the workplace. What happens then?
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The missing step between hype and profit
Coding aside, even the best AI systems struggle to be economically viable in the workplace. What happens then?
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/27/1136456/the-missing-step-between-hype-and-profit/
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“As people working on AI, we know that these systems can centralize power and that they do make mistakes.” – Google Employees
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Timothy Snyder
about 1 month ago
Newspapers shouldn’t cover things Trump says as news. There should be a special rubric called "Trump said this" in the corner of the page or as a separate tab. This would be clarifying.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Trump cancels his envoys’ Pakistan trip for Iran ceasefire negotiations
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were to travel to Islamabad to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiations
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/25/trump-cancels-envoys-pakistan-trip-iran-talks?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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"But what is notable about Anthropic’s diligent efforts to proactively prevent public harm from the use of its new AI model is that there was not a single AI accountability organization on the list of experts Anthropic brought together."
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LSE Impact
about 1 month ago
🗣️"Rather, than lose the proverbial forest through the trees, researchers can ask more important questions, such as: why is a review needed, and where does it aim to take a field?"
#AcWri
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Why write a literature review if AI can do it for you? - LSE Impact
The potential for AI tool to assess and organise research literature presents an opportunity to rethink why they are undertaken in the first place.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/01/27/why-write-a-literature-review-if-ai-can-do-it-for-you/
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Ruslan Trad
30 days ago
Archaeologists at Pompeii used AI for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed during the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. His remains were found near Porta Stabia, apparently fleeing toward the coast while using a terracotta mortar as a shield from falling volcanic debris.
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Archaeologists at Pompeii use AI to reconstruct the face of a man killed in the volcano's eruption
Archaeologists at Pompeii have used artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
https://apnews.com/article/italy-pompeii-artificial-intelligence-reconstruction-victims-vesuvius-2b1b4c944f4285a10699b3f3053fe8a6
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American journalist Shane Harris asked chatbot Claude how he feels...
YouTube video by De Balie
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ahV6nQ-TATk
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Bryce Tetraeder
about 1 month ago
We have a deal.
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Tim Onion
about 1 month ago
Get excited.
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Andy Carvin
about 1 month ago
"The lawsuit targets the CDC DHS, ICE, IRS, and the Social Security Administration, all of which have failed to produce records in response to Freedom of Information Act requests seeking information about their use of Palantir tools and access to sensitive data."
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Shane Harris
about 2 months ago
I’ll be
@debalie.bsky.social
in Amsterdam tonight talking about AI at war. No shortage of material these days! Tickets here:
debalie.nl/programma/ai...
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AI at War – with Shane Harris
The Anthropic-case shows how interlinked tech companies and intelligence agencies are. With national security journalist Shane Harris we explore mass surveillance, cyberwarfare and the shifting balanc...
https://debalie.nl/programma/ai-at-war-with-shane-harris-13-04-2026/
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Ethan Mollick
about 1 month ago
General Purpose Technologies have downstream effects everywhere, good and bad. Those outcomes can be mitigated, or encouraged, with the right sorts of policy choices If the only options are being for or against a GPT, you end up having very few levers to pull to make it work out.
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AI Now Institute
about 1 month ago
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called for “independent, rigorous evaluations that objectively assess the risk of tools within existing cyber laws. Democratic institutions should determine how these models are released and deployed, not a private corporation with its own incentives."
shorturl.at/4dkAm
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‘Safety first’ puts Anthropic ahead in game of AI spin
The tech firm’s decision to delay the launch of a risky new model has boosted its reputation and its valuation at the expense of OpenAI
https://shorturl.at/4dkAm
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The Onion
about 1 month ago
“I’ve been using ChatGPT to help with cooking for a while now, so I didn’t think too much of it when the ingredients list included a bottle filled with gasoline and a cloth wick,” said the alleged attacker
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Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto
SAN FRANCISCO—Following reports that a 20-year-old man had been arrested for throwing a Moltov cocktail at Sam Altman’s home, the suspect stated Monday that he only initiated the attack because he was...
https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/
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Anne Applebaum
about 1 month ago
How did Magyar win? A long running grassroots campaign in rural and small town Hungary; a refusal to be distracted by government propaganda; a focus on economic issues and corruption; a central promise to bring back democracy and the rule of law
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Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable
If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/illiberalism-not-inevitable/686778/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK31DwvPd5EwRYiRU0pBwupGg
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Bellingcat
about 1 month ago
We recently released a new online tool at Bellingcat that helps measure probable destruction in Iran and the surrounding gulf states. It is free to access here:
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf - bellingcat
Bellingcat is introducing an updated damage assessment tool — called the Iran Conflict Damage Proxy Map — focused on destruction in Iran and the Gulf .
https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2026/04/07/tool-damage-assessment-destruction-sentinel-satellite-imagery-iran-us-gulf/?utm_source=bluesky
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Tech Policy Press
about 1 month ago
The White House’s AI framework sidelines concerns about algorithmic bias and discrimination, casting efforts to mitigate those harms as ideological interference, argues Genevieve Smith. Treating AI as “neutral” doesn’t eliminate harm; it risks scaling inequality under the guise of objectivity.
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The Trump Administration’s AI Policy Framework Has an Ideology. It Just Won't Admit It.
Genevieve Smith argues that the White House's AI framework prioritizes innovation over safeguards, ignoring bias risks in real-world AI systems.
https://buff.ly/yd2MTnJ
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Tech Policy Press
about 1 month ago
For the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Katrina Manson, author of the new book Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare. They discussed the book, the war in Iran, the Anthropic-Pentagon dispute, and the future of war in the AI age.
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Project Maven and the Age of AI Warfare
A conversation with Katrina Manson, author of the book Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare.
https://buff.ly/d67mJES
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LSE Impact
about 1 month ago
💥New | Before AI agents act for us, we need to know how AI searches for us ✍️
@jannajoceliomena.bsky.social
Giulia Tucci & Aanila Kishwar
#AIsearch
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Before AI agents act for us, we need to know how AI searches for us - LSE Impact
Generative AI agents are pitched as being a new gateway to engaging with the Internet, but the way AI sees the Internet is both "conservative" and "stubborn”.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/04/15/before-ai-agents-act-for-us-we-need-to-know-how-ai-searches-for-us/
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