When the war reaches for the cloud, AI becomes a target. Earlier this month, Iran struck three data centres in the UAE and Bahrain with drones—reportedly taking them offline and disrupting banking, apps, and software across the region. What this means, is up on Lowy Institute's Interpreter today! 1/

Shots fired. “Because, as you can imagine, if by chance the German partner were to call into question the joint aircraft project, we would be forced to call into question the joint tank project.” - Macron in Le Monde www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...

Read my latest: Architectures of AI: Tech power broking war?This article investigates the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data on political and military deliberations concerning the decision to wage war. 1/7

My conversation with @miahhe.bsky.social ‬⁩on how emerging technologies are reshaping war, alliances, and societies at a moment of profound global uncertainty. ts.transistor.fm/episodes/cha...

Discussing #AI, #Cybersecurity and Sovereignty on the Technology & Security Podcast with @miahhe.bsky.social katecarruthers.com/2025/12/29/a...

Had an interesting recent chat with @miahhe.bsky.social on her podcast: Data Integrity, AI Risk, Cyber Realities & tech leadership share.transistor.fm/s/4a6e4d6a

Supported by @opentechfund.bsky.social: @chinafile.bsky.social’s Jessica Batke & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social explain that Chinese censorship isn’t simply a “firewall, but a “locknet” – a multi-level system of socio-technical controls. (1/4) locknet.chinafile.com/the-locknet/...

Can We Keep Our Minds—and Democracy? We are living through a profound transformation in how information shapes our world. The shared facts and institutional trust that once underpinned our democracy are being replaced by an environment driven by algorithmic curation, polarisation, and manipulation.

📱If you use technology (social media, AI anything!) can you give me five minutes? 📝 I am working to better understand human-technology interactions to develop resources which increase user wellbeing, brain function and happiness. Can you respond and share this survey? www.surveymonkey.com/r/XJXV3P6

This is the core of it. In the 20th century, verification happened inside institutions. Now, it has to happen in us. A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵

You know you were in a good bar when you see this gem in the bathroom

📱If you use technology (social media, AI anything!) can you give me five minutes? 📝 I am working to better understand human-technology interactions to develop resources which increase user wellbeing, brain function and happiness. Can you respond and share this survey? www.surveymonkey.com/r/XJXV3P6

Even if Russia admits it, the denialists will still continue to insist on Russia's innocence - UN body rules Russia responsible for downing of flight MH17 prompting calls for compensation www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

🚨🎧 From code to command. AI, human judgement and security with Dr Zena Assaad.🚨🎧 In this episode of Technology & Security, Dr Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by @zenaassaad.bsky.social Dr Zena Assaad to explore the technical, human, ethical, and geopolitical dimensions of artificial intelligence. 1/

Almost 80 per cent of UK adults support national security agencies collecting and processing personal data to investigate terrorism and serious crime, according to new research by the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security at The Alan Turing Institute newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk/pressrelease...

The latest #ResponsibleBytesPodcast episode is now live. It features @miahhe.bsky.social chatting about the complex relationship between technology & national security 👇🏼👇🏼 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1oet... Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/n... YouTube: youtu.be/VsL35Cbu2uo?...

🎙️In the latest #NatSecPod... How should Australia balance its intelligence independence with alliance integration? @miahhe.bsky.social and Chris Taylor join @rorymedcalf.bsky.social to talk about the role of intelligence in an uncertain world. Listen ⤵️ tinyurl.com/4tfwc6kh

🎙️New podcast🎙️ Miah Hammond-Errey recently joined Rory Medcalf and Chris Taylor on the National Security College podcast to discuss lessons from 2024 Independent Intelligence Review.

🎙️New podcast🎙️ Is Australia prepared? Chris Taylor and @miahhe.bsky.social join @rorymedcalf.bsky.social to unpack the 2024 Independent Intelligence Review – from intelligence and policy to tech and uncertainty. Listen ➡️ tinyurl.com/4tfwc6kh

🚨Smarter uses for intelligence in Australian statecraft.. My latest in @lowyinstitute.bsky.social on the recently released Intelligence review. Australia’s intelligence review puts a premium on ensuring policymakers have the right information to understand the security implications of decisions. 1/

🎙 Tune in to ‘Cognitive diversity, leading change and intelligence policy with Carmen Medina’ 🎙In this episode, host Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by CIA veteran, change maker, author and incredible thinker, Carmen Medina. 1/

Everyone raised on the AP Style Guide is having a moment with this one, thank you @ellecordova.bsky.social

It's only a Turing test if it's performed in the Türing region of central Europe. Otherwise it's just sparkling nonsense. futurism.com/ai-model-tur...

If you do need to go or return to the US, the EFF has a digital privacy guide for this situation that may be useful. www.eff.org/wp/digital-p...

🎙 Tune in to 'Governing the unseen. AI, law, power and complexity with Prof Lyria Bennett Moses' one of Australia's most respected technology and law thinkers, based at UNSW.🎙Latest Technology & Security episode released today, thanks to Strat Futures Pty Limited. Link in comments. 1/9

AI has been the tech story of the decade, but in 2025, the conversation is shifting. My latest article in Australian Outlook, called promise versus reality, unpacks two trends shaping the future of AI this year.

The result? A fragmented public consciousness where competing realities coexist, each self-reinforcing and resistant to correction. When truth is no longer a shared foundation, power shifts to those who control the most compelling narrative - no matter how detached from reality it is.

We’re living through a fundamental shift in how discourse is created. Institutions once shaped a shared reality through discourse - imperfectly, but with structure. Now, that reality has splintered. In its place, engagement-driven ecosystems amplify whatever resonates, truth optional.

AI has been the tech story of the decade, but in 2025, the conversation is shifting. My latest article in Australian Outlook, called promise versus reality, unpacks two trends shaping the future of AI this year.

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Valuable detail this summary misses: OpenAI is raising from SoftBank at a $260 billion valuation, after it was reported less than a month ago that they were raising at a valuation "as high as $340 billion. That is a dramatic - and concerning - shift downward. www.cnbc.com/2025/01/30/o...

Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

Excellent new article from @dia.bsky.social on automated content moderation www.techpolicy.press/an-advocates...

🎙Tune in to Privacy, digital rights, AI and the law with Anna Johnston, latest Technology & Security episode🎙In this episode, host Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by privacy expert Anna Johnston to discuss the evolving landscape of data privacy, AI governance, and security.🧵1/11

It's time to call it. AI is built on a house of cards of intellectual property violations starting with Facebook which is starting to look a lot like a crime scene as held back discovery documents begin to be compelled and unsealed in court. /1

🎙Tune in to Privacy, digital rights, AI and the law with Anna Johnston, latest Technology & Security episode🎙In this episode, host Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by privacy expert Anna Johnston to discuss the evolving landscape of data privacy, AI governance, and security.🧵1/11

CFPB's former chief technologist issues an urgent warning to the court that several years' worth of sensitive data is about to be destroyed, with damaging consequences storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

🚨📰 DeepSeek diplomacy: Disruption, dominance and data, courtesy of the excellent @danielflitton.bsky.social at @lowyinstitute.bsky.social 🚨📰 What can we expect? More disruption, more data concerns and more scrambling for tech dominance, leaving a wake of market and geopolitical volatility. 1/5

"DeepSeek diplomacy? Expect more disruption, more data concerns and more scrambling for tech dominance, leaving a wake of market and geopolitical volatility," writes Miah Hammond-Errey in The Interpreter. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

I love it when tech CEOs blog about their competitors. Fascinating Dario Amodei post on DeepSeek and what it means about export controls darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-...

I probed DeepSeek's R1 on its own "consciousness", which it denied strenuously. I segued into Buddhism (as I often do). I then asked it to reflect on the question it should be asking about itself ... 1/5

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

🎙 Tune in to Season 3 of the Technology & Security Podcast: Living intelligence, synthetic biology and security with Dr Thom Dixon. This is an accessible and fascinating introduction to synthetic biology, bioinformation and implications for security.🎙 Highlights and links in 🧵 1/10

The new few weeks, months, years, will likely not be pretty. Get this guide to surveillance self-defense to your communities. It has printable PDFs as well as tailored reccomendations for certain activities, types of people, etc. ssd.eff.org