Every few months, I write an updated, idiosyncratic guide on which AIs to use right now. My new version has the most changes ever, since AI is no longer just about chatbots. To use AI you need to understand how to think about models, apps, and harnesses. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...

1 - From Jacint Roger (landru79.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2iJVRoK

We've just released the full text of AI and the Art of Being Human: The Pocket Edition as an AI Companion Please feel free to download it, use it, share it, and tell us your story of what you do with it! More info and links at: www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/how-do-you...

EU countries will discuss tomorrow adding two new bans to the AI Act via the omnibus. Draft proposals would prohibit AI systems used to generate non-consensual sexual deepfakes and child sexual abuse material. Support is growing, but questions remain. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Happy Year of the Horse! Good excuse to post this again :) #Iceland #blackandwhite #YearoftheHorse

Horseshoe Bend, Arizona

Worth noting Claude Cowork is quite different from Claude Code (and even more so from agents like OpenClaw) from a security perspective. It runs in a VM with default-deny networking & hard isolation baked in A sign of a path forward for agents that will not terrify IT.

Titan 2010-MAY-03 - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/JhFyg7

This is such an interesting read on the reluctance of some on the left to meaningfully engage with generative AI and just dismiss it at "spicy autocomplete".

Sombres murailles-Lima by Marie-claude Strausz https://www.artlimit... #waterscape #cycle #visiblewomen #digital #pacifique #noir #route #lima #transportation #ocean #photographyislife #photography #road #muraille #perou #snapshot

The ‘bel’ in ‘decibel’ is for Alexander Graham Bell. Since the ‘B’ in 'dB' is a name-derived unit, it is capitalized when abbreviated.

Goodnight Donegal, Ireland Joseph McKenzie, 1969

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All events of the #AIImpactSummit in New Delhi will be live-streamed throughout next week and you can watch them here: m.youtube.com/@indiaai India certainly wins at accessibility and inclusiveness. 👀 Is this what a touch of the Global Majority looks like on AI Governance? 🤞

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viking - From Jacint Roger (landru79.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2iKT8jH

God, do I love being in the mountains. Skiing is nice. But the views. Could stare at this panorama forever and take hundreds of pictures... were it not for the impatient offspring who are desperate to not "waste" a second not skiing.

4X4 by Francesco Caso https://www.artlimit... #construction #archilovers #fineartphotography #windows #master_shots #architecture #building #architectureaddiction #detail #digital #photography #element

Night of Saint John's Festival, by Candido Portinari (🇧🇷), 1957, 📸 by Dustin Satloff

A doorway into a fairy tale garden in Seville, Spain. #BlueskyArtShow #Wood #Spain

A Valentine’s Day cartoon for @newscientist.com

équation by Pierre Pellegrini https://www.artlimit... #landscape #photographyislifee #waterscape #river #landscapephotography #discoverearth #lake #nature #contemporaryphotography #photography

Don't fall for this hype, here's a much better hype to fall for.

The Matt Shumer AI article has dominated discussions about the state of AI and the magnitue and pace of the change in progress. Hype or on target? Join me LIVE at noon ET to discuss. www.linkedin.com/events/74270...?

Steady progress

Snowy Copse

Klaus Kinski (left) and a dog.

Again:

Can't see how that could go wrong ... (Fully supporting the aim, but the execution is tricky)

For the TX-RAMP aficionados among us: New TX-RAMP Manual version (4.0) dropped yesterday. dir.texas.gov/resource-lib...

I am thrilled to speak at City & Financial Global’s Data, AI and the Future of Financial Services Summit, in London on the 16th March 2026. For more information, visit: www.cityandfinancialglobal.com/data-ai-and-the-future-of-financial-services-summit-2026 #DataFS

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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

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The solution to each problem is simple. Just need to stay away from the details.

The ICO no longer has to establish that cookie contraventions are likely to cause significant damage or distress before issuing a fine. Will it lead to flurry of fines? (Hint: not under the current regime). Still a noteworthy change though @mishcondereya.bsky.social www.mishcon.com/news/unlawfu...

There's no patriot like a Monaco-based patriot.

Still thinking about this. This is massive if true.

Tapping the sign

One of my current favourites #music open.spotify.com/track/2G0aa0...

NIST released a concept paper on AI agent identity and authorizsation in enterprise settings. Hogan Lovells summary: www.hoganlovells.com/en/publicati... Link to paper: www.nccoe.nist.gov/sites/defaul...

That's my suspicion as well. Some seem to be stuck in the denial phase of the change curve.

been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis

Aurora over Stony Ridge Observatory - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2pRc37o

"That London is doing fine in spite of being an immigrant city — and partly because of it — is a provocation to the Maga movement on both sides of the Atlantic."

Fascinating and detailed post by @azeem.bsky.social on why we are not in an AI bubble. "We’re looking at a technology that has crossed from experiment to infrastructure.* www.exponentialview.co/p/bubble-or-...

Latest @seriousprivacy.eu with @heartofprivacy.bsky.social and @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu discussing DSARS - with Josh Schwartz! seriousprivacy.buzzsprout.com/840448/episo...

🇨🇴📉The Daily Dose via @theguardian.com 🇨🇴📉 At the turn of the century, Bogotá was one of Latin America’s most polluted cities, but they've started to turn that around. Between 2018 and 2024, air pollution fell by 24%.

Golden light sweeping across Vestrahorn mountain in Iceland

Rather depressing how predictable the responses to this are. The main point is important: We need to start planning for the disruption for when (it is a "when" imo) AI will have human-level intelligence. You can argue the likelihood is low*. But the impact will be massive. *But ever increasing.