I love that Codeberg members have voted to prohibit 'vibe-coded projects' and every single reason they explain resonates so much with me! As a summary: We all pay for hungry LLMs to do nonsensical stuff and they put collaboration and human trust at danger. blog.codeberg.org/protecting-o...

Excellent and important work on how US military funding permeates and captures AI research.

🌶 David Gray Widder@davidthewid.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨Finally published: How does the US Military enlist AI researchers in war? @siree.sh, Lucy Suchman and I examine 7k US Military grant solicitations for AI research, and show how even "Basic Research" enlists researchers in a warfighting agenda. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Reading that whole OpenAI post describing them unleashing a bunch of bots on Hugging Face as an "unprecedented cyber incident," is a master class in marketing. Lol and branding what happened as OpenAI now working to "help calibrate on what models are now capable of" is top notch propaganda skills.

can't argue with this.

I very often hear from colleagues the argument that AI compute energy in Québec and Canada is almost free and clean so we don't need to worry about consumption. This is flawed in multiple ways but this report about the fed government plans to feed data centres with gas makes it crystal clear.

Mary Stuart (she/her)@marylouisestuart.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What's driving Canada's AI data centre boom? Internal gov docs show that it's the opportunity to "provide markets to Canadian energy" What energy is supplying these projects? Gas of course! Read @geoffdembicki.bsky.social and @jenstden.bsky.social 's piece below: www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/m...

It was disappointing to receive the news that @fairphone.com would stop the support of Fairphone 3. But I'm proud that I chose e/OS/ 6 years ago and Murena will continue updating my smartphone's OS for two more years. Thanks!

Murena@murena-com.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📲 /e/OS extends the life of Fairphone 3 for 2 more years Even as Android support ends for Fairphone 3 after 7 years, we will keep it running securely with /e/OS for two more years—no need to replace your device. Install /e/OS on your Fairphone 3 and enjoy the OS that respects your privacy 👇

This is hopeful news for the climate! A coalition of the "willing" is precisely what is needed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Historic breakthrough’: Colombia climate talks end with hopes raised for fossil fuel phaseout

Nearly 60 countries back voluntary roadmaps to wean world off coal, oil and gas, at conference prompted by frustration with UN climate summits

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Full room at the AI for Peace workshop at @iclr-conf.bsky.social aiforpeaceworkshop.github.io

This is the software we're forced to use at the @umontreal.ca, at work. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Microsoft Mocked for Terms of Service That Admit Copilot Is for "Entertainment Purposes Only"

Microsoft admitting in its own Copilot terms of service that the tool should only be used for "entertainment purposes only."

futurism.com

"The only democracy in the Middle East"

Mondoweiss@mondoweiss.net · 5mo ago

BREAKING: Israel's Knesset has passed a law to execute Palestinian detainees. Death by hanging. Mandatory sentencing. No pardon. 90 days to carry out. It applies through military courts with a 96% conviction rate. It does not apply to Israelis.

Yesterday and today I'm participating in a symposium by Obvia about digital tech and sustainability. Very refreshing given the current trends in tech and AI. And @parismarx.com gave a great keynote about data sovereignty! www.obvia.ca/evenements/s...

That’s more than half the annual budget of the National Science Foundation.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5mo ago

The Pentagon used $5.6 billion in munitions in the first days of its assault on Iran, according to officials. The Trump administration is also expected to request a supplemental defense budget of potentially tens of billions of dollars, officials said. https://wapo.st/4aZHrXw

I'm truly moved, once more, by the strength and determination of the feminist movement in my home country, Spain. 💜 This year's message was explicitly antifascist and anti-war. Feminism is the front line against the current wave of fascism and imperialism! www.eldiario.es/sociedad/mov...

I gave a short talk at Cornell yesterday on my science-of-science work investigating how AI is being used by researchers and how we should go about crafting policies in response. Blanket policies are hard, privacy is important, we need more measurement. Slides: drive.google.com/file/d/1gNTK...

Antibiotics are an essential type of medicine used to treat and prevent bacterial infections, but their use is threatened by growing levels of antibiotic resistance. How does antibiotic resistance develop and spread? This diagram shows four pathways for antibiotic resistance to evolve.

I presented @nathanckim.bsky.social and my "How Big Cloud gets Bigger" paper analyzing crunchbase to show how: *Google/Microsoft/Amazon invest at rates rivaling the largest VCs.* Big Cloud = Critical Infrastructure *AND* Venture Capital. here are the slides:

Are you an undergraduate student registered in a Canadian University, in chemistry, physics, computer science or material sciences? Check the summer 2026 junior internships of the Institut Courtois in Montreal and consider joining our project! institut-courtois.umontreal.ca/en/summer-in...

DuckDuckGo is asking «Where do you stand on AI?» Now take a look at these answers and the amount of votes 😎 Keep saying that WE DON´T WANT AI ! ✊🔥 Vote here: voteyesornoai.com

Genius!

Oli Frost@olifro.st · 9mo ago

Did you know that the PR agency for #COP30 also works for fossil fuel companies like Shell? We made a meditation app to help them sleep at night. Try it for yourself here oilwell.app

Big Oil has a long history of interference in Latin America. Documents reveal that "Exxon funded rightwing thinktanks to spread climate change denial," invest in "market-oriented public policies" and ensure "continued strong returns to Exxon’s investors.” 😑

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal

Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process

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The EU drops its plan to phase out combustion engine cars by 2035 because of lobbying by both the car industry and Germany and Italy. Not only do these measures always come too late, but also they are eventually dropped because of billionaires' influence. 😫 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

EU plans to water down ban on new petrol and diesel cars

Commission proposes cutting obligation for 100% zero emission vehicles beyond 2035 to 90% after pressure from industry and some EU states

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The EU drops its plan to phase out combustion engine cars by 2035 because of lobbying by both the car industry and Germany and Italy. Not only do these measures always come too late, but also they are eventually dropped because of billionaires' influence. 😫 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

EU plans to water down ban on new petrol and diesel cars

Commission proposes cutting obligation for 100% zero emission vehicles beyond 2035 to 90% after pressure from industry and some EU states

theguardian.com

👉 Just 2 weeks left to apply to these positions in our team (AI Lab for Molecular Engineering) in Sweden. Come design polymers with us! To learn more about our team, please visit our group website: ailab.bio

Rocío Mercado Oropeza@rociomer.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We are currently recruiting 2 PhD students to work on AI-driven polymer design and engineering in my team at Chalmers as part of our @erc.europa.eu project POLYGEN. 💻🧪🇸🇪 Please spread the word and share to potentially interested candidates! Apply by: Dec 28, 2025 www.chalmers.se/en/about-cha...

Y solo quiero que la ola que surge del último suspiro de un segundo me transporte mecido hasta el siguiente

Happy to have contributed to and now finally share LeMat-GenBench, a new open benchmark + leaderboard for generative crystalline materials models! ⚛️✨ It provides standardised metrics for validity, stability, & much more. Already includes results for 12 models! 🔗 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2512.04562 1/4

LeMat-GenBench: A Unified Evaluation Framework for Crystal Generative Models

Generative machine learning (ML) models hold great promise for accelerating materials discovery through the inverse design of inorganic crystals, enabling an unprecedented exploration of chemical spac...

arxiv.org

Since @neuripsconf.bsky.social and co. keep organising conferences in states that don't let most of our students in and many try to reduce air travel, at @mila-quebec.bsky.social we keep organising alternative events for those who stay home. This was a session inspired by Growing up in Science!

1/4 Psyched to have our paper, 'Irresponsible AI: big tech's influence on AI research and associated impacts', at the Algorithmic Collective Action NeurIPS workshop today! This was a collaboration with @alexhergar.bsky.social, Alexandra Volokhova, and @dounia-kabakibo.bsky.social. Details below...

Thrilled to have contributed to "Irresponsible AI: big tech’s influence on AI research and associated impacts." My first project outside physics— learned a lot! Check out our paper on ArXiv or Ezekiel’s post for an overview and visit our poster today at 11:15 am PT if you’re at NeurIPS in San Diego!

Ezekiel Williams@ezekielwilliams.bsky.social · 9mo ago

1/4 Psyched to have our paper, 'Irresponsible AI: big tech's influence on AI research and associated impacts', at the Algorithmic Collective Action NeurIPS workshop today! This was a collaboration with @alexhergar.bsky.social, Alexandra Volokhova, and @dounia-kabakibo.bsky.social. Details below...

Not that I love it, but I've already switched to using semantic scholar more than google.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 9mo ago

so it begins

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