Super fun to be on a career advice panel at the KAIST ICML event! With so many lovely folks (Hsuan-Tien Lin, Niloofar Mireshghallah, Yoon Kim, @emtiyaz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, moderated by @hyunwoo-kim.bsky.social). TY @aliceatkaist.bsky.social & others for organizing! Only 1 more day in Seoul🥲

We are near Mount Fuji for our yearly Bayes-duality retreat.

Announcing the CATS workshop #ICML2026! Continual AdapTation at Scale: Towards Sustainable AI https://cats-icml.github.io Let's enable fast, continual adaptation to drive more sustainable AI! 🗓️ Deadline: April 30, 2026 🔍 Key Topics - Scale & Efficiency - Lifecycle & Alignment - […]

Not a news to many, but I will be starting as a professor (W3) at TU Darmstadt in June 2026 and setup another branch of our Adaptive Intelligence group. Our group in Tokyo at RIKEN AIP will continue as it is. So if you are visiting Japan, still welcome to visit us! Also, I am hiring! Please […]

“TikTok and Meta risked safety to win algorithm arms race, whistleblowers say” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo

TikTok and Meta risked safety to win algorithm arms race, whistleblowers say

Companies allowed more harmful content on user’s feeds, knowing their algorithms ran on outrage, BBC hears.

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4 postdoc positions are available at TU Darmstadt and Centre for Excellence on Reasonable AI. I am part of the Active AI group. Please help me spread the word. Description: https://hessian.ai/projects/reasonable-ai-rai/ Application portal: https://www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/tu-darmstadt/job/52370

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“The President also called Anthropic "woke" and accused it of being an "out-of-control, Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about".” “Trump [posted] that Anthropic "better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I […]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’When Karen Newton left...

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AI used by governments to distort the reality. Are we proud of our scientific achievements now that it has lead to a world where truth can be so easily distorted? https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c86v6p1djvqo

ICE protester speaks out after White House shared fake arrest image

The White House posted an edited image of Nekima Levy Armstrong after she was arrested for organising a protest in a church.

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“democracy, the rule of law, accountable government are not naturally occurring phenomena; they are not even, historically speaking, normal. They have to be fought for, built, sustained, defended.” This article argues that Europe,Canada and other middle powers are finally facing the American […]

Reminder: journal-to-conference track at AISTATS

Kamélia Daudel@kdau.bsky.social · 7mo ago

⏰ Reminder: Journal-to-Conference track at AISTATS (May 2-5, 2026, Tangier, Morocco) 📅 Deadline to apply: Jan 31, 2026 📄 Eligible journals: AoS, Biometrika, JASA, JMLR, JRSS B 🔗Details & application: virtual.aistats.org/Conferences/...

“Cold weather and data centres drive up US greenhouse gas emissions” Data centers. Fuck. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9r3832j47o

Cold and data centres drive up US greenhouse gas emissions

US emissions of planet-warming gases rise for the first time in three years.

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“'How do we look Indian?': Student's killing puts spotlight on racism in India” “the discrimination extends beyond abuse to everyday barriers that shape where and how they live. People from the region report difficulty renting accommodation, with landlords refusing tenants because of their […]

“US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo

US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry

The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.

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Sunrise in Copenhagen (before EurIPS starts).

TMLR (@tmlrorg.bsky.social) is now proud to support interactive HTML-based submissions, going "Beyond PDF" -- check it out! Thanks to Paul Vicol (@paulvicol.bsky.social) for his tireless work on this new option, as well as the OpenReview team.

Paul Vicol@paulvicol.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚀 Introducing TMLR Beyond PDF! 🎬 This is a new, HTML-based submission format for TMLR, that supports interactive figures and videos, along with the usual LaTeX and images. 🎉 Thanks to TMLR Editors in Chief: Hugo Larochelle, @gautamkamath.com, Naila Murray, Nihar B. Shah, and Laurent Charlin!

“Prof LeCun has suggested LLMs will be less useful to match human intelligence. Instead, he wants to pursue what he called "advanced machine intelligence". (Which tries) to replicate how a child or a baby animal learns.” I agree with LeCun and this is the kind of work we do in our lab, and […]

“The latest case marks the first use of generative AI in such scams within Mie Prefecture. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' Information and Communications in Japan White Paper 2024, the use of generative AI in crimes is increasing. It has reportedly become easy […]

“‘No idea who he is,' says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7ek63e5xyo

“During the award presentation ceremony, Fukaya said he was "very happy to know that our work is understood and appreciated," noting that he usually works alone and that those around him often do not understand what he is working on.” […]

I have not announced it widely but I will be starting a professorship in TU Darmstadt (Germany) next year. I will start accepting PhD students from Sep 2026 (but I will keep my group and position in Tokyo as well). Here is a first call for PhD positions at our new Center of Excellence at TUDa […]

An article in today’s newspaper that points to the issues in the way AI usage is promoted in Japan. Without much understanding of the technology, society is doomed to be negatively affected. The copyright law of 2018 was a poor decision imo that could be […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A bunch of interviews by Jon Stewart on The Daiky Show. The interviewees are not always saying accurate things (except Carole Cadwalladr who is absolutely amazing) but questions by Jon Stewart are always to the point. It is worth watching the whole thing. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eR5x7CArfT4

“'Don't bring in foreign culture': Outburst on train leaves Nepali man in Japan fearful” https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251010/p2a/00m/0na/028000c

“'It's going to be really bad': Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz69qy760weo

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

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“Much of the rapid growth in the stock market in recent years has been driven by investment in AI. On Wednesday, the Bank of England drew a comparison with the dotcom boom (and subsequent bust) of the late 1990s - and warned that the value of AI tech companies "appear stretched" with a rising […]

Today (September): “Trump will reportedly link pain reliever Tylenol to autism - but many experts are sceptical” April: “RFK Jr pledges to find the cause of autism by September” Made up result for submission deadline? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0z9nmzvdlo […]

Fear, anger, hatred spread through social media by authoritarian regimes to control people and stay in power. AI is their next weapon I am sure, but can we do better this time? This is a wonderful interview to watch https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsb1I7hqaJ4&pp=0gcJCeAJAYcqIYzv

The Journal-to-Conference track is back at AISTATS🌴! See you in Morocco next year 😊 virtual.aistats.org/Conferences/...

Kamélia Daudel@kdau.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The Journal-to-Conference track is back at AISTATS🌴! The track invites authors of papers published or accepted after January 1st, 2024 in AoS, Biometrika, JASA, JMLR and JRSS B to present their work as posters at #AISTATS2026 in Tangier, Morocco (May 2nd-5th 2026). 📅 Deadline: 31 January 2026

“Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2zy4l8jgeo BBC “emailed Infidels MC for comment. In response, Mr Mulford instructed fellow leaders of the biker gang not to reply but included the BBC when he clicked "reply all" - […]