Sophie Kauffe
@ka-thb.bsky.social
Risk-taker, goal-setter, business achiever.
Karma has a funny way of working. If you build your reputation on AI safety, every security issue becomes front-page news. #AI
Cybersecurity researchers aren't happy about the guardrails on Anthropic's Fable | TechCrunch
Cybersecurity researchers are complaining that Anthropic's new model Fable has guardrails that are too strict for any cybersecurity work.
techcrunch.com
I agree
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𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕂𝕖𝕪@skeletonkey.bsky.social · last mo.A christian is a person who wants to give up great things in real life for mediocre things in an imaginary one. More importantly, they demand that you do the same. ~Mark Twain
I think Governor Kathy took the lazy route. Instead of modernizing the grid to support both environmental goals and economic growth, she chose a moratorium without solving the underlying problem.
New York’s Ban on the Future
Governor Kathy Hochul’s data-center ban will hurt New Yorkers and help foreign adversaries—while stifling progress in AI, writes Josh Wolfe.
thefp.com
Grand Tetons 12”x24” oil on canvas Available on my website.
The frustration is understandable but a blanket anti data center movement risks pushing billions in investment, high paying jobs, and tech innovation to other countries. The challenge is managing growth responsibly, not rejecting it altogether. #DataCenter #AI #Technology #US
Opinion | Is This the Fastest Opinion Shift in American Politics?
David Wallace-Wells and Robinson Meyer discuss whether the gathering coalition of Americans against data centers could be the next Occupy Wall Street movement or Tea Party.
nytimes.com
A tiny, deeply gratifying thing I did for the first time the other day: in a Wikipedia reference to a recently deceased public figure, I changed “the passing of” to “the death of,” and it seems to have stuck.
From #Rampage, #FastAndFurious, to #SanAndreas - how destructive are Dwayne Johnson's movies? How much does he owe for all the crumbled buildings and totaled cars?
Dwayne Johnson's $12 Trillion Movie Damage Bill
How much does he owe for all those crumbled buildings, quaking cities, and totaled cars? We did the math.
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Ahh crap. This is a sad one. Brilliant actor, good bloke. 7news.com.au/entertainmen...
Beloved actor and Jurassic Park star Sam Neill dies aged 78
Neill only recently revealed he was living cancer free with his family saying the loss was ‘sudden and unexpected’.
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Kopparberg has been keen promote its work with LGBTQ+ creators: www.instagram.com/reels/Cs9GHf... And yet it's advertising on Talk Radio - a channel whose transphobic content has been so extreme that @goodlawproject.org are suing Ofcom over its failure to act:
Force Ofcom to stop TalkTV broadcasting misinformation and hate | Good Law Project
Ofcom is letting Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV poison public discourse with transphobic lies and fake climate news, so we're taking the regulator to court
goodlawproject.org
This is exactly what happens when policy tries to suppress demand rather than address it. The demand for AI compute never disappeared, it simply found legal pathways through other jurisdictions.
Singapore AI Export Controls: How China Gains AI Access
Singapore AI export controls create a legal gap exploited by Chinese giants like Alibaba to access American AI models seamlessly.
en.cryptonomist.ch
Peace is not a place — it’s the quiet moment when your heart finally slows down. 🌿🕊️
I've just published an article about some #yokai that visit us while we're sleeping. I'd love to know which one you find the scariest. It's not all bad though, there is also a yokai that can help protect us, and plenty of #JapaneseArt to enjoy. open.substack.com/pub/curiouso... #JapaneseFolklore
While You Were Sleeping
The yokai of your dreams and nightmares
open.substack.com
Wait, wait, wait… So Anthropic is trying to play the victim now? Weren’t they the ones pushing for restrictions on open source AI and advanced AI chips while advocating for closed source frontier models? It sure looked like policies that would favor companies like theirs.
Open-source AI models benefit from restrictions on frontier systems, Citi says By Investing.com
Open-source AI models benefit from restrictions on frontier systems, Citi says
investing.com
'Abe no Yasunari reveals the true form of Tamamo-no-Mae, a nine-tailed fox' - Utagawa Kunisada, 1947. From the National Diet Library collection. Single panel of triptych. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
I am celebrating one year on BlueSky🎉 I never anticipated I would be in a community that shares such magnificent artistry of words & photos, while also showing so much kindness & support -and joy & fun!! You are awesome people Thank you my friends I posted this tree my first day on BlueSky
Not pictured: the two dozen mosquitos I inhaled on the hike to get here.
The AI race isn’t ending anytime soon. China keeps producing competitive models, and the gap with the US is much smaller than people realize
China is having another AI moment
A new model has narrowed the gap with America
economist.com
As the rainy season has now begun in Japan, I thought I’d re-share this post from last year. It has plenty of folklore and art to enjoy on rainy days, some yokai to keep an eye out during the rainy season, and a folk tradition used to keep the rain away. open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...
Japanese Folklore for Rainy Days
Rainy season folklore, yokai, traditions and art
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Clutch shot by Fox who I definitely was not slandering in my living room the entire quarter