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More powerful models are not always the better choice for engineering systems. Benjamin Nweke highlights the tradeoff between flexibility and consistency in LLM outputs.
I Replaced GPT-4 with a Local SLM and My CI/CD Pipeline Stopped Failing | Towards Data Science
The hidden cost of probabilistic outputs in systems that demand reliability
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Google just announced they are redesigning search around AI. Here's how to get actual search results again.
The Trump administration has made a dizzying array of force posture decisions this month, raising doubts about the United States’ deeper commitment to the NATO alliance, write Daniel Fried and Torrey Taussig. Read more ⤵️
Washington's latest force posture moves have Europeans feeling whiplash
The announcement on sending US troops to Poland didn't stop Washington's other force posture decisions from generating concern among NATO allies.
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Highly recommended.
Cambridge Digital Humanities@camdighum.bsky.social · 3mo agoApplications are now open for the next SDS, taking place in-person at University of Cambridge from 7-11 September. The theme of the school is Investigating AI Infrastructure. Early bird deadline closes on 2 June. Find out more: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/s...
Open source models can shield user data from being weaponized. "Personal data embedded within existing commercial foundation models thus positions AI as a link between commercial personal data and automated weapons’ target lists and surveillance capabilities." arxiv.org/abs/2410.14831
Mind the Gap: Foundation Models and the Covert Proliferation of Military Intelligence, Surveillance, and Targeting
Discussions regarding the dual use of foundation models and the risks they pose have overwhelmingly focused on a narrow set of use cases and national security directives-in particular, how AI may enab...
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Not sure how long it has been around but it’s a really great ML resource huggingface.co/learn by @hf.co
Hugging Face - Learn
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
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Training LLMs end to end is hard. But way more people should, and will, be doing it in the future. The @hf.co Research team is excited to share their new e-book that covers the full pipeline: · pre-training, · post-training, · infra. 200+ pages of what worked and what didn’t. ⤵️
Apple removed 1,213 apps from the App Store in 2025 at the request of the Russian government. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Apple removed 1,213 apps at Russia’s internet regulator’s request in 2025 — Meduza
Apple removed 2,045 apps from the App Store in 2025 at the request of government authorities — in more than half of those cases, at the direction of Roskomnadzor. The figures come from Apple’s annual…
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For those interested I previously wrote about how Anthropic and others co-opt safety and defense terminology to take over the arbitration of risk determinations, thus subverting democratic processes arxiv.org/abs/2504.15088
I joined Hari Sreenivasan on CNN International and PBS to discuss the use of AI in warfare and the impacts we're already seeing of this fallible technology being used in Iran, and how it ultimately obscures accountability. Full interview can be found at youtube.com/watch?v=w16f...
On @channel4news.bsky.social @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social explains the stakes of Anthropic’s Mythos and its impact on security. We lack the evidence and independent expertise needed to verify the claims around the security tool - especially problematic given the risks posed by LLMs. shorturl.at/kNtU9
Concerns about Mythos lie in its ‘purposely vague language’ – AI expert
As concerns have been raised about Anthropic’s new AI model Mythos, we spoke to Dr Heidy Khlaaf, chief Artificial Intelligence scientist at the AI Now Institute.
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"Generative AI has no shortage of ways that it might, be shaped into genuinely useful products, but this shaping needs to actually happen before the hyper-scalers earn the right to continually harass the psyche of billions of people with breathless pronouncements. " calnewport.com/who-asked-fo...
Who Asked For This? - Cal Newport
Last week, Elizabeth Lopatto published an insightful article in The Verge. It boasted an intriguing title: “Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want.” “Within ... Read more
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"I think we’ve entered a stage where we need to almost entirely discount any claims made by the AI companies themselves until we can independently verify what’s actually going on." calnewport.com/is-claude-my...
Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying” or Just Hype? - Cal Newport
Last week, millions of New York Times readers were subjected to an alarming column by Thomas Friedman. “Normally right now I would be writing about ... Read more
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What if a patch or badge could reveal Russian intelligence structures? Watch the session to unpack what’s behind military insignia 🎥 www.disinfo.eu/23-april-dec... Next up 💥 Look what you made me do: How FIMI actors weaponise pop culture 🗓️ 30 April, 14:30 CEST us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"IFIT tested six leading AI models including ChatGPT, Deepseek, Grok, and others on three real-world prompt scenarios from Syria, Sudan, and Mexico. [...] From a total possible point value of 100/100, the average score across all six models was only 27 points." ifit-transitions.org/publications...
AI on the Frontline: Evaluating Large Language Models in Real-World Conflict Resolution | IFIT
This groundbreaking study by the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) reveals that all major large language models (LLMs) are providing dangerous
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Coding aside, even the best AI systems struggle to be economically viable in the workplace. What happens then?
The missing step between hype and profit
Coding aside, even the best AI systems struggle to be economically viable in the workplace. What happens then?
technologyreview.com
“As people working on AI, we know that these systems can centralize power and that they do make mistakes.” – Google Employees
Katrina Manson@katrinamanson.bsky.social · 3mo ago“We are employees who are deeply concerned about ongoing negotiations between Google and the U.S. Department of Defense,” reads Monday’s protest letter to Google’s CEO. “As people working on AI, we know that these systems can centralize power and that they do make mistakes.”
Newspapers shouldn’t cover things Trump says as news. There should be a special rubric called "Trump said this" in the corner of the page or as a separate tab. This would be clarifying. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Trump cancels his envoys’ Pakistan trip for Iran ceasefire negotiations
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were to travel to Islamabad to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiations
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"But what is notable about Anthropic’s diligent efforts to proactively prevent public harm from the use of its new AI model is that there was not a single AI accountability organization on the list of experts Anthropic brought together."
Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhen Anthropic gathered companies to explore risks of its advanced Mythos model, people working to hold AI accountable weren't in the room. We need to change that, write Back Channel co-founders Amber Scorah and Rebecca Petras.
🗣️"Rather, than lose the proverbial forest through the trees, researchers can ask more important questions, such as: why is a review needed, and where does it aim to take a field?" #AcWri #PhDchat
Why write a literature review if AI can do it for you? - LSE Impact
The potential for AI tool to assess and organise research literature presents an opportunity to rethink why they are undertaken in the first place.
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Archaeologists at Pompeii used AI for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed during the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. His remains were found near Porta Stabia, apparently fleeing toward the coast while using a terracotta mortar as a shield from falling volcanic debris.
Archaeologists at Pompeii use AI to reconstruct the face of a man killed in the volcano's eruption
Archaeologists at Pompeii have used artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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"The lawsuit targets the CDC DHS, ICE, IRS, and the Social Security Administration, all of which have failed to produce records in response to Freedom of Information Act requests seeking information about their use of Palantir tools and access to sensitive data."
American Oversight Sues for Records on Trump Administration Use of Palantir Tools
American Oversight sued for records on the Trump administration's use of Palantir tools amid growing privacy and data collection concerns.
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American Oversight@weareoversight.bsky.social · 4mo agoBREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration for records that could show how the government is using Americans’ personal data through Palantir-built systems — and if there are any safeguards in place to stop it from being misused or compromised. americanoversight.org/palantir-dat...
I’ll be @debalie.bsky.social in Amsterdam tonight talking about AI at war. No shortage of material these days! Tickets here: debalie.nl/programma/ai...
AI at War – with Shane Harris
The Anthropic-case shows how interlinked tech companies and intelligence agencies are. With national security journalist Shane Harris we explore mass surveillance, cyberwarfare and the shifting balanc...
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General Purpose Technologies have downstream effects everywhere, good and bad. Those outcomes can be mitigated, or encouraged, with the right sorts of policy choices If the only options are being for or against a GPT, you end up having very few levers to pull to make it work out.
. @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social called for “independent, rigorous evaluations that objectively assess the risk of tools within existing cyber laws. Democratic institutions should determine how these models are released and deployed, not a private corporation with its own incentives." shorturl.at/4dkAm
‘Safety first’ puts Anthropic ahead in game of AI spin
The tech firm’s decision to delay the launch of a risky new model has boosted its reputation and its valuation at the expense of OpenAI
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