David Sullivan

in this conversation with Kevin and Ravi, I used "clippy" as a verb

Currently overwhelmed with UNGA humblebrags.

Remind me to deactivate my account 2 weeks after the next Davos!

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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

To build a safer AI product, where should companies focus their governance efforts?

On @lawfaremedia.org's Scaling Laws podcast DTSP ED @davidsullivan.bsky.social emphasizes how AI companies must break down the silos between AI safety and Trust & Safety teams.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/scal...

Want to work on open source full time? The @roost.tools engineering team is starting to hatch! Come build OSS tools making a difference in Trust & Safety.

This is a fully remote role, though some schedule overlap with North American time zones is expected.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Reminder: *everyone* uses AI for content moderation.

Much more about how this works here:

my 2 cents is that you're shooting yourself in the foot if you don't use any AI in your workflows, including editing, but you're shooting yourself in the brain if you use it too much, and it's not clear where exactly anyone should draw the line.

This was a fun conversation, thanks @kevintfrazier.bsky.social for having me on the pod!

There's a real chance for mutual gains when responsible AI and T&S folks work together to focus on safer products.

AI Safety Meet Trust & Safety with Ravi Iyer and David Sullivan Podcast Episode · Scaling Laws · 07/10/2025 · 47m

What can AI safety learn from Trust & Safety?

@davidsullivan.bsky.social & Ravi Iyer join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to tackle this important question.

Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/a...

seems like a great opportunity for the authors of the twitter files

cc @aaron.bsky.team

Whoops—Ohio accidentally excludes most major porn platforms from anti-porn law Ohio lawmakers set out to block minors from viewing online porn. They messed up.

Whoops—Ohio Accidentally Excludes Most Major Porn Platforms From Anti-Porn Law

File this under “lawmakers trying to regulate tech and the internet without understanding tech and the internet."

reason.com/2025/10/06/w...

I too just read this report and can say that Mike is not exaggerating this even slightly.

i am forever grateful to be a juvenile Gen Xer, having lived through the time when finding out stuff took going to very specific places and working with tactile things.

AI Must Not Ignore Human Rights Alexandra Reeve Givens & Karen Kornbluh worry that the industry is not being held to the same standards as others.

Alex Givens & Karen Kornbluh make a compelling case that "AI Must not Ignore Human Rights." As they note, existing frameworks for responsible business conduct such as GNI's already exist & "leading AI companies that are not yet part of GNI could benefit from its framework and network."

Jason Isbell, Cast Iron Skillet, 100% of the time

ICYMI, highly recommend this human rights impact assessment of @wikimediafoundation.org AI/ML work by @royapak.bsky.social (w/ @farzdusa.bsky.social and david liu)

it physically hurts to see emails in my inbox that use the DoW acronym

Correction: this episode was hosted by @alanrozenshtein.com not Kevin!

Literally no one is thinking you're not cool. but this is amazing! DJ Spooky!

I'm late to this, but wanted to commend @jmiers230.bsky.social for modeling intellectual honesty and self-reflection in her discussion about chatbots and section 230 with @noupside.bsky.social and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social on the Scaling Laws pod. Good stuff!

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Dave Wilner presenting at Stanford

Here we go at #TSRConf, with @dwillner.bsky.social taking on the @mmasnick.bsky.social impossibility theorem!

Alaa Abd El-Fattah and Ahmed Douma.

Sanaa Seif sitting beside her brother Alaa Abd Elfattah.

Unbelievable moments
Alaa is free!

Andor would want you to cancel your Disney+ subscription.

It's the least you can do for the Rebellion.

a sea otter is swimming in the water . Alt: a sea otter is swimming in the water .

Never have I opted into getting texts faster than I just did for Sea Otter Awareness Week! Thanks, @montereybayaquarium.org

🦦 aware!

Trust and Safety Research Conference 2025

Who's going to the Trust and Safety Research Conference next week?

BTW, love that the image that goes with this link seems to be from when the fire alarm cleared the building last year!

@normative.bsky.social did you coin the term, "nerd harder"?

More Facebook, Instagram accounts falsely linked to predatory behavior restored by 7 On Your Side Last month, we told you 7 On Your Side got Facebook and Instagram users accounts restored after reaching out to Meta after they were mistakenly banned during a teen safety push. Now, dozens more reach...

Media as content moderators, local TV news edition: