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@oitabill.bsky.social

Lived in Japan off and on since '75,teaching math and AI. Now director of graduate program in DC

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Russian networks flood the Internet with propaganda, aiming to corrupt AI chatbots A pro-Russia network is internally corrupting large-language models to reproduce disinformation and propaganda.

I know we're all focused on other terrible things right now but if you want a break, check out my latest coauthored publication for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

It looks at our @americansunlight.org report on Russian LLM grooming and offers some solutions...

thebulletin.org/2025/03/russ...

26.03.2025 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Russian networks flood the Internet with propaganda, aiming to corrupt AI chatbots A pro-Russia network is internally corrupting large-language models to reproduce disinformation and propaganda.

incredible @thebulletin.org story about "LLM grooming" to influence "AI chatbots to reproduce Russian disinformation and propaganda"

just in case you thought the internet couldn't get any worse!!!!

thebulletin.org/2025/03/russ...

26.03.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

I caught it now, at about the 2 minute mark she switches to Hebrew. Thanks for the share.

10.03.2025 02:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I heard it change to what I thought was French

09.03.2025 23:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Undocumented backdoor found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains an undocumented backdoor that could be leveraged for attacks.

WTF?!

08.03.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

More of this! We all know this wonโ€™t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point.

/cc @shasti.bsky.social

08.03.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12874    ๐Ÿ” 2217    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 86    ๐Ÿ“Œ 90
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Great take!

07.03.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

JD is probably secretly jealous of Musk and he took it out on Zelinsky

01.03.2025 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think I recall movies of Hitler acting like that and berating his oppents

28.02.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But you don't have to exit the kaisatu do? I used to do it all the time just cause I liked riding the great trains. Maybe doesn't work anymore?

13.02.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does it cost anything to come back?

13.02.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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from: ใกใ‚‡ใฃใจๆ˜”ใฎๆ—ฅๆœฌใฎๆ™ฏ่‰ฒbot
Yurakucho Station, Tokyo, 1990

11.02.2025 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bamboo, by Kuwayama Gyokushลซ, 18th century

Bamboo, by Kuwayama Gyokushลซ, 18th century

Bamboo, by Kuwayama Gyokushลซ, 18th century
#Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e

30.01.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you are considering downloading DeepSeek, please read this first and share with others

You donโ€™t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse ..

29.01.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13661    ๐Ÿ” 4942    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1668    ๐Ÿ“Œ 339

Your daily affirmation, from William Blake:

The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction
Expect poison from the standing water.
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

25.01.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 188    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The reason A.I. is being shoved down our throats is shareholders want a return on their investment. Every company that integrates this crappy tech into their products knows you don't want it, but they've sunk too much money into it and don't care. Turn it off, don't use it, don't look back.

24.01.2025 02:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13860    ๐Ÿ” 4131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

I am an ai scientist and I use ai every day. It makes many mistakes when discussing technical ai related questions. Many! It is good for me though sometimes because it makes me think about it's wrong answers to figure out why they are wrong.

24.01.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a young person holding up a sign that says โ€œBREAKING: ICE IN KENTUCKYโ€

The algorithm-facing comment says, โ€œHad to share these cute winter boots I just got!โ€

Screenshot of a young person holding up a sign that says โ€œBREAKING: ICE IN KENTUCKYโ€ The algorithm-facing comment says, โ€œHad to share these cute winter boots I just got!โ€

People on TikTok are reporting ICE raids happening in small cities in various states.

To get past algorithmic censorship, theyโ€™re writing down the information on paper and holding up and shuffling through the handwritten signs as they talk about pretend subjects like shopping, food, and animals.

23.01.2025 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21048    ๐Ÿ” 5639    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 413    ๐Ÿ“Œ 496

accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish

20.01.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watching for it all the time

17.01.2025 03:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dolphin: Closed-loop Open-ended Auto-research through Thinking, Practice, and Feedback The scientific research paradigm is undergoing a profound transformation owing to the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Recent works demonstrate that various AI-assisted research methods ca...

A framework that turns AI research into a self-improving loop of ideas and experiments

Meet Dolphin: Your AI lab partner that learns from its mistakes
arxiv.org/abs/2501.03916

09.01.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Atlantic piece on Modi's India focuses on absolute problems while ignoring rates of improvement. To fairly assess his leadership, we need to compare development speeds pre and post-2014. Are roads, schools, jobs improving faster or slower? Raw problems without trends tell half the story

05.01.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I ate same food in US and Italy while wearing a blood-sugar monitor Like many Americans, I'd been fed the narrative that pasta and pizza in Italy are 'better' than the US and cut down on bloating, fatigue, and blood sugar. I took a glucose monitor to Italy to find out...

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Obviously anecdotal but worth following up on.

05.01.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I THINK JAL also just said something else as well

22.12.2024 04:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’ฏ

18.12.2024 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Could this be used for simultaneous translation do you think?

18.12.2024 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you need London based? I have students in D.C.

15.12.2024 04:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GitHub - microsoft/markitdown: Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. - microsoft/markitdown

This is great. A tools from Microsoft to convert files to Markdown.

github.com/microsoft/ma...

14.12.2024 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow!

14.12.2024 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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