Chris Pflum

The best way to learn how to build projects is build more projects. It's corny but true. And this is exactly why AI helps accelerate learning. I've been able to build and work on more projects than ever.

Detecting and preventing distillation attacks Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Is it any surprise that AI is being used to train AI? Anthropic has revealed that three Chinese AI labs, DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax, ran industrial-scale campaigns to illicitly extract Claude's capabilities to train their own models. www.anthropic.com/news/detecti...

NYPD is training to take down drones ahead of World Cup, Sept. 11 anniversary Security experts say anti-drone technology could also present unexpected challenges.

A risk that didn’t even exist a few years ago. The NYPD is gearing up for its drone era. Officers are now being trained to use technology to neutralize rogue drones ahead of major events like the World Cup. gothamist.com/news/nypd-is...

Meta and AMD Partner for Longterm AI Infrastructure Agreement We’re announcing a long-term agreement with AMD to power our AI infrastructure with up to 6GW of AMD Instinct GPUs, helping us build a flexible, resilient tech stack for our AI workloads.

While everyone is talking about NVIDIA, look what AMD is doing- Meta has announced a multi-year agreement with AMD to power its AI infrastructure with up to 6GW of AMD Instinct GPUs. about.fb.com/news/2026/02...

Why everything is becoming a prediction market DraftKings, FanDuel, Coinbase, and Robinhood, are part of a wave of companies piling into events contracts.

Prediction markets keep getting bigger. Monthly bets on Polymarket and Kalshi jumped from under $100 million in early 2024 to $13 billion this November. www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025...

It amazes me how many new skyscrapers #NYC keeps adding to its lineup. American Express announced plans today to build its new global HQ at 2 World Trade Center. pix11.com/news/local-n...

NYC AI Demos #7 · Luma New York’s tech ecosystem is powered by the diversity of people and perspectives that make this city what it is. This Women’s History Month, NYC AI Demo's is…

The lineup is set for Tech:NYC’s next NYC AI Demos event on March 5 with Pensar and The Refinery at Domino! For Women’s History Month luma.com/e9hr2wgt?utm...

Mount Sinai uses AI to help screen for congenital heart defects before birth The health system says the new digital tool can help clinicians catch more congenital heart defects, faster.

I see so much potential for ai in health sciences. Mount Sinai uses AI to help screen for congenital heart defects before birth. www.crainsnewyork.com/health-pulse...

Remember Google Glass? Apple is ramping up development of three new wearable products: smart glasses, an AI pendant, and camera-equipped AirPods. 9to5mac.com/2026/02/17/a...

Work on Gateway tunnel project to resume next week More than $205 million in federal funding has been released, allowing work on the nation's largest public works project to restart.

This project is too important to have been played with politically like it was The feds have unfrozen the remaining $205 million for the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel project and construction is expected to resume next week. gothamist.com/news/work-on...

China’s humanoids are dazzling the world. Who will buy them? The market for robot dancers, alas, is limited

China's annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the country's most-watched broadcast with a Super Bowl-sized audience, featured humanoid robots from multiple Chinese startups performing sword fights, backflips, and "drunken boxing" www.economist.com/business/202...

Before you get too over reliant on the latest LLM, keep in mind models still fail basic logic tests www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

Had a nice coffee on the patio to start the day

A one-prompt attack that breaks LLM safety alignment | Microsoft Security Blog As LLMs and diffusion models power more applications, their safety alignment becomes critical. Our research shows that even minimal downstream fine‑tuning can weaken safeguards, raising a key…

This shows how a simple prompt attack can bypass #LLM safety guardrails - turning the rules meant to protect them into a weakness. More urgent work is needed before prime time, yet many companies already treat LLMs as mission‑critical. Worrying sign!
#ResponsibleAI #CyberSecurity #GRPObliteration

ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads Ads have arrived.

OpenAI announced last Monday that it has officially begun testing ads on ChatGPT. The ads will appear as labeled "sponsored" links at the bottom of answers, but OpenAI says they do not influence the responses ChatGPT gives users. What do you think about this? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Elon Musk wants an AI satellite factory on the moon Musk pitched a lunar industry for AI — a moon supply chain and a mass-driver launcher — plus an X growth moonshot

Such a quick pivot from Mars, lol. At a recent xAI all-hands meeting, Elon Musk outlined plans to build a factory on the moon that would manufacture AI satellites, along with a mass driver (an electromagnetic launcher) to catapult them into orbit. "You have to go to the moon," qz.com/elon-musk-xa...

Anthropic to donate $20 million to US political group backing AI regulation Anthropic will spend $20 million to back U.S. political candidates who support regulating the AI industry, according to a company statement released on Thursday.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was that if you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re the one being eaten. Anthropic is putting $20M into the 2026 midterm elections by donating to a bipartisan group supporting candidates who back AI regulation. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

How to Use Data to Fight For Safe Streets and Stop Super Speeders - Streetsblog New York City College coders built a simple tool for DMV staff and administrators to identify repeat dangerous speeding behavior.

One of the benefits of the growth of autonomous technology in all vehicles is the ability to constrain bad human driving habits. This is a step in the right direction. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/29/h...

Brooklyn high school becomes first in NYC to heat entirely with vegetable oil biofuel. Here's how it works. Edward R. Murrow High School's new boiler system cuts emissions while doubling as a hands-on sustainability lesson for students.

How cool is this- Brooklyn high school becomes first in NYC to heat entirely with vegetable oil biofuel.

www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

US military used Anthropic’s AI model Claude in Venezuela raid, report says Wall Street Journal says Claude used in operation via Anthropic’s partnership with Palantir Technologies

Apparently the US military used Anthropic's AI model Claude during its operation to snatch Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela. But what does this actually mean? I see an article like this and it raises a lot of questions for me beyond just the ethical concerns. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Kind of nice to see this on my way into Jersey City from the WTC this morning. I’ll be back soon, Tampa. ☀️@visittampabay.bsky.social

Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI at $1.25tn valuation Aerospace business and artificial intelligence firm to unite for IPO as world’s most valuable private company

SpaceX has acquired artificial intelligence business xAI as SpaceX prepares to go public later this year. The combined company will include xAI's Grok chatbot and the social media platform X. No doubt this is more to save xAI than to benefit Space X. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

City Council to Bring Back Year-Round Outdoor Dining After Adams-Era Decimation - Streetsblog New York City New York City's curbside outdoor dining will return to being year-round, Council Speaker Julie Menin announced on Wednesday.

New York City's curbside outdoor dining will return to being year-round. This feature is a big plus and something the city needs to support and encourage. They really shot themselves in the foot last year with the changes they had made. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/04/c...

The AI that shook software stocks just got a big update | CNN Business Anthropic’s Cowork AI assistant sent shockwaves through Wall Street this week over concerns it could replace specialized software packages, such as for legal or financial analysis. Now Anthropic is im...

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.6, an upgraded AI model designed to make its Cowork assistant better at office and coding tasks. And the stock market got spooked? www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/t...

Anthropic Insiders Afraid They’ve Crossed a Line "It kind of feels like I'm coming to work every day to put myself out of a job."

Just the normal disruption any new technology brings- www.yahoo.com/finance/news...

OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers

The American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest U.S. teachers’ union, announced plans today to open an AI training hub in NYC, thanks to $23 million in funding from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/t...

IBM just took a 'significant' step toward useful quantum computing IBM said it is building the world’s first large-scale quantum computer capable of operating without errors.

I’m skeptical about the timeframe, but this is going to be the next big thing finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-jus...

NYC now outpaces San Francisco as the most active hub for innovation in the U.S.

New Yorkers Are Bullish on Tech — Tech:NYC Blog A new citywide survey confirms what many in the industry have long understood: New Yorkers are bullish on technology driving the future of our city and deeply understand the need to build new infrastr...

New Yorkers are bullish on the future of tech in their city www.blog.technyc.org/news/new-yor...

Growing Pains - Enterprise Networking in the Cloud - Chris Pflum Enterprise networking challenges are common, lets explore some of the cloud challenges enterprises face using AWS.

If you work in an enterprise cloud environment, you’ve probably faced one of these challenges thechrispflum.com/growing-pain...