Abstract Tesseract

(sometimes-computational) linguist, AI/ML unenthusiast, Luddite, they/he I periodically auto-delete my old posts and likes https://linktr.ee/abstract_tesseract

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social

Anthropic went from a distant #2 in the AI startup race to winning news cycles, sharing the stage with the pope, eclipsing OpenAI's valuation and barreling towards an historic IPO, all in a matter of months. How did Anthropic pull it off? By doubling down on its key export: AI…

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Iris van Rooij @irisvanrooij.bsky.social

"[If] an AI system can mimic human behavior and predict human performance on cognitive tasks, then human cognition must work more or less analogously to how the AI system works, right?" Wrong! Read full paper here 👇

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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social

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New Brunswick residents battle an AI data centre | The Narwhal thenarwhal.ca
AI Weekly's analysis
  • Beacon Data Centers' proposed 390 MW facility would consume more than 10 per cent of New Brunswick's total electricity demand.
  • The on-site VoltaGrid gas plant would emit roughly 750,000 tonnes of CO2 annually, ranking among the province's top three emitters.
  • City council voted unanimously to approve rezoning despite dozens of speakers in opposition and only three in support.
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Excellent @cameronwilson.bsky.social article here on the ABC rolling out text plagiarism systems to staff and trying to encourage use. Grim beyond belief that the executive's own statement is clearly written by software, as well. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

ABC trials AI writing tools for news staff amid trust warnings - ABC News abc.net.au
AI Weekly's analysis
  • ABC has picked Anthropic's Claude as its enterprise-wide AI standard, alongside Microsoft tools and an in-house chatbot called ABC Assist.
  • A July pilot puts 100 "AI Champions" through the tools before staged expansion, with one trial turning regional radio bulletins into digital articles.
  • The ABC will disclose AI use only when it "could materially affect" audience understanding, a narrower stance than its earlier disclosure commitments.
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Recent commentary

I'm going to be documenting every time a "leader" told me we need to get on board with "AI", because my question for them is: "you've demonstrated catastrophically poor professional and ethical judgment. How do you plan to make amends, and why should we trust anything you say?"

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So many of my IRL conversations about "AI" seem to involve people hoping that nobody will say things like "I don't think that's true" and "can you show me an example of what you mean?" because it'd be awkward Joke's on them though, I have aphantasia and literally can't picture the emperor's clothes

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tfw someone responds to you with "AI" nonsense

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