This was a very interesting episode of #MAIHT3k featuring Te Hiku co-founder Keoni Mahelona longside @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social from @dairinstitute.bsky.social. www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Big Tech Colon-AI-lism, 2026.09.15 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 buzzsprout.com
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When an LLM answers a question, is it reasoning like humans, or just producing text that looks like reasoning? Computer scientist @melaniemitchell.bsky.social weighs in on the latest episode of The Joy of Why: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Are We Thinking Correctly about AI Intelligence? podcasts.apple.com
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The inimitable @doctorow.pluralistic.net is in Australia, speaking at The @wheelercentre.bsky.social and the Festival of Dangerous Ideas - and his interview with @ransos.bsky.social for @news.abc.net.au is - as usual - right on the money. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
The places where Cory Doctorow still finds joy on the internet abc.net.au
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Companies spent years buying frontier AI models. Turns out they were buying permission — permission that can be revoked. Our CTO Raffi Krikorian's op-ed in @wsj.com on what comes next: models you can actually keep. www.wsj.com/opinion/ai-s...
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Sharing a little weekend project I vibe-coded in JSON, Javascript and Leaflet with Claude Code - an #ecosystem map of the #AI activity happening in and around #Geelong. You can explore the organisations, services they offer, and leaders in the ecosystem, all sourced with evide…
geelong.ai — AI ecosystem map geelong.ai
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Kathy Reid (she/her) reposted
What does building just AI for African languages look like? Join Whose Knowledge? & DAIR for the virtual launch of our findings on Community-Centered Sovereign Language Technologies 🌍 📅 Thursday, Nov 12, 2026 | 15:30 UTC 🔗 Register on Zoom: bit.ly/4yQG7Pk
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: bit.ly
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In one of the best things I've read this week, @mricon.kernel.social provides a deep dive on the infrastructure that is under pressure from bots and scrapers at The @linuxfoundation.org - specifically the #linux kernel's git repository. people.kernel.org/monsieuricon...
Creepy crawlies people.kernel.org
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@mozilla.org
Excited to support the new Open Source AI Fellowship from OSI, announced at UN Open Source Week. The fellowship will help advance research, policy, and community engagement around Open Source AI, while fostering informed discussion about accountability in AI systems. opensourc…
Open Source AI Fellowship Announced at UN Open Source Week opensource.org
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Dr Zena Assaad
@zenaassaad.bsky.social
🚨 New Publication 🚨 My latest paper, co-authored with Adam Hepworth, is now live. AI-DSS and the Erosion of Technical Integrity : Rethinking Human Decision-Making in Modern Warfare You can freely access the paper here ➡️ researchcentre.army.gov.au/library/coll...
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Dr Zena Assaad
@zenaassaad.bsky.social
I've written an essay for @arabreforminit.bsky.social on AI-DSS in targeting operations & how they interact with existing military doctrines, operational practices & IHL. I also talk about why we are seeing such a high civilian death toll in current conflicts 👉🏽 www.arab-refor…
Data, Decisions, and Death: Examining the Role of AI in Contemporary Warfare arab-reform.net
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Dr Zena Assaad
@zenaassaad.bsky.social
I've shared some of my reflections on the recent UN informal exchanges on AI in the military domain in my latest blog post, focusing on the relationship between militaries and the private tech sector 👉🏽 www.zenaassaad.com/blog/8w6aee5...
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Greens push for human override in aged care assessment after ombudsman’s scathing report into algorithm tool www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
Crossbench pushes to give Australians free way to fight back against big tech abc.net.au
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