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Timnit Gebru
@timnitgebru.blacksky.app
Weeks ago, @chanda.blacksky.app sent me this declaration, written and signed by a bunch of mathematicians. But I only had time to read it yesterday, which ended up being right on time given a new round of hype falling exactly under the patterns this document notes.🧵 leidendecl…
Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics leidendeclaration.ai
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- The Leiden Declaration, released June 2, 2026, warns AI threatens proof integrity, attribution, and peer review in mathematics.
- Over 2,654 signatories including Fields Medal winner Terence Tao have endorsed the community-initiated declaration.
- The International Mathematical Union backs the declaration, which makes separate recommendations to researchers, publishers, policymakers, and AI developers.
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Neil Lawrence reposted
@ai.cam.ac.uk
OpenAI's latest #AI security incident has sparked renewed debate about AI safety. Our Chair of ai@cam, @lawrennd.bsky.social, spoke to #BBCNews about what this reveals about today's AI models & why commercial pressure must not come at the expense of safe deployment. www.bbc.co…
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack bbc.co.uk
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💡Have an idea for using #AI to enhance teaching and learning? We're offering up to £10,000 to support practical, educator-led projects exploring AI in education at @cam.ac.uk 📅 Applications close 24 September ➡️ www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-for...
AI for Teaching and Learning ai.cam.ac.uk
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Volume 326 Proceedings of Second Workshop on Geometry-grounded Representation Learning and Generative Modeling proceedings.mlr.press/v326/ Is now available on PMLR
Proceedings of Machine Learning Research proceedings.mlr.press
Volume 323 proceedings.mlr.press/v323 Proceedings of Causal Learning and Reasoning 2026 Is now available on PMLR.
Proceedings of Machine Learning Research proceedings.mlr.press
Volume 333 Proceedings of Conference on Health, Inference, and Learning 2026 proceedings.mlr.press/v333/ Is now available on PMLR
Proceedings of Machine Learning Research proceedings.mlr.press
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Neil Lawrence reposted
@ai.cam.ac.uk
🚀 Round two of the AI-deas Sprint Programme is now open for applications! 🚀 Got an #AI research idea with real-world potential? We're offering Cambridge researchers up to £25,000 to build a working prototype. Find out more and apply here ➡️ www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-dea...
AI-deas Sprint Programme Call 2026 ai.cam.ac.uk
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The challenge of the "social productivity paradox" in AI and our ideas about how to address it with an "attention reinvestment cycle" are now available in Science and Public Policy. academic.oup.com/spp/advance-...
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Did @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy with Major Garrett last night on the OpenAI/Hugging Face cybersecurity event. Interview available here www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH9A...
Machine learning professor breaks down OpenAI model's hack of another AI company youtube.com
Spent a day being a media talking head on the OpenAI / @hf.co hack. It's another example of how the way we think about #AISafety is failing. It's idealised, and doesn't fit how companies operate. More details in my recent Trent AI blog here: trent.ai/blog/judgmen...
The Judgment Layer: Rethinking AI Safety for Agentic Systems | Trent AI trent.ai
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Neil Lawrence reposted
@ai.cam.ac.uk
‼️Don't miss your chance to join our AI-deas Sprint FAQ session tomorrow! If you have an #AI research idea & considering applying for up to £25,000, this is your opportunity to ask questions & find out more. 🕤 9.30am | Wed 22 July 📍 Zoom ➡️ Register here cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meet…
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: AI-deas Sprints 2026-27 - Information Session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. cam-ac-uk.zoom.us
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@bedfordskeptics.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @lawrennd.bsky.social for a brilliant and very well attended talk last night. We're back in Sept. with @variolator.bsky.social who'll be telling us about 'The Common Cold: 30,000 Years of the Sniffles' - sitp.online/sitp/bedford/
Bedford Skeptics - Skeptics in the Pub Online sitp.online
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