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Hugging face model evaluation security incident

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6 experts discussed this · 11 posts
Grace: This headline is extremely funny given what happened (OpenAI hacked HF by accident) openai.com/index/huggin...
Grace: Maybe the most concerning part is the OpenAI claim to not have known about this before investigating?
Grace: Well, I think the model passed the test
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essay how to talk AI

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“3. Any press releases & news articles examined for anthropomorphizing language, especially language that locates agency with software rather than people & companies. See: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch... >>”

“Instead of railing against the latest “I asked Claude” article in a mainstream publication, I’ll just post this.”

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Emily M. Bender: So many conversations where otherwise serious people throw around the term "AI" without defining it, despite it being notoriously ill-defined. Thinking about why this might be >>
Emily M. Bender: In some cases, no doubt, the speaker fully believes that autonomous thinking machines are among us. (Though I said "otherwise serious people" in the prev post, so.) >>
Emily M. Bender: In other cases, I suspect that people feel like they lack the expertise to call bullshit and are repeating what they hear others say. >>
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2026 Washington State Book Award Finalists Announced! – Washington Center for the Book

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“Very proud that The AI Con is a finalist for the 2026 Washington State Book Award (General Nonfiction/Biography) washingtoncenterforthebook.org/2026-washing... w/@alexhanna.bsky.social”

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Emily M. Bender: Very proud that The AI Con is a finalist for the 2026 Washington State Book Award (General Nonfiction/Biography) washingtoncenterforthebook.org/2026-washing... w/@alexhanna.bsky.social
Emily M. Bender: Thank you!
Baldur Bjarnason: Very proud that The AI Con is a finalist for the 2026 Washington State Book Award (General Nonfiction/Biography) washingtoncenterforthebook.org/2026-washing... w/@alexhanna.bsky.social
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2 experts · 8 posts · 12d ago
Baldur Bjarnason: What so many people sound like: “avoiding sugar completely is impossible so we should be eating all the sugar all the time” They’re missing the point of avoiding work made with “AI”, which is twofo…
Baldur Bjarnason: Picking a side and supporting your people is arguably more important than trying to attain some Edenic no-“AI” purity. Are you on the side of the fascists, polluters, and tech CEOs? Or are you on t…
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Baldur Bjarnason: Made the mistake of having a look at a few of the videos from the run-up to yesterday's referendum here in Iceland. Fucking hell. Hammers home just how foolish the idea that you should "break out o…
Baldur Bjarnason: I don't get my facts from social media. That bubble is the only thing that lets me occasionally forget just how ignorant, foolish, and racist my fellow Icelanders can get
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