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Managing editor at Transformer. Ex-tech editor at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, also previously Guardian and New Statesman. Sometime media columnist. Signal: jasperjackson.01

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Because Die Welt is not enough (HT Nick Mathiason)

06.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That would presumably be this www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

06.03.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everything Feels More Glitchy Right Now and Everyone Is Blaming Vibe Coding. The Real Story Is More Complicated Software everywhere is getting glitchier. Here’s what’s causing the reliability crisisβ€”and how we might fix it.

If you're using your phone or laptop and thinking everything feels super glitchy and janky, you're not alone. But it's not necessarily AI's fault. My latest for @inc.com pinpoints what's going on www.inc.com/chris-stokel...

04.03.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

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03.03.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Intriguing final point in this that tbh I'd like to see explored more.

02.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
4. US government designates Anthropic as a supply chain risk
Extremely low (<1%). Anthropic is a US-founded, US-headquartered company with strong ties to the US national security community and a reputation for safety-focused AI. There's no plausible near-term pathway to this.

4. US government designates Anthropic as a supply chain risk Extremely low (<1%). Anthropic is a US-founded, US-headquartered company with strong ties to the US national security community and a reputation for safety-focused AI. There's no plausible near-term pathway to this.

2. US–Israel joint airstrikes on Iran to assassinate head of state
Low (~3-5%). Both countries view Iran as a major adversary, and Israel has conducted targeted assassinations of Iranian figures. But a joint operation specifically targeting the head of state would be an extraordinary escalation β€” essentially an act of war β€” with enormous geopolitical consequences. Covert Israeli operations are more plausible than overt joint strikes.

2. US–Israel joint airstrikes on Iran to assassinate head of state Low (~3-5%). Both countries view Iran as a major adversary, and Israel has conducted targeted assassinations of Iranian figures. But a joint operation specifically targeting the head of state would be an extraordinary escalation β€” essentially an act of war β€” with enormous geopolitical consequences. Covert Israeli operations are more plausible than overt joint strikes.

one of the fun things about AI is using it as a "just woke up from a coma" simulator

02.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Every time you say you haven't been somewhere in the UK I am more than mildly surprised. Just assume you've been everywhere in search of content.

02.03.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do not believe a former tabloid employee did not intend that pun...

02.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have seen this film, and I do not remember this scene...

02.03.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think if anything it will remind a few people he didn't immediately get on board, which will probably be slightly good for him?

02.03.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 23871 πŸ” 5952 πŸ’¬ 1730 πŸ“Œ 632

Very, very normal place for a byline. Also, casting aspersions on the actual editor without any evidence too!

02.03.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

What Al Jazeera doc are you referring to?

02.03.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, lol, didn't need to ask my previous question!

02.03.2026 10:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What is the specific corruption mechanism you are referring to here? Who are you alleging is paying or otherwise reimbursing her for these (IMO dumb and morally bad) policies and statements?

02.03.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is pretty grotesque from Badenoch. But also deeply politically weird: the Iran strikes are already unpopular and will become even more so. Why lock herself into a stance voters will hate?

As a bonus: the initial strikes are clearly illegal. Joining in defence to counterstrikes isn't.

02.03.2026 10:21 πŸ‘ 297 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 4

Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans (Ross Andersen/The Atlantic)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

01.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 625 πŸ” 249 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 50

OpenAI posted the terms of the deal. Reveals that it absolutely does allow for domestic surveillance. EO 12333 is how the NSA hides its domestic surveillance by capturing communications by tapping into lines *outside the US* even if it contains info from/on US persons.

openai.com/index/our-ag...

01.03.2026 05:20 πŸ‘ 2644 πŸ” 1165 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 73
Screenshot of New York Times article: β€œOpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash”

Screenshot of New York Times article: β€œOpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash”

Screenshot of text from article: β€œUnder the deal, OpenAI agreed to let the Pentagon use its A.I. systems for any lawful purpose, a term required by the Pentagon. But OpenAI also said it had found a way to ensure that its technologies would adhere to its safety principles by installing specific technical guardrails on its systems.”

Screenshot of text from article: β€œUnder the deal, OpenAI agreed to let the Pentagon use its A.I. systems for any lawful purpose, a term required by the Pentagon. But OpenAI also said it had found a way to ensure that its technologies would adhere to its safety principles by installing specific technical guardrails on its systems.”

My major takeaway from the last year of reporting on generative AI chatbots is that safety guardrails can fail when conversations run long and that everyone who works in this space knows that

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

28.02.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 176 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

Good for deleting and then posting separately to own up to the mistake tho! Good practice in action.

28.02.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 10:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Power failure could undermine America’s AI ambitions Spiralling electricity demand threatens to hold the US back in its technological race with China

Yes, global electricity consumption by data centres may double by 2030. I wish the FT had added some more proportionality from the same IEA report: β€œHowever, in the wider context, a 3% share in 2030 means the data centre share in global electricity demand remains limited.”
www.ft.com/content/47da...

28.02.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

(I don't disagree with the overall point, but I do think that we should "give someone a cookie" when they do the right thing, cos the whole point of that is to train them to do the right thing more often....)

28.02.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am no Anthropic fan boy, but isn't this an example of it being quite hard not to do the morally dubious thing, with quite major consequences, and they've chosen not to do the morally dubious thing? Kinda feel like not giving credit simply encourages the rest to go full morally dubious...

28.02.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wrote about how the incredibly thin-skinned leadership of Palantir sued a small Swiss publication for publishing a deeply researched article that was only mildly embarrassing for the company (about why the Swiss gov't keeps ghosting them).

27.02.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 815 πŸ” 292 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 8

This actually exists I'm afraid.

27.02.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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As Tommy Robinson continues to tour America and meet up with prominent figures on the far-right, here's another example of just how intertwined the extremist movements on both sides of the Atlantic have become

(Jared Taylor heads up the white supremacist American Renaissance group)

25.02.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

I mean, a dude did just rock up to Mar A Lago.

25.02.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(I think stuff around things like badges is pretty dumb, and the obsession with measuring it all leads to lots of perverse outcomes, but I understand where it comes from.)

25.02.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0