Even AGI needs mental-health days

OpenDP is great, but the industry adoption is quite slow from what I’ve observed. On the other hand, power users of DP have their own in-house implementations that are often closed-source.

I recently audited one such major library and I was surprised to find how many vulnerabilities it had

I think utility always comes in the way of privacy

I've been working on Differential Privacy for a while now and I think that it is worthless.

Don't get me wrong. I love the mathematics that powers it. But ALL of the implementations I've come across has undeniable gaping flaws. We just can't seem to get it right and that is a big problem.

I’ve developed an obscene interest in computation, and I’ll be returning to the United States a better and impurer man.

- John von Neumann after visiting UK to study mine warfare on behalf of US Navy

Nervous-looking robot on the phone

Neon buys your phone calls to train AI — then it leaks them all

It’ll be fine. Don’t worry.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_LK... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250926-neo... - podcast

time: 4 min 52 sec

The rise in electricity costs in the US coincides with the AI boom that started with ChatGPT

Yes to California’s “No Robo Bosses Act” California’s Governor should sign S.B. 7, a common-sense bill to end some of the harshest consequences of automated abuse at work. EFF is proud to join dozens of labor, digital rights, and other

California’s Governor should sign the “No Robo Bosses Act,” a common-sense bill to end some of the harshest consequences of automated abuse at work. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

But which of the two sides weighs more?

1) many trained researchers have an increased productivity

2) a lot of untrained researchers produce “workslop” that trained researchers have to deal with

Nice! OpenDP's new release comes with a new version of their DP Wizard, a Python-based user interface that "makes it easier to get started with differential #privacy."

New feature: it includes "the new synthetic data generation functionality of OpenDP v0.14"
opendp.org/2025/09/23/a...

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Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse A complaint raises concerns about the funding risks and a "toxic" culture at the Alan Turing Institute.

Also, this 👇

The Alan Turing Institute seems to be in a major funding crisis!

@theturing.bsky.social has only one open position right now - applicant must have a PhD in Math / CS, experience working with GenAI, and have high quality publications.

Annual Salary? £45.5k
Permanent? No, 12-month contract

Switzerland is so pretty! I wish I was where my fiancée is right now 🇨🇭🇨🇭

Einstein summation convention is even more handy, especially when scribbling proof ideas 💡

Anila Bisha playing Diella the AI minister

Albania’s AI minister speaks! And turns out to be an actor

with bonus Mira Murati from Thinking Machines and OpenAI!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKBv... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250920-alb... - podcast

time: 4 min 04 sec

Atleast it’s 111. That’s satisfying for my autistic brain

What the fuck is this bullshit?

Pivot to AI is doing a great job spreading awareness about scary uses of AI

NeurIPS has become a circus 🤡

Morning: SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY

Evening: THIS IS ALL A DISASTER

Why is Bluesky filled with NSFW furry content? Searching anything here is like playing Russian roulette 🙈

A hug a day keeps the bourgeoisie away.

Time to buy a pitchfork and torch

Today marks five years since the v1.0 launch of HADES!! With HADES II v1.0 out next week, we wanted to express our deepest gratitude for all your support of the original. THANK YOU!!💘🔥

HADES is now 75% off for the occasion, & we're streaming now on Steam, YouTube, & Twitch.

Maybe if you combine your garbage slides with my garbage slides, you can decipher the material better before the lecture

In my last year of PhD at NUS, Hades was my biggest stress release. I’ve beaten the game with 32 heat, and that probably says something 🙈

Working from Changi Business park. It’s so serene ✨🌟

Similar energy:

Bohr was once writing a scientific paper – hesitating as was his habit.

Frustrated, he stopped and quipped: "I do not know how to finish this sentence."

Dirac replied: "I was taught at school that you should never start a sentence without knowing the end of it."