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Even better, apparently the supposedly more safety conscious Anthropic ALSO don’t actually know what their models are doing most of the time www.anthropic.com/news/investi...
Elise ThomasAh cool. So normally they just don't really know what their models are doing as a matter of general practice and it takes something unusual for them to actually read the logs. Seems fine.
As a prolific em dash user
McSweeney's"Writers have been using me long before AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit."
It is wild that you can argue that no one is allowed to publish that you're a convicted rapist on the basis that it would be upsetting for you if people knew you were a convicted rapist. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Melbourne businessman found guilty of rape, but his name remains a secretThe high-profile man had been defending the rape case under the blanket of a suppression order on his identity.www.theage.com.auAnd our government of the day will almost certainly go along with it because #AUKUS will paint us into a corner where we have no realistic alternative except long-term dependence on the US.
Elise ThomasIn 2032 the US will tell us they don't have any Virginias to spare and won't be giving us any, and then they'll generously offer to continue to base THEIR Virginias in Stirling and frame it as being for our protection 🙄 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
In 2032 the US will tell us they don't have any Virginias to spare and won't be giving us any, and then they'll generously offer to continue to base THEIR Virginias in Stirling and frame it as being for our protection 🙄 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Ah cool. So normally they just don't really know what their models are doing as a matter of general practice and it takes something unusual for them to actually read the logs. Seems fine.
Raphael SatterScoop: Its AI agent spent days breaking into the systems of Hugging Face, but sources tell @deepa.bsky.social, @kenrick.bsky.social & me OpenAI did not even realize it was responsible for the hack for more than a week. www.reuters.com/business/its...
Feels like the big lesson is that hosting US military bases doesn’t make you safer, it makes you a target www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Iran's attacks on US bases in the Middle East mark 'end of an era'Five months into a war Donald Trump said would last only weeks, the Iran conflict has so far cost the United States tens of billions of dollars and brought about "the end of an era" in American milita...www.abc.net.auwww.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump says he will dismantle the ICC ‘brick by brick’. It could be his most chilling move of all | Steve BloomfieldThe US is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from ever facing justice, says Steve Bloomfield, former international edito...www.theguardian.comElise ThomasI know we've all heard this before but I do actually feel like it's quite important to not normalise the President of the United States publicly announcing his intent to commit war crimes. This is not normal.
Going out on a limb to say that the driest inhabited continent on earth which is only going to get hotter and drier, is not an ideal place for massive infrastructure which needs constant cooling via huge amounts of water. Even in Tasmania. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
'We do not want to highlight this yet': AI data centre's FAQ slip-upData centre builder Firmus posted a statement, since removed, indicating its intention to get some of its cooling water from the state-owned irrigation system, adding "but we do not want to highlight ...www.abc.net.auExtremely excited* for US big tech lobbying money to get involved in our domestic politics
CAMERON WILSONLooks like major AI companies are continuing to gear up to make Australia a major hub: Anthropic has listed a Data Center (sic) Energy Lead, Australia to "secure multi-hundred megawatt power capacity" at the "speed and scale required for frontier AI development."
You'd think the Secretary of War would have a few more important things to be focusing on right now, but I guess not. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...
Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low TestosteronePete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.www.nytimes.comImportant work from my colleagues at @cen4infores.bsky.social www.info-res.org/israel-pales...
How Israel reshaped refugee camps in the northern West BankDrawing on open-source evidence gathered since late 2024, CIR has documented Israeli forces’ actions at refugee camps in the northern West Bank, such as demolishing homes to widen roads for armoured v...www.info-res.orgDo you think letting thousands of private companies build a global panopticon to sell ads was a bad idea www.ft.com/content/4435...
US military smartphones targeted through roaming and ad techCyber attacks tried to track down American personnel in Middle East as Tehran attacked forces in the regionwww.ft.comIt is truly wild how little political or media attention this has gotten, given the seriousness of what happened. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘We should be dead’: Perth’s Indigenous community felt ignored after alleged Invasion Day bombing attempt, inquiry toldPolice were told of unspecified threats before the 26 January rally but did not meet with organisers until after, parliamentary inquiry into racism toldwww.theguardian.comHuntsmen continuing to be objectively the coolest and best spiders www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This huge, hairy-legged Australian arachnid may be the fastest spider on the planetA brown huntsman is the quickest of more than 250 species analysed by scientists in the UK and Germanywww.theguardian.comI'm not sure it's that quiet, the national defense strategy was pretty clear: China is seen as an economic competitor rather than a military threat by the Trump administration. thehill.com/opinion/inte...
America is quietly abandoning its Indo-Pacific strategyThe “Indo-Pacific” was a grand strategic concept linking the Pacific and Indian Oceans into one interconnected strategic theater.thehill.comTrump adding Belgium to the list behind Cuba and Greenland
James NaltonBelgium players mocking the US and Trump's meddling in the World Cup by doing the Trump dance after scoring the 4th goal against the USMNT