Brian Jackson
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Tech trends researcher and writer. CIO advisor. Raptors fan. #WeWantItAll
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TORONTO/CANADA WNBA FANS:
I am looking to talk to 1-2 SUPER FANS about the importance of women's basketball representation in Canada, and the excitement surrounding the Tempo
If you're willing to chat and be quoted, pls REPLY TO THIS POST
I am looking to talk to 1-2 SUPER FANS about the importance of women's basketball representation in Canada, and the excitement surrounding the Tempo
If you're willing to chat and be quoted, pls REPLY TO THIS POST
January 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
TORONTO/CANADA WNBA FANS:
I am looking to talk to 1-2 SUPER FANS about the importance of women's basketball representation in Canada, and the excitement surrounding the Tempo
If you're willing to chat and be quoted, pls REPLY TO THIS POST
I am looking to talk to 1-2 SUPER FANS about the importance of women's basketball representation in Canada, and the excitement surrounding the Tempo
If you're willing to chat and be quoted, pls REPLY TO THIS POST
How to tell when they haven't watched Heated Rivalry "I'll Believe in Anything" yet.
“shut the door. have a seat.” is the finest episode of television ever made.
December 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How to tell when they haven't watched Heated Rivalry "I'll Believe in Anything" yet.
Surreal humanoid robots are set to begin border patrol duties between China and Vietnam share.google/yxc8GSmNeugl...
Surreal humanoid robots are set to begin border patrol duties between China and Vietnam
Surreal humanoid robots are set to begin border patrol duties between China and Vietnam
share.google
December 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Surreal humanoid robots are set to begin border patrol duties between China and Vietnam share.google/yxc8GSmNeugl...
The exposure allowed strangers to see unattended children in a playground. #privacy #surveillancecapitalism #ciosky
December 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The exposure allowed strangers to see unattended children in a playground. #privacy #surveillancecapitalism #ciosky
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In the past month, @xanaduai.bsky.social is the one quantum computing company that's:
- Qualified for Stage B of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
- Named as finalist in XPPRIZE for #Quantum Applications
- Selected to Canadian Quantum Champions Program
Unlocking up to $32 million USD #QBI
- Qualified for Stage B of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
- Named as finalist in XPPRIZE for #Quantum Applications
- Selected to Canadian Quantum Champions Program
Unlocking up to $32 million USD #QBI
December 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
In the past month, @xanaduai.bsky.social is the one quantum computing company that's:
- Qualified for Stage B of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
- Named as finalist in XPPRIZE for #Quantum Applications
- Selected to Canadian Quantum Champions Program
Unlocking up to $32 million USD #QBI
- Qualified for Stage B of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
- Named as finalist in XPPRIZE for #Quantum Applications
- Selected to Canadian Quantum Champions Program
Unlocking up to $32 million USD #QBI
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"Slop" is “such an illustrative word,” said Greg Barlow, Merriam-Webster’s president, told the AP ahead of Monday’s announcement. “It’s part of a transformative technology, AI, and it’s something that people have found fascinating, annoying and a little bit ridiculous.” https://to.pbs.org/4oTxgas
Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2025 is AI 'slop'
"Slop" was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud, but it evolved more generally to mean something of little value.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Slop" is “such an illustrative word,” said Greg Barlow, Merriam-Webster’s president, told the AP ahead of Monday’s announcement. “It’s part of a transformative technology, AI, and it’s something that people have found fascinating, annoying and a little bit ridiculous.” https://to.pbs.org/4oTxgas
Strange to me that @theglobeandmail.com has a big feature coverage package on sports broadcast fragmentation but ignores the growing use of IPTV in Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/06ece45... #iptv #sports #streaming
The sports streaming industry knows fans are frustrated by the system. That’s a feature, not a bug
Fans have had enough of multiplying services and rising subscription costs to watch games they used to get in one place. But they might not like the solution the industry has in mind
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December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Strange to me that @theglobeandmail.com has a big feature coverage package on sports broadcast fragmentation but ignores the growing use of IPTV in Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/06ece45... #iptv #sports #streaming
Meta was never really interested in open source AI. Now it's just being honest about it. My comments in @syegulalp.bsky.social today - www.infoworld.com/article/4104... #Meta #CIOsky #opensource #LLMs
It’s everyone but Meta in a new AI standards group
Report indicates that Mark Zuckerberg has other plans: to pull an open source U-turn and make Meta’s best AI models proprietary.
www.infoworld.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Meta was never really interested in open source AI. Now it's just being honest about it. My comments in @syegulalp.bsky.social today - www.infoworld.com/article/4104... #Meta #CIOsky #opensource #LLMs
The finalists for the XPRIZE for Quantum Applications are out. 7 teams including @xanaduai.bsky.social from Toronto. Some focused on quantum simulation, others more on improved optimization algorithms. One year left in the $5 million competition. xprize.org/news/xprize-... #XPRIZE #quantumcomputing
XPRIZE Quantum Applications Finalist Teams Book 2025 | XPRIZE Foundation
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December 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The finalists for the XPRIZE for Quantum Applications are out. 7 teams including @xanaduai.bsky.social from Toronto. Some focused on quantum simulation, others more on improved optimization algorithms. One year left in the $5 million competition. xprize.org/news/xprize-... #XPRIZE #quantumcomputing
AWS CEO Matt Garman on quantum computing: it's for researchers right now, not enterprises. If you spend time on learning right now, it probably won't apply by the time it's ready to be useful. Thinks we're about 5 years away from it being useful. #AWSreinvent
December 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
AWS CEO Matt Garman on quantum computing: it's for researchers right now, not enterprises. If you spend time on learning right now, it probably won't apply by the time it's ready to be useful. Thinks we're about 5 years away from it being useful. #AWSreinvent
AWS CEO Matt Garman on the AI bubble: if you're a VC that's investing in zero-revenue firms with billion-dollar valuations, then yes maybe. But he's seeing strong signals that enterprises are seeing good ROI on AI investments now and generally companies generally keep doing what works. #AWSreinvent
December 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
AWS CEO Matt Garman on the AI bubble: if you're a VC that's investing in zero-revenue firms with billion-dollar valuations, then yes maybe. But he's seeing strong signals that enterprises are seeing good ROI on AI investments now and generally companies generally keep doing what works. #AWSreinvent
Digital sovereignty has been a major focus at #AWSreinvent. I was curious if AWS had ever exposed information outside of the US to US authorities. According to Amazon's own law enforcement requests reporting, they explicitly say it's never happened. www.amazon.com/gp/help/cust...
Law Enforcement Information Requests - Amazon Customer Service
Find more solutions
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December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Digital sovereignty has been a major focus at #AWSreinvent. I was curious if AWS had ever exposed information outside of the US to US authorities. According to Amazon's own law enforcement requests reporting, they explicitly say it's never happened. www.amazon.com/gp/help/cust...
All the talk about reinforcement learning at #AWSreinvent made me wonder about the #DeepRacer league. Turns out last year was the last championship and Amazon is transitioning it to become a managed service, a solution (self-managed), and workshops for ML training. aws.amazon.com/blogs/machin...
Celebrating the final AWS DeepRacer League championship and road ahead | Amazon Web Services
The AWS DeepRacer League is the world’s first autonomous racing league, open to everyone and powered by machine learning (ML). AWS DeepRacer brings builders together from around the world, creating a ...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
All the talk about reinforcement learning at #AWSreinvent made me wonder about the #DeepRacer league. Turns out last year was the last championship and Amazon is transitioning it to become a managed service, a solution (self-managed), and workshops for ML training. aws.amazon.com/blogs/machin...
Blue Origin presenting on how it uses AI agents at #AWSreInvent - 2700 agents running on AWS backend. Including a "simulation and analysis" agent that helps iterate on designs for lunar infrastructure like the TEAREX, which somehow magically converts moon dust into a battery.
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Blue Origin presenting on how it uses AI agents at #AWSreInvent - 2700 agents running on AWS backend. Including a "simulation and analysis" agent that helps iterate on designs for lunar infrastructure like the TEAREX, which somehow magically converts moon dust into a battery.
My thoughts on the AWS Nova Forge announcement in The Deep View this morning. I get pedantic about the "frontier" model labels being thrown around.
archive.thedeepview.com/p/openai-top... #AWSreinvent #NovaForge #CIOsky
archive.thedeepview.com/p/openai-top... #AWSreinvent #NovaForge #CIOsky
OpenAI tops leaderboard of 'Thinking Algorithms'
archive.thedeepview.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My thoughts on the AWS Nova Forge announcement in The Deep View this morning. I get pedantic about the "frontier" model labels being thrown around.
archive.thedeepview.com/p/openai-top... #AWSreinvent #NovaForge #CIOsky
archive.thedeepview.com/p/openai-top... #AWSreinvent #NovaForge #CIOsky
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‘Why not?’ At re:Invent, AWS answers with big step into frontier AI model reasoning and agentic services siliconangle.com/2025/12/02/n...
‘Why not?’ At re:Invent, AWS answers with big step into frontier AI model reasoning and agentic services - SiliconANGLE
‘Why not?’ At re:Invent, AWS answers with big step into frontier AI model reasoning and agentic services - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
‘Why not?’ At re:Invent, AWS answers with big step into frontier AI model reasoning and agentic services siliconangle.com/2025/12/02/n...
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9 Launches from re:Invent Season (so far!) I'm Excited About https://cstu.io/68e5f7 #s #cybersecurity #it
9 Launches from re:Invent Season (so far!) I'm Excited About
SO much has shipped so far during this re:Invent season -- I wanted to do a quick write up of some of...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
9 Launches from re:Invent Season (so far!) I'm Excited About https://cstu.io/68e5f7 #s #cybersecurity #it
At an AWS in Greater China briefing. I assume this stuffy represents the vibe: Panda under the hood, Dragon on top. #AWSreinvent
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
At an AWS in Greater China briefing. I assume this stuffy represents the vibe: Panda under the hood, Dragon on top. #AWSreinvent
I've heard multiple AWS employees refer to this Canadian court order to OVH local subsidiary demanding data stored in Europe. What I haven't heard them explain clearly is what they would do if they were in the same situation? #AWSreinvent www.theregister.com/2025/11/27/c...
Canadian data order risks blowing a hole in EU sovereignty
: OVH stuck between a rock and a hard place as investigators demand access
www.theregister.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I've heard multiple AWS employees refer to this Canadian court order to OVH local subsidiary demanding data stored in Europe. What I haven't heard them explain clearly is what they would do if they were in the same situation? #AWSreinvent www.theregister.com/2025/11/27/c...
Re: Amazon Nova Forge. Will it really help orgs create "frontier models"? Depends on how you define "frontier model." #AWSreinvent
December 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Re: Amazon Nova Forge. Will it really help orgs create "frontier models"? Depends on how you define "frontier model." #AWSreinvent
Kiro Agent is an autonomous coding agent to help developers improve their productivity. Interesting to see AWS release AI coding tools while investing in Anthropic, which is also looking to compete in this product category. #AWSreinvent
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Kiro Agent is an autonomous coding agent to help developers improve their productivity. Interesting to see AWS release AI coding tools while investing in Anthropic, which is also looking to compete in this product category. #AWSreinvent
Bring helicopter parenting to AI governance, says Garman. #AWSreinvent
Unpredictable AI agents like teens? Thankfully we have Policy in AgentCore now #AWSReinvent #reinvent
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Bring helicopter parenting to AI governance, says Garman. #AWSreinvent
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Amazon Bedrock adds 18 fully managed open weight models 👉 Including the new Mistral Large 3 and Ministral 3 models
go.aws/3XuL5kE
#AWS #AI #reInvent #AWSreInvent
go.aws/3XuL5kE
#AWS #AI #reInvent #AWSreInvent
Amazon Bedrock adds 18 fully managed open weight models, including the new Mistral Large 3 and Ministral 3 models | Amazon Web Services
Access fully managed foundation models from leading providers like Google, Kimi AI, MiniMax AI, Mistral AI, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Qwen, including the new Mistral Large 3 and Ministral 3 3B, 8B, and 14B…
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December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Amazon Bedrock adds 18 fully managed open weight models 👉 Including the new Mistral Large 3 and Ministral 3 models
go.aws/3XuL5kE
#AWS #AI #reInvent #AWSreInvent
go.aws/3XuL5kE
#AWS #AI #reInvent #AWSreInvent