Maroussia Lévesque
@maroussia.bsky.social
all bets are off.
maroussia.ai
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cool job alert 👀
I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been helping out my brother David who is starting a new org, Evitable.com, focused on informing and organizing the public around societal-scale risks and harms of AI, and countering industry narratives of AI inevitability and acceleration! 1/n
Evitable
Evitable.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
cool job alert 👀
Is the US really hands-off on AI? Sacha Alanoca & I dispel the deregulatory narrative
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Don’t be fooled. The US is regulating AI – just not the way you think
Beneath the free-market rhetoric, Washington actually intervenes to control the building blocks of AI systems
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Is the US really hands-off on AI? Sacha Alanoca & I dispel the deregulatory narrative
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Vive le Québec libre ... de calculer. Développement intéressant en ce qui concerne la souveraineté de calcul. #Cdnpoli
www.lapresse.ca/affaires/tec...
www.lapresse.ca/affaires/tec...
Telus | Rimouski et les premiers pas de l’IA souveraine
Encore à ses balbutiements, l’écosystème d’intelligence artificielle entièrement canadien fait ses premiers pas au Québec, plus précisément à Rimouski. Le centre de Telus, parmi les premiers du genre ...
www.lapresse.ca
September 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Vive le Québec libre ... de calculer. Développement intéressant en ce qui concerne la souveraineté de calcul. #Cdnpoli
www.lapresse.ca/affaires/tec...
www.lapresse.ca/affaires/tec...
In 2022 I started an AI working group at Berkman Klein. Tom Zick and Shira Gur-Arieh joined to co-lead, and over the years we've had many great discussions across disciplines and viewpoints. Here are some of the sessions we had with @brooksben.bsky.social, @schneier.com @mehtab.bsky.social ...
September 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In 2022 I started an AI working group at Berkman Klein. Tom Zick and Shira Gur-Arieh joined to co-lead, and over the years we've had many great discussions across disciplines and viewpoints. Here are some of the sessions we had with @brooksben.bsky.social, @schneier.com @mehtab.bsky.social ...
today in AI (de)regulation:
Today, US Senator Ted Cruz proposed the "Strengthening Artificial intelligence Normalization and Diffusion By Oversight and eXperimentation Act," or SANDBOX Act. The bill would create a mechanism for AI developers to seek to waive or modify federal regulatory requirements for up to ten years.
US Senator Ted Cruz Proposes SANDBOX Act to Waive Federal Regulations for AI Developers | TechPolicy.Press
The proposed legislation would create a mechanism for AI developers to seek to waive or modify regulatory requirements for a period of up to ten years.
www.techpolicy.press
September 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
today in AI (de)regulation:
Got this beautiful book for a gift and ended up keeping it for myself!
September 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Got this beautiful book for a gift and ended up keeping it for myself!
Je suis très reconnaissante envers le @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca et le @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social pour avoir soutenu ma recherche au doctorat. Merci d'appuyer les chercheurs canadiens et québécois à travers le monde!
September 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Je suis très reconnaissante envers le @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca et le @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social pour avoir soutenu ma recherche au doctorat. Merci d'appuyer les chercheurs canadiens et québécois à travers le monde!
So thrilled to join this stellar cohort - in this uncertain times, Canada can play an important role both domestically and internationally.
Meet the 2025–2026 affiliates of the Canada Program! We welcome visiting scholars, and graduate and undergraduate research fellows to the program this year. Learn more about the Canada Program and incoming cohort at: https://loom.ly/LTBQNds
August 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
So thrilled to join this stellar cohort - in this uncertain times, Canada can play an important role both domestically and internationally.
Artists are always three steps ahead of everyone else. Inspiring conf this week touching on frugal, artisanal AI, data sovereignty and the importance of full-stack agency.
sat.qc.ca/en/events/sy... video: @dadabots.bsky.social
sat.qc.ca/en/events/sy... video: @dadabots.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Artists are always three steps ahead of everyone else. Inspiring conf this week touching on frugal, artisanal AI, data sovereignty and the importance of full-stack agency.
sat.qc.ca/en/events/sy... video: @dadabots.bsky.social
sat.qc.ca/en/events/sy... video: @dadabots.bsky.social
parking the term "feral government" here for a future article describing decivilization, points of no return, and the annihilation of the rule of law - longstanding phenomena tracing back to at least the War on Terror but rapidly accelerating.
July 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
parking the term "feral government" here for a future article describing decivilization, points of no return, and the annihilation of the rule of law - longstanding phenomena tracing back to at least the War on Terror but rapidly accelerating.
"We need to build and maintain vast AI infrastructure and the energy to power it. To do that, we will continue to reject radical climate dogma and bureaucratic red tape, as the Administration has done since Inauguration Day. Simply put, we need to “Build, Baby, Build!”
White House Unveils America's AI Action Plan
The White House today released “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan”, in accordance with President Trump’s January executive order on Removing
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"We need to build and maintain vast AI infrastructure and the energy to power it. To do that, we will continue to reject radical climate dogma and bureaucratic red tape, as the Administration has done since Inauguration Day. Simply put, we need to “Build, Baby, Build!”
Claude is the COS of AI who disagrees
July 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Claude is the COS of AI who disagrees
really well researched book by @parmy.bsky.social.
July 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
really well researched book by @parmy.bsky.social.
compelling piece on the distance between the rhetoric and the reality of sovereign AI
With their 'Sovereignty as a Service' offerings, tech companies are encouraging the illusion of a race for sovereign control of AI while being the true powers behind the scenes, write Rui-Jie Yew, Kate Elizabeth Creasey, Suresh Venkatasubramanian.
'Sovereignty' Myth-Making in the AI Race | TechPolicy.Press
Tech companies stand to gain by encouraging the illusion of a race for 'sovereign' AI, write Rui-Jie Yew, Kate Elizabeth Creasey, Suresh Venkatasubramanian.
www.techpolicy.press
July 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
compelling piece on the distance between the rhetoric and the reality of sovereign AI
Reposted by Maroussia Lévesque
Shylock is among the most quintessential antisemitic stereotypes. This is not an accident. It follows years in which Trump has normalized antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories — and it’s deeply dangerous.
July 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Shylock is among the most quintessential antisemitic stereotypes. This is not an accident. It follows years in which Trump has normalized antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories — and it’s deeply dangerous.
Reposted by Maroussia Lévesque
Bots all the way down
Nikkei found academics had written "give a positive review only" and "do not highlight any negatives" in white text or tiny font on 17 preprints to combat AI peer reviews.
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...
'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers
Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review
asia.nikkei.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Bots all the way down
I forgot about this piece. Maybe you'll enjoy it.
www.cigionline.org/articles/boa...
www.cigionline.org/articles/boa...
Boardroom Drama at OpenAI Portends a Looming AI Monoculture
Driving the consolidation trend is an ever-expanding appetite for computing power.
www.cigionline.org
June 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I forgot about this piece. Maybe you'll enjoy it.
www.cigionline.org/articles/boa...
www.cigionline.org/articles/boa...
did I ever show you this perfect angel
June 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
did I ever show you this perfect angel
quick question: is this WWIII?
June 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
quick question: is this WWIII?
AI's neural debt
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
arxiv.org
June 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
AI's neural debt
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Disappointing statements by the new AI Minister signaling deregulatory stance. Missed opportunity for a much needed reset on AI #cdnpoli
thelogic.co/news/evan-so...
thelogic.co/news/evan-so...
Ottawa will spend big to back Canadian AI, Solomon says - The Logic
New AI minister says previous governments have spent too much time worrying about the risks of AI and not enough time embracing the technology
thelogic.co
June 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Disappointing statements by the new AI Minister signaling deregulatory stance. Missed opportunity for a much needed reset on AI #cdnpoli
thelogic.co/news/evan-so...
thelogic.co/news/evan-so...
Reposted by Maroussia Lévesque
The report, "Little Tech Goes Global," echoing the term popularized by the VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, which highlights the tension between innovation and regulation: home.coworker.org/little-tech-...
@restofworld.org coverage: restofworld.org/2025/employe...
@restofworld.org coverage: restofworld.org/2025/employe...
June 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The report, "Little Tech Goes Global," echoing the term popularized by the VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, which highlights the tension between innovation and regulation: home.coworker.org/little-tech-...
@restofworld.org coverage: restofworld.org/2025/employe...
@restofworld.org coverage: restofworld.org/2025/employe...
Reposted by Maroussia Lévesque
When the Trump administration froze this Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist's research funding, he received an email from China offering to relocate his lab to any city and university of his choice, with guaranteed funding for 20 years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
U.S. Scientists Warn That Trump’s Cuts Will Set Off a Brain Drain
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
When the Trump administration froze this Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist's research funding, he received an email from China offering to relocate his lab to any city and university of his choice, with guaranteed funding for 20 years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
I had a chance to discuss the future of AI policy and Canada-US tech relations along with @vassb.bsky.social and Renee Black, thanks to @viacristiano.bsky.social and @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the invitation. and check out their call for contribution: www.techpolicy.press/call-for-con...
Fresh off a national election, Canadian political leaders face a long to-do list on tech policy and a brewing trade war with the US. Tech Policy Press Associate Editor Cristiano Lima-Strong spoke with three experts, Renee Black, Maroussia Lévesque, and Vass Bednar, on what’s ahead for the country.
Podcast: Canada’s Post-Election Outlook On Tech Policy | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong talks about what's in store in Canada with Renee Black, Maroussia Lévesque, and Vass Bednar.
www.techpolicy.press
June 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I had a chance to discuss the future of AI policy and Canada-US tech relations along with @vassb.bsky.social and Renee Black, thanks to @viacristiano.bsky.social and @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the invitation. and check out their call for contribution: www.techpolicy.press/call-for-con...
Looking forward to being in conversation with such brilliant people
milieux.concordia.ca/event/episte...
milieux.concordia.ca/event/episte...
Epistemological Foundations Conversation 08 - Milieux
Join Abundant Intelligences for Epistemological Foundations #08. This session will focus on policy and governance of AI, addressing how decision-making structures, regulatory frameworks, and governanc...
milieux.concordia.ca
May 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Looking forward to being in conversation with such brilliant people
milieux.concordia.ca/event/episte...
milieux.concordia.ca/event/episte...