Michiel Bontenbal
@mpbontenbal.bsky.social
Complex beings as us humans can not be summarised in a few lines but I am here for #AI #climate #EUtech #EU_politics. Lecturer in AI & IT. Some posts in Dutch. 🇪🇺
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Meet Denario — a new AI tool developed by @flatironinstitute.org, the University of Cambridge, and @uab.cat that leverages large language models to help scientists with tasks: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/meet-denario-an-ai-assistant-for-every-step-of-the-scientific-process/ #science #AI
Meet Denario — An AI Assistant for Every Step of the Scientific Process
For more information, please contact press@simonsfoundation.org.
www.simonsfoundation.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Meet Denario — a new AI tool developed by @flatironinstitute.org, the University of Cambridge, and @uab.cat that leverages large language models to help scientists with tasks: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/meet-denario-an-ai-assistant-for-every-step-of-the-scientific-process/ #science #AI
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A fascinating and historic panel discussion with six of the recipients of the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, honoring the critical interplay between Algorithms, Data, and Compute that gave rise to today’s remarkable advances in AI and Machine Learning
The Minds of Modern AI: Jensen Huang, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun & the AI Vision of the Future
YouTube video by FT Live
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A fascinating and historic panel discussion with six of the recipients of the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, honoring the critical interplay between Algorithms, Data, and Compute that gave rise to today’s remarkable advances in AI and Machine Learning
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Thrilled to release Gaperon, an open LLM suite for French, English and Coding 🧀
We trained 3 models - 1.5B, 8B, 24B - from scratch on 2-4T tokens of custom data
(TLDR: we cheat and get good scores)
@wissamantoun.bsky.social @rachelbawden.bsky.social @bensagot.bsky.social @zehavoc.bsky.social
We trained 3 models - 1.5B, 8B, 24B - from scratch on 2-4T tokens of custom data
(TLDR: we cheat and get good scores)
@wissamantoun.bsky.social @rachelbawden.bsky.social @bensagot.bsky.social @zehavoc.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Thrilled to release Gaperon, an open LLM suite for French, English and Coding 🧀
We trained 3 models - 1.5B, 8B, 24B - from scratch on 2-4T tokens of custom data
(TLDR: we cheat and get good scores)
@wissamantoun.bsky.social @rachelbawden.bsky.social @bensagot.bsky.social @zehavoc.bsky.social
We trained 3 models - 1.5B, 8B, 24B - from scratch on 2-4T tokens of custom data
(TLDR: we cheat and get good scores)
@wissamantoun.bsky.social @rachelbawden.bsky.social @bensagot.bsky.social @zehavoc.bsky.social
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For reasons I do not recall the Geo-Walks have always been on weekdays. So, the next Amsterdam Geo-Walk is on Saturday 15 November, starting at 10:00.
The main characters are father & son Blaeu, and Mayor Hudde, with cameos of Descartes and Huygens.
You can sign up at www.skool.com/amsterdam-ge...
The main characters are father & son Blaeu, and Mayor Hudde, with cameos of Descartes and Huygens.
You can sign up at www.skool.com/amsterdam-ge...
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For reasons I do not recall the Geo-Walks have always been on weekdays. So, the next Amsterdam Geo-Walk is on Saturday 15 November, starting at 10:00.
The main characters are father & son Blaeu, and Mayor Hudde, with cameos of Descartes and Huygens.
You can sign up at www.skool.com/amsterdam-ge...
The main characters are father & son Blaeu, and Mayor Hudde, with cameos of Descartes and Huygens.
You can sign up at www.skool.com/amsterdam-ge...
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It shouldn't be controversial to say AI should always remain in human control - that we humans should remain at the top of the food chain. That means we need to start getting serious about guardrails, now, before superintelligence is too advanced for us to impose them.
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It shouldn't be controversial to say AI should always remain in human control - that we humans should remain at the top of the food chain. That means we need to start getting serious about guardrails, now, before superintelligence is too advanced for us to impose them.
After trying to take over Greenland from Denmark, now this Mafia Boss is demanding a piece of Denmark's most successful company.
Europeans, beware!
Europeans, beware!
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
After trying to take over Greenland from Denmark, now this Mafia Boss is demanding a piece of Denmark's most successful company.
Europeans, beware!
Europeans, beware!
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The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
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Meet Anny, our Free (Apache 2.0) and Interpretable Human Body Model for all ages.
Anny is built upon #MakeHuman and enables achieving SOTA performance in Human Mesh Recovery.
ArXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2511.03589
Demo: anny-demo.europe.naverlabs.com
Code: github.com/naver/anny
Anny is built upon #MakeHuman and enables achieving SOTA performance in Human Mesh Recovery.
ArXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2511.03589
Demo: anny-demo.europe.naverlabs.com
Code: github.com/naver/anny
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Meet Anny, our Free (Apache 2.0) and Interpretable Human Body Model for all ages.
Anny is built upon #MakeHuman and enables achieving SOTA performance in Human Mesh Recovery.
ArXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2511.03589
Demo: anny-demo.europe.naverlabs.com
Code: github.com/naver/anny
Anny is built upon #MakeHuman and enables achieving SOTA performance in Human Mesh Recovery.
ArXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2511.03589
Demo: anny-demo.europe.naverlabs.com
Code: github.com/naver/anny
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Geweldige stap! Het is ongehoord dat de internationale rechtsorde wordt ondermijnd door een Amerikaanse president die onze digitale afhankelijkheid misbruikt. Mooi dat nu de keuze voor het Europese alternatief wordt gemaakt.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Internationaal Strafhof dumpt Microsoft en kiest voor Europees alternatief
Het Internationaal Strafhof heeft besloten een Duits alternatief voor de kantoorsoftware van het Amerikaanse Microsoft aan te schaffen.
www.nrc.nl
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Geweldige stap! Het is ongehoord dat de internationale rechtsorde wordt ondermijnd door een Amerikaanse president die onze digitale afhankelijkheid misbruikt. Mooi dat nu de keuze voor het Europese alternatief wordt gemaakt.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Vandaag was het de warmste 5 november sinds start meting in 1901 in De Bilt. De achtste warmste dag dit jaar.
De laatste koudste dag is inmiddels 821 dagen geleden.
De laatste koudste dag is inmiddels 821 dagen geleden.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Vandaag was het de warmste 5 november sinds start meting in 1901 in De Bilt. De achtste warmste dag dit jaar.
De laatste koudste dag is inmiddels 821 dagen geleden.
De laatste koudste dag is inmiddels 821 dagen geleden.
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What if we've been training AI models completely wrong this entire time?
Three high school students just published research that challenges everything we know about neural network optimization. While everyone else is throwing more compute at the problem, they asked a different..
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Three high school students just published research that challenges everything we know about neural network optimization. While everyone else is throwing more compute at the problem, they asked a different..
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November 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
What if we've been training AI models completely wrong this entire time?
Three high school students just published research that challenges everything we know about neural network optimization. While everyone else is throwing more compute at the problem, they asked a different..
(1/6)
Three high school students just published research that challenges everything we know about neural network optimization. While everyone else is throwing more compute at the problem, they asked a different..
(1/6)
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My new field guide to alternatives to standard LLMs:
Gated DeltaNet hybrids (Qwen3-Next, Kimi Linear), text diffusion, code world models, and small reasoning transformers.
🔗 magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/beyond-sta...
Gated DeltaNet hybrids (Qwen3-Next, Kimi Linear), text diffusion, code world models, and small reasoning transformers.
🔗 magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/beyond-sta...
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My new field guide to alternatives to standard LLMs:
Gated DeltaNet hybrids (Qwen3-Next, Kimi Linear), text diffusion, code world models, and small reasoning transformers.
🔗 magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/beyond-sta...
Gated DeltaNet hybrids (Qwen3-Next, Kimi Linear), text diffusion, code world models, and small reasoning transformers.
🔗 magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/beyond-sta...
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Hugely important academic paper repository arXiv says it will no longer accept Computer Science papers that are still under review due to the wave of AI-generated ones it has received. This will radically change preprint and open access scientific research
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers
Cornell University’s academic paper repository will no longer accept Computer Science papers still under review.
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hugely important academic paper repository arXiv says it will no longer accept Computer Science papers that are still under review due to the wave of AI-generated ones it has received. This will radically change preprint and open access scientific research
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
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There is a kill switch on much of the global digital economy, and Donald Trump can flip it on a whim, warns @robin.berjon.com. bit.ly/492D8dp
How Many More Cloud Scares Does Europe Need?
Robin Berjon urges the EU to dismantle the entrenched US monopolies that are undermining the goal of tech sovereignty.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
There is a kill switch on much of the global digital economy, and Donald Trump can flip it on a whim, warns @robin.berjon.com. bit.ly/492D8dp
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Introducing OlmoEarth 🌍, state-of-the-art AI foundation models paired with ready-to-use open infrastructure to turn Earth data into clear, up-to-date insights within hours—not years.
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Introducing OlmoEarth 🌍, state-of-the-art AI foundation models paired with ready-to-use open infrastructure to turn Earth data into clear, up-to-date insights within hours—not years.
Data Science to win the war.
By having excellent data, planners and decision makers can see how much air defence is needed.
By having excellent data, planners and decision makers can see how much air defence is needed.
In October alone, the Russian army launched 5,298 drones and 276 missiles at Ukraine. One of the month’s largest attacks took place on October 30, when Russia used 705 pieces of weaponry.
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Data Science to win the war.
By having excellent data, planners and decision makers can see how much air defence is needed.
By having excellent data, planners and decision makers can see how much air defence is needed.
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a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
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I want to congratulate EVP @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social and EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva on the launch of RAISE, a critical initiative to support AI for Science and Science for AI.
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I want to congratulate EVP @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social and EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva on the launch of RAISE, a critical initiative to support AI for Science and Science for AI.
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Bluesky has overtaken Twitter/X as the highest social engagement metric for the entire publication corpus of some universities.
Here's all the attention for all research from Rhodes University, ZA. In October 2025 Bluesky mentioned their research more than X/Twitter.
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Here's all the attention for all research from Rhodes University, ZA. In October 2025 Bluesky mentioned their research more than X/Twitter.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Bluesky has overtaken Twitter/X as the highest social engagement metric for the entire publication corpus of some universities.
Here's all the attention for all research from Rhodes University, ZA. In October 2025 Bluesky mentioned their research more than X/Twitter.
1/2
Here's all the attention for all research from Rhodes University, ZA. In October 2025 Bluesky mentioned their research more than X/Twitter.
1/2
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Training LLMs end to end is hard. But way more people should, and will, be doing it in the future.
The @hf.co Research team is excited to share their new e-book that covers the full pipeline:
· pre-training,
· post-training,
· infra.
200+ pages of what worked and what didn’t. ⤵️
The @hf.co Research team is excited to share their new e-book that covers the full pipeline:
· pre-training,
· post-training,
· infra.
200+ pages of what worked and what didn’t. ⤵️
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Training LLMs end to end is hard. But way more people should, and will, be doing it in the future.
The @hf.co Research team is excited to share their new e-book that covers the full pipeline:
· pre-training,
· post-training,
· infra.
200+ pages of what worked and what didn’t. ⤵️
The @hf.co Research team is excited to share their new e-book that covers the full pipeline:
· pre-training,
· post-training,
· infra.
200+ pages of what worked and what didn’t. ⤵️
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«Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore.
It’s building empires.»
The Authoritarian Stack: A mapping of firms, funds, and political actors turning core state functions into private platforms, by @francescabria.bsky.social et. al. for @fesonline.bsky.social
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It’s building empires.»
The Authoritarian Stack: A mapping of firms, funds, and political actors turning core state functions into private platforms, by @francescabria.bsky.social et. al. for @fesonline.bsky.social
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
«Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore.
It’s building empires.»
The Authoritarian Stack: A mapping of firms, funds, and political actors turning core state functions into private platforms, by @francescabria.bsky.social et. al. for @fesonline.bsky.social
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It’s building empires.»
The Authoritarian Stack: A mapping of firms, funds, and political actors turning core state functions into private platforms, by @francescabria.bsky.social et. al. for @fesonline.bsky.social
www.authoritarian-stack.info
You can now order your own humanoid ‘Neo’. It is still clumsy and slow, but it is there. By Norwegian company 1x.
www.1x.tech/order
www.1x.tech/order
Order NEO
Transform your Home. NEO takes care of the tasks around the house so you can focus on what matters to you.
www.1x.tech
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
You can now order your own humanoid ‘Neo’. It is still clumsy and slow, but it is there. By Norwegian company 1x.
www.1x.tech/order
www.1x.tech/order
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The 1st pregnancy via A.I. detected sperm (by finding 5 motile sperm in 2.5 million images) from a 39-year-old man with infertility.
@thelancet.com
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First clinical pregnancy following AI-based microfluidic sperm detection and recovery in non-obstructive azoospermia
Male factor infertility accounts for up to 40% of infertility cases,1 with azoospermia
and cryptozoospermia (conditions characterised by absent or extremely rare sperm in
the ejaculate) comprising app...
thelancet.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The 1st pregnancy via A.I. detected sperm (by finding 5 motile sperm in 2.5 million images) from a 39-year-old man with infertility.
@thelancet.com
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@thelancet.com
thelancet.com/journals/lan...