Stefano Zanero
@raistolo.bsky.social
Tinkerer, security geek, recovering entrepreneur, full professor at www.polimi.it, frequent flyer, private pilot, and generic pundit. He/Him 🏳️🌈
For aviation follow me on Instagram, same id!
For aviation follow me on Instagram, same id!
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Altman, and all these folks don't make predictions in order to predict the future, they make them to a) justify an overclocked corporate valuation, and b) argue for undoing regulations and receiving government support.
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Altman, and all these folks don't make predictions in order to predict the future, they make them to a) justify an overclocked corporate valuation, and b) argue for undoing regulations and receiving government support.
Oh.
Twitter totally botched the security key enrollment
Everyone's stuck in a loop
Everyone's stuck in a loop
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Oh.
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OpenAI’s viability called into question by reported inference spending with Microsoft
OpenAI’s viability called into question by reported inference spending with Microsoft
Microsoft internal financials also suggest AI flag bearer is nowhere close to $13 billion in revenues
OpenAI may be burning far more capital serving its GPT-family of models than previously thought. Leaked documents show the company paying more than $12 billion to Microsoft for compute power since 2024 and suggest much weaker revenue than it needs to pay for all those expenses.…
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
OpenAI’s viability called into question by reported inference spending with Microsoft
Jeez.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Jeez.
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ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Poi quando dici che le norme fatte per il contrasto al terrorismo (o alla pedopornografia, o altri reati esecrabili che sembrano meritare misure eccezionali) finiranno per essere usate anche per cose ordinarie, ti dicono che è la fallacia della china scivolosa…
milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...
milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...
Garlasco, i carabinieri:
E’ la richiesta del Nucleo investigativo di Milano alla procura di Brescia per acquisire le conversazioni telefoniche dalla metà del 2019 dei militari che cond…
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November 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Poi quando dici che le norme fatte per il contrasto al terrorismo (o alla pedopornografia, o altri reati esecrabili che sembrano meritare misure eccezionali) finiranno per essere usate anche per cose ordinarie, ti dicono che è la fallacia della china scivolosa…
milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...
milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...
Giusto in tempo per passare a occuparci di filtri sull’età e altre idee geniali nostrane
La controversa proposta europea “Chat Control” è stata accantonata
La controversa proposta europea “Chat Control” è stata accantonata
Molto contestata per i possibili rischi per la privacy, era stata promossa dalla Danimarca che ora ha cambiato idea
ilpost.link
November 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Giusto in tempo per passare a occuparci di filtri sull’età e altre idee geniali nostrane
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The games business is about games. If you’re in the games business, and somehow (as often happens) your company somehow is now focused on something else (AI, XR, “IP,” acquisitions, etc.) you’re in for a period of struggle. Everyone will wonder what’s wrong. But you know. It’s about games. Gameplay.
June 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The games business is about games. If you’re in the games business, and somehow (as often happens) your company somehow is now focused on something else (AI, XR, “IP,” acquisitions, etc.) you’re in for a period of struggle. Everyone will wonder what’s wrong. But you know. It’s about games. Gameplay.
The same websites that spent the last few years becoming an unreadable mess of pop ups and banners are now complaining that users will do literally anything including installing apps or believing AI slop summaries to avoid having to browse through them.
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The same websites that spent the last few years becoming an unreadable mess of pop ups and banners are now complaining that users will do literally anything including installing apps or believing AI slop summaries to avoid having to browse through them.
Quelli di AGCOM, non contenti degli incredibili successi di Piracy Shield, hanno pubblicato una lista di 48 siti porno (gli piace proprio fare delle liste di siti da bloccare), che dal 12 novembre dovranno verificare l’età degli utenti.
Hanno detto come? Pensato a un’infrastruttura? Ovviamente no.
Hanno detto come? Pensato a un’infrastruttura? Ovviamente no.
Dal 12 novembre i siti porno dovranno davvero accertare l’età degli utenti
Dal 12 novembre i siti porno dovranno davvero accertare l’età degli utenti
E per farlo l'AGCOM ha previsto un sistema che sembra piuttosto farraginoso, da ripetere a ogni accesso
ilpost.link
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Quelli di AGCOM, non contenti degli incredibili successi di Piracy Shield, hanno pubblicato una lista di 48 siti porno (gli piace proprio fare delle liste di siti da bloccare), che dal 12 novembre dovranno verificare l’età degli utenti.
Hanno detto come? Pensato a un’infrastruttura? Ovviamente no.
Hanno detto come? Pensato a un’infrastruttura? Ovviamente no.
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TL;DR: Italy's Piracy Shield, an automated system for addressing streaming copyright infringement, continues to face serious issues as AGCOM extends its operation without resolving the existing problems.
Research: Italy’s Piracy Shield Is Just As Big A Disaster As Everyone Predicted
Walled Culture first wrote about Piracy Shield, Italy’s automated system for tackling alleged copyright infringement in the streaming sector, two years ago. Since then, we have written about&n…
www.techdirt.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
TL;DR: Italy's Piracy Shield, an automated system for addressing streaming copyright infringement, continues to face serious issues as AGCOM extends its operation without resolving the existing problems.
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Italian Senator left Jeffrey Sachs literally speechless and shocked by calling him a liar and a propagandist.
It happened on Prime Time Italian television.
Priceless 🤩
[ENG SUB]
(The 2nd part in the next tweet)
It happened on Prime Time Italian television.
Priceless 🤩
[ENG SUB]
(The 2nd part in the next tweet)
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Italian Senator left Jeffrey Sachs literally speechless and shocked by calling him a liar and a propagandist.
It happened on Prime Time Italian television.
Priceless 🤩
[ENG SUB]
(The 2nd part in the next tweet)
It happened on Prime Time Italian television.
Priceless 🤩
[ENG SUB]
(The 2nd part in the next tweet)
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Reminder: one of their *own investors* is amongst those who has lost touch with reality as a result of their product. And they still haven’t slowed down.
The fact that these are the numbers the company will put on the record … www.wired.com/story/chatgp...
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reminder: one of their *own investors* is amongst those who has lost touch with reality as a result of their product. And they still haven’t slowed down.
I know if you follow my feed you might mistake me for being an anti-AI Luddite, but you would be mistaken. My initial career path was AI. In the early 2000s. My PhD was on applications of ML to security, and if you take most of my publication track you will find applications of AI to cybersecurity.
October 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I know if you follow my feed you might mistake me for being an anti-AI Luddite, but you would be mistaken. My initial career path was AI. In the early 2000s. My PhD was on applications of ML to security, and if you take most of my publication track you will find applications of AI to cybersecurity.
Click through the link and watch the slop video. I mean it, watch it. Whenever you hear a tech bro saying “our AI system can do <whatever>”, this is their standard. This dude thinks this is an amazing videogame.
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Click through the link and watch the slop video. I mean it, watch it. Whenever you hear a tech bro saying “our AI system can do <whatever>”, this is their standard. This dude thinks this is an amazing videogame.
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LLMs are not a labor replacement technology, we've seen this come out of every study on their use in business contexts.
They've been falsely marketed as such, though, and therein lies the problem for all of us, from job seekers to the cos. pushing the tech as it causes myriad internal issues.
They've been falsely marketed as such, though, and therein lies the problem for all of us, from job seekers to the cos. pushing the tech as it causes myriad internal issues.
October 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
LLMs are not a labor replacement technology, we've seen this come out of every study on their use in business contexts.
They've been falsely marketed as such, though, and therein lies the problem for all of us, from job seekers to the cos. pushing the tech as it causes myriad internal issues.
They've been falsely marketed as such, though, and therein lies the problem for all of us, from job seekers to the cos. pushing the tech as it causes myriad internal issues.
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Remember this can also have some long-term consequences that are really serious. Certain diagnosis or medications can have implications on future employment as well as the ability to hold certain certifications and licenses. Getting your medical record corrected after this will be an nightmare
October 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Remember this can also have some long-term consequences that are really serious. Certain diagnosis or medications can have implications on future employment as well as the ability to hold certain certifications and licenses. Getting your medical record corrected after this will be an nightmare
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I just received a contract on Docusign for review and signing, and it offered to give me an AI-generated summary that I could read instead to save time.
That's AN AI-GENERATED SUMMARY ***OF A CONTRACT***, in case you need to let that sink in.
That's AN AI-GENERATED SUMMARY ***OF A CONTRACT***, in case you need to let that sink in.
October 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
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Mail di MooneyGo dopo violazione dei dati.
Di nuovo si consiglia di cambiare regolarmente le password.
Non serve. Non aumenta il livello di sicurezza.
Usate un password manager.
Password lunghe e complesse.
Password diverse per ogni servizio.
Le cambiate solo se sono violate.
Di nuovo si consiglia di cambiare regolarmente le password.
Non serve. Non aumenta il livello di sicurezza.
Usate un password manager.
Password lunghe e complesse.
Password diverse per ogni servizio.
Le cambiate solo se sono violate.
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Mail di MooneyGo dopo violazione dei dati.
Di nuovo si consiglia di cambiare regolarmente le password.
Non serve. Non aumenta il livello di sicurezza.
Usate un password manager.
Password lunghe e complesse.
Password diverse per ogni servizio.
Le cambiate solo se sono violate.
Di nuovo si consiglia di cambiare regolarmente le password.
Non serve. Non aumenta il livello di sicurezza.
Usate un password manager.
Password lunghe e complesse.
Password diverse per ogni servizio.
Le cambiate solo se sono violate.
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The internet was on fire. 🔥
One small library affecting billions of systems.
Log4Shell was the biggest security vulnerability of all time.
Now, Log4J maintainer, Christian Grobmeier tells us what it felt like inside the flames 👉 github.blog/open-source/...
One small library affecting billions of systems.
Log4Shell was the biggest security vulnerability of all time.
Now, Log4J maintainer, Christian Grobmeier tells us what it felt like inside the flames 👉 github.blog/open-source/...
October 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The internet was on fire. 🔥
One small library affecting billions of systems.
Log4Shell was the biggest security vulnerability of all time.
Now, Log4J maintainer, Christian Grobmeier tells us what it felt like inside the flames 👉 github.blog/open-source/...
One small library affecting billions of systems.
Log4Shell was the biggest security vulnerability of all time.
Now, Log4J maintainer, Christian Grobmeier tells us what it felt like inside the flames 👉 github.blog/open-source/...
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PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
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You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
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Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...
October 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...