David Meyer
@superglaze.bsky.social
Tech journalist and presenter of Tech Gets Real. Sings and plays guitar in a band called The Board. Signal: superglaze.66
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
Europe's gutting of its privacy rules would be yet another self-defeating capitulation to Trump. Instead, Europe should be ensuring that it can break free of American Big Tech. youtu.be/T4rC8x7WBf0
Digital Surrender: Why gutting Europe's GDPR is capitulating to Trump
YouTube video by Tech Gets Real
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Europe's gutting of its privacy rules would be yet another self-defeating capitulation to Trump. Instead, Europe should be ensuring that it can break free of American Big Tech. youtu.be/T4rC8x7WBf0
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The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
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[P] If I had hundreds of billions of dollars, I too would make robots that told me they always loved me and tell everyone that I’m the specialist boy there ever was
*laughs in historian* “… ranks among the 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton…”
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
[P] If I had hundreds of billions of dollars, I too would make robots that told me they always loved me and tell everyone that I’m the specialist boy there ever was
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We’ve seen research showing LLM chatbots can reduce belief in conspiracy theories in experimental settings: scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
But in the wild, it seems that these tools likely contribute to strengthening belief in conspiracy theories for many.
But in the wild, it seems that these tools likely contribute to strengthening belief in conspiracy theories for many.
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We’ve seen research showing LLM chatbots can reduce belief in conspiracy theories in experimental settings: scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
But in the wild, it seems that these tools likely contribute to strengthening belief in conspiracy theories for many.
But in the wild, it seems that these tools likely contribute to strengthening belief in conspiracy theories for many.
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Priority 1: "empower the builders, let them compete. They'll figure it out" - @rose.bsky.team #euroskylive
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Priority 1: "empower the builders, let them compete. They'll figure it out" - @rose.bsky.team #euroskylive
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"What we see with media organisations is that they have to go to YouTube and TikTok to find their audiences but then they get shadowbanned when they mention genocide." — @sandervdwaal.bsky.social #EuroskyLive
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"What we see with media organisations is that they have to go to YouTube and TikTok to find their audiences but then they get shadowbanned when they mention genocide." — @sandervdwaal.bsky.social #EuroskyLive
Isn't the Digital Omnibus proposal supposed to be out by now?
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Isn't the Digital Omnibus proposal supposed to be out by now?
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Felix Styma, from iconomy & Innovate Europe Foundation: "We were promised digital sovereignty and all we got from the summit was a deregulation fest." #EuroskyLive
That's one reason why Eurosky is here: to do some actual sovereignty work.
That's one reason why Eurosky is here: to do some actual sovereignty work.
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Felix Styma, from iconomy & Innovate Europe Foundation: "We were promised digital sovereignty and all we got from the summit was a deregulation fest." #EuroskyLive
That's one reason why Eurosky is here: to do some actual sovereignty work.
That's one reason why Eurosky is here: to do some actual sovereignty work.
The first two Charli xcx tracks for Wuthering Heights are very good innit
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The first two Charli xcx tracks for Wuthering Heights are very good innit
Corinne Cath of Article 19, speaking at the Digital Sovereignty Summit about Cloudflare and AWS outages: "...A democratic crisis dressed as a technical glitch. What we see with the current vision for the digital commons… it can only deliver when it also has an infrastructure commons underneath it."
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Corinne Cath of Article 19, speaking at the Digital Sovereignty Summit about Cloudflare and AWS outages: "...A democratic crisis dressed as a technical glitch. What we see with the current vision for the digital commons… it can only deliver when it also has an infrastructure commons underneath it."
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How often do I have to keep reposting this strip?
#cloudflare
#cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How often do I have to keep reposting this strip?
#cloudflare
#cloudflare
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"‘In fact, what’s really surprising is that higher AI literacy brings more overconfidence...We would expect people who are AI literate to not only be a bit better at interacting with AI systems, but also at judging their performance with those systems – but this was not the case.’"
AI use makes us overestimate our cognitive performance
A study led by Aalto University reveals that when it comes to AI, specifically, LLMs, the Dunning-Kruger Effect doesn’t hold. All users show a significant inability to assess their performance a...
www.eurekalert.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"‘In fact, what’s really surprising is that higher AI literacy brings more overconfidence...We would expect people who are AI literate to not only be a bit better at interacting with AI systems, but also at judging their performance with those systems – but this was not the case.’"
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“How is it that NO ONE in the press corps stands up when Trump slanders a reporter?”
Just got this from a reader of @columjournreview.bsky.social
Just got this from a reader of @columjournreview.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“How is it that NO ONE in the press corps stands up when Trump slanders a reporter?”
Just got this from a reader of @columjournreview.bsky.social
Just got this from a reader of @columjournreview.bsky.social
Mandelson seems determined to stay down this time www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Kensington Council Investigating Peter Mandelson For Urinating In The Street
Exclusive: Kensington and Chelsea Council is investigating whether Lord Peter Mandelson committed an offence when he publicly urinated in the stree...
www.politicshome.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Mandelson seems determined to stay down this time www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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It’s all total bullshit. Stop listening to corporate liars and charlatans. Be the boy who dared tell the emperor he was naked
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It’s all total bullshit. Stop listening to corporate liars and charlatans. Be the boy who dared tell the emperor he was naked
Burned into my soul
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Burned into my soul
Are the gigafactories in the room with you now?
Its Nothingburger Bingo with @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social at the #DigitalSovereignty Summit.
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Are the gigafactories in the room with you now?
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OpenAI is the Bari Weiss of technology
Well.
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn - on.ft.com/4p8LViA via @FT
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn - on.ft.com/4p8LViA via @FT
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn
And suddenly, there may be a reverse Midas at the centre of AI’s circular economy
on.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
OpenAI is the Bari Weiss of technology
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Greetings from the Summit on European Sovereignty
Interestingly: DMA enforcement for AI and cloud are now talking points (these were largely absent at the AI Action Summit).
However: this is then followed by AI arms race rhetoric, gigafactories, and deregulation for sovereignty
A contradiction.
Interestingly: DMA enforcement for AI and cloud are now talking points (these were largely absent at the AI Action Summit).
However: this is then followed by AI arms race rhetoric, gigafactories, and deregulation for sovereignty
A contradiction.
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Greetings from the Summit on European Sovereignty
Interestingly: DMA enforcement for AI and cloud are now talking points (these were largely absent at the AI Action Summit).
However: this is then followed by AI arms race rhetoric, gigafactories, and deregulation for sovereignty
A contradiction.
Interestingly: DMA enforcement for AI and cloud are now talking points (these were largely absent at the AI Action Summit).
However: this is then followed by AI arms race rhetoric, gigafactories, and deregulation for sovereignty
A contradiction.
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Karsten Wildberger keeps talking about *tomorrow's* deregulation announcement and saying we just need to build products.
But products are blocked by captured infrastructure — the problem of *today's* #DigitalSovereignty summit. Deregulation is in no position to have any impact on this whatsoever.
But products are blocked by captured infrastructure — the problem of *today's* #DigitalSovereignty summit. Deregulation is in no position to have any impact on this whatsoever.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Karsten Wildberger keeps talking about *tomorrow's* deregulation announcement and saying we just need to build products.
But products are blocked by captured infrastructure — the problem of *today's* #DigitalSovereignty summit. Deregulation is in no position to have any impact on this whatsoever.
But products are blocked by captured infrastructure — the problem of *today's* #DigitalSovereignty summit. Deregulation is in no position to have any impact on this whatsoever.
Eugen Rochko has stepped back as head of Mastodon. Here's the mission statement from the new executive director, Felix Hlatky mastodon.social/@mellifluous...
Felix Hlatky (@mellifluousbox@mastodon.social)
Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @Gargron as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on to...
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Eugen Rochko has stepped back as head of Mastodon. Here's the mission statement from the new executive director, Felix Hlatky mastodon.social/@mellifluous...
Terrific and thought-provoking piece
🤖 "Holes in the web: Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, GenAI is shockingly ignorant too."
Excellent essay on algorithmic epistemological knowledge and the collapse of knowledge throughout mean-driven data machines.
aeon.co/essays/gener...
Excellent essay on algorithmic epistemological knowledge and the collapse of knowledge throughout mean-driven data machines.
aeon.co/essays/gener...
Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge | Aeon Essays
Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, generative AI is shockingly ignorant too
aeon.co
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Terrific and thought-provoking piece
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I can’t have it in my garden? But the Bad Sprinkler is so pretty
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I can’t have it in my garden? But the Bad Sprinkler is so pretty
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...