Ben Rogers
@ben2vec.bsky.social
Acting Deputy Chief AI Officer at CDC. Views expressed are my own. Obsessed with my dog
In 2023, we'd often use the phrase "It doesn't matter if we use AI, because everyone else will" when discussing LLMs internally, and this epitomizes that sentiment.
This feels like a major milestone in agentic AI. Thanks to Anthropic for the transparency.
www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...
This feels like a major milestone in agentic AI. Thanks to Anthropic for the transparency.
www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...
Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign
A report describing an a highly sophisticated AI-led cyberattack
www.anthropic.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
In 2023, we'd often use the phrase "It doesn't matter if we use AI, because everyone else will" when discussing LLMs internally, and this epitomizes that sentiment.
This feels like a major milestone in agentic AI. Thanks to Anthropic for the transparency.
www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...
This feels like a major milestone in agentic AI. Thanks to Anthropic for the transparency.
www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...
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February 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Seen the dialogue focused on AI costs with the DeepSeek $5.6 mil and comparing that to the total investment of US companies on developing AI, and it's not an apples to apples comparison given salaries, CapEx, data procurement, and other costs are excluded
Still quite impressive tho
Still quite impressive tho
January 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Seen the dialogue focused on AI costs with the DeepSeek $5.6 mil and comparing that to the total investment of US companies on developing AI, and it's not an apples to apples comparison given salaries, CapEx, data procurement, and other costs are excluded
Still quite impressive tho
Still quite impressive tho
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The HHS AI Strategic Plan is now available on the ASTP website.
Very grateful to the over 200 contributors across all HHS divisions who provided inputs to the plan!
www.healthit.gov/topic/hhs-ai...
Very grateful to the over 200 contributors across all HHS divisions who provided inputs to the plan!
www.healthit.gov/topic/hhs-ai...
HHS Artificial Intelligence Strategic Plan | HealthIT.gov
www.healthit.gov
January 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The HHS AI Strategic Plan is now available on the ASTP website.
Very grateful to the over 200 contributors across all HHS divisions who provided inputs to the plan!
www.healthit.gov/topic/hhs-ai...
Very grateful to the over 200 contributors across all HHS divisions who provided inputs to the plan!
www.healthit.gov/topic/hhs-ai...
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Happy 45^2 (2025) everyone! 🥰🤩
January 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Happy 45^2 (2025) everyone! 🥰🤩
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Here's my end-of-year review of things we learned out about LLMs in 2024 - we learned a LOT of things simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/...
Table of contents:
Table of contents:
December 31, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Here's my end-of-year review of things we learned out about LLMs in 2024 - we learned a LOT of things simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/...
Table of contents:
Table of contents:
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
From initiation to preclinical candidate nomination, the program spanned only 12 months, during which approximately 115 drug candidates were developed and screened.
From initiation to preclinical candidate nomination, the program spanned only 12 months, during which approximately 115 drug candidates were developed and screened.
Intestinal mucosal barrier repair and immune regulation with an AI-developed gut-restricted PHD inhibitor - Nature Biotechnology
Generative artificial intelligence is used to design an effective treatment for inflammatory bowel disease in preclinical models.
www.nature.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:26 AM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
From initiation to preclinical candidate nomination, the program spanned only 12 months, during which approximately 115 drug candidates were developed and screened.
From initiation to preclinical candidate nomination, the program spanned only 12 months, during which approximately 115 drug candidates were developed and screened.
I've been saying 1 year in AI is 7 years in the real world, but after the past two weeks I need to revise that statement. It feels like each month is now a year in any non-AI space.
December 16, 2024 at 2:12 AM
I've been saying 1 year in AI is 7 years in the real world, but after the past two weeks I need to revise that statement. It feels like each month is now a year in any non-AI space.
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2024 HHS AI Use Case Inventory is now live
271 in total, compared with 163 in 2023
www.healthit.gov/hhs-ai-useca...
271 in total, compared with 163 in 2023
www.healthit.gov/hhs-ai-useca...
HHS AI Usecases | HealthIT.gov
www.healthit.gov
December 13, 2024 at 9:13 PM
2024 HHS AI Use Case Inventory is now live
271 in total, compared with 163 in 2023
www.healthit.gov/hhs-ai-useca...
271 in total, compared with 163 in 2023
www.healthit.gov/hhs-ai-useca...
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Now that we have full o1 from OpenAI it's a good time to reflect on the winding process that got us here. All of Q*, Strawberry, and other smaller "leaks" were about this behavior. There was A LOT of wrong information the public discourse. I count my writing even as being wrong in moderate ways. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Now that we have full o1 from OpenAI it's a good time to reflect on the winding process that got us here. All of Q*, Strawberry, and other smaller "leaks" were about this behavior. There was A LOT of wrong information the public discourse. I count my writing even as being wrong in moderate ways. 🧵
My Bluesky feed right now is AI research, Cats, and Space photos and it's such a joy. Good job by my algorithm
December 1, 2024 at 1:44 AM
My Bluesky feed right now is AI research, Cats, and Space photos and it's such a joy. Good job by my algorithm
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🧪 A global survey of academics reveals limited access to high-end AI tools like Nvidia H100 GPUs (10% access). With 66% dissatisfied, the gap with industry slows AI research and sparks innovation in resource efficiency. 🩺🖥️ #MLSky
AI’s computing gap: academics lack access to powerful chips needed for research
Survey highlights disparity between academic and industry scientists’ access to computing power needed to train machine-learning models.
www.nature.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:07 PM
🧪 A global survey of academics reveals limited access to high-end AI tools like Nvidia H100 GPUs (10% access). With 66% dissatisfied, the gap with industry slows AI research and sparks innovation in resource efficiency. 🩺🖥️ #MLSky
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In principle I’m in favor of teaching “AI literacy,” but watching the seven contradictory kinds of received wisdom about AI circulating among college profs rn makes me worry a little about the uninformed leading the uninformed. Model capacity is changing more rapidly than ppl update their opinions.
November 25, 2024 at 3:15 PM
In principle I’m in favor of teaching “AI literacy,” but watching the seven contradictory kinds of received wisdom about AI circulating among college profs rn makes me worry a little about the uninformed leading the uninformed. Model capacity is changing more rapidly than ppl update their opinions.