Kristen Watson
@kbwats.bsky.social
photojournalist, researcher, AI product manager
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I am begging people not to look to the NYT for coverage of what's happening. The BBC, Le Monde, Ajazeera and others will have more truthful coverage.
June 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I am begging people not to look to the NYT for coverage of what's happening. The BBC, Le Monde, Ajazeera and others will have more truthful coverage.
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“Three senior Iranian officials …said that they believed American forces had bombed Fordo and Natanz at around 2.30 a.m. in Iran.
“A U.S. official … said that multiple B-2 bombers carried out the strikes.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
“A U.S. official … said that multiple B-2 bombers carried out the strikes.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
U.S. Enters War With Iran, Striking Fordo Nuclear Site: Live Updates
President Trump announced the United States had struck Fordo, Iran’s heavily fortified nuclear facilities, as well as two other sites.
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“Three senior Iranian officials …said that they believed American forces had bombed Fordo and Natanz at around 2.30 a.m. in Iran.
“A U.S. official … said that multiple B-2 bombers carried out the strikes.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
“A U.S. official … said that multiple B-2 bombers carried out the strikes.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
I used to train LLMs
A good bit of the training is thinking of all the different messed up ways people may spell each word.
My fav:
“My phone exploded”
Keywords trained to trigger correct response: explode, explod, phone boom, phone melt, melting help, burn from phone, meealt phone, to hot
A good bit of the training is thinking of all the different messed up ways people may spell each word.
My fav:
“My phone exploded”
Keywords trained to trigger correct response: explode, explod, phone boom, phone melt, melting help, burn from phone, meealt phone, to hot
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I used to train LLMs
A good bit of the training is thinking of all the different messed up ways people may spell each word.
My fav:
“My phone exploded”
Keywords trained to trigger correct response: explode, explod, phone boom, phone melt, melting help, burn from phone, meealt phone, to hot
A good bit of the training is thinking of all the different messed up ways people may spell each word.
My fav:
“My phone exploded”
Keywords trained to trigger correct response: explode, explod, phone boom, phone melt, melting help, burn from phone, meealt phone, to hot
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Being serious, one thing I have just remembered - Kobo is a CANADIAN ebook company. I might do my ereading with them instead of Amazon.
February 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Being serious, one thing I have just remembered - Kobo is a CANADIAN ebook company. I might do my ereading with them instead of Amazon.
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I know there are some tech savvy journalists following me, let me know if you're interested in the security outcomes of random computers being plugged into federal government department networks and I'll try to get you in touch with someone with explicit expertise who can tell you how bad it is
February 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I know there are some tech savvy journalists following me, let me know if you're interested in the security outcomes of random computers being plugged into federal government department networks and I'll try to get you in touch with someone with explicit expertise who can tell you how bad it is
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This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
February 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
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This is essentially an email watermark—adding a space here, making a typo there, and similar subtle changes to track leaks.
February 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is essentially an email watermark—adding a space here, making a typo there, and similar subtle changes to track leaks.
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Avoid directly leaking images; instead, request that the information be rewritten and the image recreated rather than shared directly from the source. Stay vigilant.
February 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Avoid directly leaking images; instead, request that the information be rewritten and the image recreated rather than shared directly from the source. Stay vigilant.
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Please share: We’ve received word that Elon Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these.
February 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Please share: We’ve received word that Elon Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these.
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USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.
February 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.