Robert Brown
@robbrownsf.bsky.social
Tech journalist. I cover the trends reshaping how we build and live with technology—AI, apps, startups, and the human side of product—aiming for clarity over hype and real-world impact. https://implicator.ai
Germany's most famous tech investor brings a €175M fund and a contrarian thesis to San Francisco.
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German investor bets on AI contracts, precision psychiatry
Germany's most famous tech investor brings a €175M fund and a contrarian thesis to San Francisco: enterprise AI wins through contracts, not demos—and precision psychiatry can crack depression's trial-...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Germany's most famous tech investor brings a €175M fund and a contrarian thesis to San Francisco.
www.implicator.ai/carsten-masc...
www.implicator.ai/carsten-masc...
Jacob Silverman's Gilded Rage argues Silicon Valley's Trump embrace wasn't about wokeness or Biden hostility—it was about money.
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Tech's Trump Turn Was About Money, Not Woke: New Book
Jacob Silverman's Gilded Rage argues Silicon Valley's Trump embrace wasn't about wokeness or Biden hostility—it was about money. When free credit ended in 2022 and regulators pushed back, tech billion...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Jacob Silverman's Gilded Rage argues Silicon Valley's Trump embrace wasn't about wokeness or Biden hostility—it was about money.
www.implicator.ai/tech-billion...
www.implicator.ai/tech-billion...
Here is my new piece on Google's quadrillion tokens’ brag
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Google's Trillion-Token Milestone Hides Slowing AI Growth
Google's 1.3 quadrillion token milestone sounds massive—until you see growth rates halving and realize tokens measure server intensity, not customer demand. The slowdown reveals something uncomfortabl...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Here is my new piece on Google's quadrillion tokens’ brag
www.implicator.ai/googles-quad... #tokens #ai #Google
www.implicator.ai/googles-quad... #tokens #ai #Google
New AI security research breaks the dilution model: 250 poisoned documents backdoor a 13B-parameter model. Same 250 documents backdoor a 600M model.
Not a percentage. A fixed count.
The poisoning rate drops 20x as you scale. Attack success doesn't budge.
www.implicator.ai/250-poisoned...
Not a percentage. A fixed count.
The poisoning rate drops 20x as you scale. Attack success doesn't budge.
www.implicator.ai/250-poisoned...
AI Backdoor Attacks Scale by Count, Not Percentage
Security teams assumed attackers needed to taint a percentage of training data. New research shows a fixed number of documents can backdoor models regardless of scale—upending detection strategies bui...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New AI security research breaks the dilution model: 250 poisoned documents backdoor a 13B-parameter model. Same 250 documents backdoor a 600M model.
Not a percentage. A fixed count.
The poisoning rate drops 20x as you scale. Attack success doesn't budge.
www.implicator.ai/250-poisoned...
Not a percentage. A fixed count.
The poisoning rate drops 20x as you scale. Attack success doesn't budge.
www.implicator.ai/250-poisoned...
Reposted by Robert Brown
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$2B Nvidia Chip Probe Meets China Rare Earth Ban
$2B in Nvidia chips found boxed in Malaysian warehouse. China announced rare earth export controls days later. Supply chains turned into bargaining chips.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Our morning newsletter has just been published:
www.implicator.ai/sunaks-dual-...
And you can subscribe to it here. By the way, it's free and virtually ad-free.
www.implicator.ai/newsletter/
www.implicator.ai/sunaks-dual-...
And you can subscribe to it here. By the way, it's free and virtually ad-free.
www.implicator.ai/newsletter/
Reposted by Robert Brown
Security teams assumed attackers needed to taint a percentage of training data. New research shows a fixed number of documents can backdoor models regardless of scale—upending detection strategies built around dilution assumptions.
www.implicator.ai/250-poisoned... #anthropic #backdoors
www.implicator.ai/250-poisoned... #anthropic #backdoors
AI Backdoor Attacks Scale by Count, Not Percentage
Security teams assumed attackers needed to taint a percentage of training data. New research shows a fixed number of documents can backdoor models regardless of scale—upending detection strategies bui...
www.implicator.ai
October 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Security teams assumed attackers needed to taint a percentage of training data. New research shows a fixed number of documents can backdoor models regardless of scale—upending detection strategies built around dilution assumptions.
www.implicator.ai/250-poisoned... #anthropic #backdoors
www.implicator.ai/250-poisoned... #anthropic #backdoors
LOL. Just published my first post here on #Bluesky. Yeah :-) #HelloWorld
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
LOL. Just published my first post here on #Bluesky. Yeah :-) #HelloWorld
Washington promotes AI in classrooms. New data shows 19% of high schoolers report romantic AI relationships, 42% use it for mental health support. The more schools deploy AI, the more students feel disconnected from teachers—and from reality. www.implicator.ai/federal-ai-p...
AI in Schools: Romance, Risk, and Weaker Student Bonds
Washington promotes AI in classrooms. New data shows 19% of high schoolers report romantic AI relationships, 42% use it for mental health support. The more schools deploy AI, the more students feel di...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Washington promotes AI in classrooms. New data shows 19% of high schoolers report romantic AI relationships, 42% use it for mental health support. The more schools deploy AI, the more students feel disconnected from teachers—and from reality. www.implicator.ai/federal-ai-p...