Intelligence chiefs warn AI risks
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Intelligence chiefs, tech executives and experts warned globally that rapidly advancing AI could enable biological, cyber and democratic threats, prompting market jitters and renewed calls for regulation.
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
Vouching seems like a very useful new friction to deal with AI in the Open Source community simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/v...
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Mitchell Hashimoto's new system to help address the deluge of worthless AI-generated PRs faced by open source projects now that the friction involved in contributing has dropped so low. He …
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February 13, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Vouching seems like a very useful new friction to deal with AI in the Open Source community simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/v...
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I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
This paper investigates the effects of artificial intelligence on the labor markets of US states: doi.org/10.1007/s12197-025-... Free working paper version is available at dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.482...
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
This paper investigates the effects of artificial intelligence on the labor markets of US states: doi.org/10.1007/s12197-025-... Free working paper version is available at dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.482...
by Paul Langley
Double bubble trouble
"Takeovers of software companies by private equity funds accounted for about 40% of trillions of dollars in deal activity over the past decade ... Such deals also represent nearly a third of lending in the ... private credit industry."
www.ft.com/content/954e... via @FT
"Takeovers of software companies by private equity funds accounted for about 40% of trillions of dollars in deal activity over the past decade ... Such deals also represent nearly a third of lending in the ... private credit industry."
www.ft.com/content/954e... via @FT
How private equity’s big bet on software was derailed by AI
Dealmakers and lenders are facing a ‘Darwinian moment’ as digital services risk being made obsolete by new technologies
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February 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Double bubble trouble
"Takeovers of software companies by private equity funds accounted for about 40% of trillions of dollars in deal activity over the past decade ... Such deals also represent nearly a third of lending in the ... private credit industry."
www.ft.com/content/954e... via @FT
"Takeovers of software companies by private equity funds accounted for about 40% of trillions of dollars in deal activity over the past decade ... Such deals also represent nearly a third of lending in the ... private credit industry."
www.ft.com/content/954e... via @FT
How to escape AI slavery - Only the Left can tame Big Tech unherd.com/2026/02/how-...
How to escape AI slavery
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February 12, 2026 at 7:16 AM
How to escape AI slavery - Only the Left can tame Big Tech unherd.com/2026/02/how-...
AI showed me one sad truth. Presented with a technology filled with infinite possibilities where the only limit is your imagination, I always revert to prompting about llamas. And cats. Llamas and cats. In cyberspace. By Van Gogh.
February 13, 2026 at 6:01 AM
AI showed me one sad truth. Presented with a technology filled with infinite possibilities where the only limit is your imagination, I always revert to prompting about llamas. And cats. Llamas and cats. In cyberspace. By Van Gogh.
TIL no one has ever simulated what people do before.
"At Simile, we built the first AI simulation of society"
"We are launching today our AI simulations of real people—not hallucinations, not LLM wrappers—but AI simulations anchored in real peoples' lives and experiences...."
"At Simile, we built the first AI simulation of society"
"We are launching today our AI simulations of real people—not hallucinations, not LLM wrappers—but AI simulations anchored in real peoples' lives and experiences...."
Simile, which uses AI to help companies predict human behavior, including guessing items customers might buy, raised $100M led by Index and emerges from stealth (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)
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February 13, 2026 at 2:34 AM
TIL no one has ever simulated what people do before.
"At Simile, we built the first AI simulation of society"
"We are launching today our AI simulations of real people—not hallucinations, not LLM wrappers—but AI simulations anchored in real peoples' lives and experiences...."
"At Simile, we built the first AI simulation of society"
"We are launching today our AI simulations of real people—not hallucinations, not LLM wrappers—but AI simulations anchored in real peoples' lives and experiences...."
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My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse