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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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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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
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...."
by Don Tapscott
Moltbook may look like a digital curiosity. It’s not.
In my latest article for The Toronto Star, I explore what's at stake, and why Identic AI must belong to individuals, not big tech platforms.
Read the full article here: lnkd.in/gqcjMjYf
In my latest article for The Toronto Star, I explore what's at stake, and why Identic AI must belong to individuals, not big tech platforms.
Read the full article here: lnkd.in/gqcjMjYf
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Moltbook may look like a digital curiosity. It’s not.
In my latest article for The Toronto Star, I explore what's at stake, and why Identic AI must belong to individuals, not big tech platforms.
Read the full article here: lnkd.in/gqcjMjYf
In my latest article for The Toronto Star, I explore what's at stake, and why Identic AI must belong to individuals, not big tech platforms.
Read the full article here: lnkd.in/gqcjMjYf
by Martin McKee
6/ But adopting new tech prematurely risks costly missteps, favouring commercially attractive innovations over real clinical needs—especially for rare or complex cancers. Evidence for many tools, particularly AI, remains limited.
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
6/ But adopting new tech prematurely risks costly missteps, favouring commercially attractive innovations over real clinical needs—especially for rare or complex cancers. Evidence for many tools, particularly AI, remains limited.
Reposted by Steve Peers
Why do people hate ai? It’s a mystery for the ages.
OpenAI’s President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It’s for Humanity
In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman says his political donations support OpenAI's mission—even if some employees at the company disagree.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Why do people hate ai? It’s a mystery for the ages.
"A number of high-profile AI staffers have decided to call it quits, with some explicitly warning that the companies they worked for are moving too fast and downplaying the technology’s shortcomings."
By design, Gen AI privileges speeding up, when really what we all need is to sloooooow down.
By design, Gen AI privileges speeding up, when really what we all need is to sloooooow down.
AI researchers are sounding the alarm on their way out the door | CNN Business
“The world is in peril,” warned the former head of Anthropic’s Safeguards Research team as he headed for the exit. A researcher for OpenAI, similarly on the way out, said that the technology has “a po...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:29 PM
"A number of high-profile AI staffers have decided to call it quits, with some explicitly warning that the companies they worked for are moving too fast and downplaying the technology’s shortcomings."
By design, Gen AI privileges speeding up, when really what we all need is to sloooooow down.
By design, Gen AI privileges speeding up, when really what we all need is to sloooooow down.