GPT-2 is a direct scale-up of GPT-1, with more parameters and trained on more data. However, it was deemed too dangerous to release by OpenAI: Due to our concerns about malicious applications of the technology, we are not releasing the … Read more
An evidence-based investigation into the real reasons behind Claude Mythos Preview’s restricted release In the first week of April 2026, Anthropic quietly made history — and then deliberately kept most people from accessing it. The company launched Project Glasswing, a … Read more
The digital world of 2025 is an increasingly dark place—promises of an end-of-history, neoliberal technotopia have foundered on the rocks of monopoly, nativism, and a fractured epistemological understanding of the world. I’ve personally seen the retreat from the “digital public … Read more
I’m a big fan of “sharp tools”. These are tools that are powerful enough to be hugely helpful or harmful, depending on how they’re used. Most forms of direct production access are in this category: like ssh or kubectl, or … Read more
Amazon is selling books marketed at people seeking techniques to manage their ADHD that claim to offer expert advice yet appear to be authored by a chatbot such as ChatGPT. Amazon’s marketplace has been deluged with works produced by artificial … Read more
Every now and then, the media produces dozens of scary headlines about rocks from space headed toward our planet. But is there really a big chance that an asteroid could hit Earth in the near future? For now, people are … Read more
I think you can all imagine how I felt when I hit send on what I felt was one of the most dangerous emails I’d ever sent in my career. There was an instant desire to undo what I’d just … Read more
Plastic pollution is a menace worldwide. Plastics are now found in every environment on the planet, from the deepest seas to the atmosphere and human bodies. Scientific evidence describing harm to the environment and humans is growing. Hence, the United … Read more
The Super Game Boy allows you to play Game Boy games on your Super Nintendo. This is an impressive feat, when you consider that the two consoles share basically nothing in common. Today, we’ll look at the hybrid machine that … Read more
CWEs are becoming more and more prevalent in vulnerability exposure conversations as the community looks to avoid the root causes that can become vulnerabilities. Throughout the summer of 2023 you will find a lineup of articles and further information that … Read more