AI Summarization Optimization
November 3 2025These days, the most important meeting attendee isn’t a person: It’s the AI notetaker.
This system assigns action items and determines the importance of what is said. If it becomes...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid at the Smithsonian
November 1 2025I can’t believe that I haven’t yet posted this picture of a giant squid at the Smithsonian. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the...
Read moreWill AI Strengthen or Undermine Democracy?
October 31 2025Listen to the Audio on NextBigIdeaClub.com
Below, co-authors Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders share five key insights from their new book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our...
Read moreThe AI-Designed Bioweapon Arms Race
October 30 2025Interesting article about the arms race between AI systems that invent/design new biological pathogens, and AI systems that detect them before they’re created:
The team started with a basic...
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Signal’s Post-Quantum Cryptographic Implementation
October 29 2025Signal has just rolled out its quantum-safe cryptographic implementation.
Ars Technica has a really good article with details:
Ultimately, the architects settled on a creative solution. Rather than bolt...
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Social Engineering People’s Credit Card Details
October 28 2025Good Wall Street Journal article on criminal gangs that scam people out of their credit card information:
Your highway toll payment is now past due, one text warns. You...
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Louvre Jewel Heist
October 27 2025I assume I don’t have to explain last week’s Louvre jewel heist. I love a good caper, and have (like many others) eagerly followed the details....
Read moreFirst Wap: A Surveillance Computer You’ve Never Heard Of
October 27 2025Mother Jones has a long article on surveillance arms manufacturers, their wares, and how they avoid export control laws:
Operating from their base in Jakarta, where permissive export laws...
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Friday Squid Blogging: “El Pulpo The Squid”
October 25 2025There is a new cigar named “El Pulpo The Squid.” Yes, that means “The Octopus The Squid.” As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the...
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