Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026He was the winner of the second race. The first race was won by rolling champ Tom Kopke, aka Tooleko from Germany. (British media focus primarily on the first men's race because of the historic rivalry and the status of the competitors.) 210
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Reuters Investigation: 'We wanted to craft a perfect phishing scam. AI bots were happy to help':reuters.comWe wanted to craft a perfect phishing scam. AI bots were happy to helpReuters and a Harvard researcher used AI to plot a simulated phishing scam and tested it on senior volunteers. It worked–showing how AI arms criminals for fraud 010
Reposted by Bart BoerboomReuters @reuters.com · 07/09/2025Exclusive: ASML becomes Mistral AI’s top shareholder after leading latest funding round, sources say reut.rs/3V5300creut.rsExclusive: ASML becomes Mistral AI’s top shareholder after leading latest funding round, sources sayASML , a crucial supplier of advanced chipmaking equipment, is set to become the top shareholder of French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI in a move to strengthen European tech sovereignty, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. 01816
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Mja, als het resultaat van Haags vingerwijzen en gekluns is dat huurders moeten opdraaien voor de kosten van de beloofde woningbouw, dan is er met recht reden tot onvrede. 040
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Ja, dat zal dan wel gebeuren. Men wijst naar elkaar (in dit geval De Hoop|PvdA-GL en Mooiman|PVV) en het resultaat zal zijn dat sociale huurders voor die nieuwbouw opdraaien, met opnieuw een enorme huurverhoging. 120
Reposted by Bart BoerboomTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 05/05/2025OpenAI reverses course, says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operationstechcrunch.comOpenAI reverses course, says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations | TechCrunchOpenAI has decided that its nonprofit division will retain control over its for-profit org, after the company initially announced that it planned to 23813
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025You can give it a try at chat.qwen.ai:chat.qwen.aiQwen ChatQwen Chat offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts. 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Alibaba released an new version of its main AI model, Qwen3-235B-A22B, claiming it achieves competitive results in benchmark evaluations of coding, math, general capabilities, etc., when compared to other top-tier models. Models at HuggingFace: huggingface.co/organization... #AI #Alibaba #Qwen3qwenlm.github.ioQwen3: Think Deeper, Act FasterQWEN CHAT GitHub Hugging Face ModelScope Kaggle DEMO DISCORD Introduction Today, we are excited to announce the release of Qwen3, the latest addition to the Qwen family of large language models. Our f... 100
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Onrealistische verwachtingen voor eigen helden zijn de gewoonte. Een leuke afwisseling zou een analyse vooraf zijn, waarin de afwegingen en voorbehouden worden gemaakt. (Nu stomen Vlaamse media je eerst klaar voor de grote strijd der super-giganten op de fiets en krijg je achteraf dit soort nuance.) 100
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Als hier & daar gesuggereerd is het dan beter de corporaties te compenseren, waar en wanneer echt nodig. Dat is beter dan een groot deel van de rekening bij bestaande huurders neer te leggen. Die nieuwe woningen worden ook niet speciaal gebouwd voor mensen die al huren, zou je denken. 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Je veegt niet per se sociaal wat dingen bij elkaar. Uiteraard kan het verhogen van de huur, met 5% of meer na eerdere grote verhogingen, tot blijvende nog hogere woonlasten leiden. (Mijn sociaal hurende oude buurvrouw moet bij alleen AOW steeds meer van haar beetje spaargeld aanvullend gebruiken.) 100
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Het was in ieder geval de Washington Post die het document zou hebben en er over schreef: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comSecret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprintsAn secret memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense. The guidance mimics language of a report from the conservative think ... 010
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 24/03/2025www.who.int/europe/news-...who.intWorld TB Day 2025Every year, 24 March is observed as World TB Day to amplify the urgency of ending tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB continues to devastate millions globally, inflicting s... 000
Reposted by Bart BoerboomThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/03/2025French scientist denied US entry after officers find phone messages criticizing Trumptheguardian.comFrench scientist denied US entry after officers find phone messages criticizing TrumpFrance’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched… 88680362
Reposted by Bart BoerboomTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 13/03/2025OpenAI calls DeepSeek ‘state-controlled,’ calls for bans on ‘PRC-produced’ modelstcrn.chOpenAI calls DeepSeek ‘state-controlled,’ calls for bans on ‘PRC-produced’ modelsIn a new policy proposal, OpenAI describes Chinese AI lab DeepSeek as “state-subsidized” and “state-controlled,” and recommends that the U.S. government consider banning models from the outfit and similar People’s Republic of China (PRC)-supported… 7122
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Popular AI chatbots sometimes use Russian disinformation spread by a network of sites targeting those chatbots, fake news research platform NewsGuard reports based on an analysis. #AI #NewsGuard #Chatbot #Russian #Propagandanewsguardrealitycheck.comA well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propagandaAn audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow’s disinformation goals by repeating false claims from the pro-Kremlin Pravda network 33 percent of the time 020
Reposted by Bart BoerboomTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 02/03/2025Signal is the number-one downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?tcrn.chSignal is the number-one downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?Privacy-focused messaging app Signal has been flying high in the Dutch app stores this past month, sitting many days as the most downloaded free app on iOS and Android for all categories, per data from multiple app-tracking platforms such as Sensor Tower.… 1417049
Reposted by Bart BoerboomReuters @reuters.com · 27/02/2025The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that North Korea was responsible for the theft of approximately $1.5 billion in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange ByBit reut.rs/4bkWf1sreut.rsFBI says North Korea was responsible for $1.5 billion ByBit hackThe Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that North Korea was responsible for the theft of approximately $1.5 billion in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange ByBit. 2820166
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Chinese company Alibaba has released a publicly available video generation model that. Wan 2.1 is built on up to 14 billion parameters and can create videos in 720p at 30fps - although it is not clear how long generated videos can be. See: github.com/Wan-Video/Wa... #AI #Alibaba #Video #Wan2.1wanai.proWan 2.1(Alibaba)Wan2.1 by WanAI is an advanced video generation model developed by Alibaba Cloud, capable of transforming text inputs into high-quality videos. Supporting both Chinese and English, this model excels a... 010
Reposted by Bart BoerboomReuters @reuters.com · 25/02/2025Alibaba will release an open-source version of its video and image-generating artificial intelligence model, Wan 2.1, the Chinese tech giant said in a post on X reut.rs/3D7M03Nreut.rsAlibaba to release open-source version of video generating AI modelAlibaba will release an open-source version of its video and image-generating artificial intelligence model, Wan 2.1, the Chinese tech giant said in a post on X on Tuesday. 44012
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Like him or not, but Macron at least has the courage to point out untruths to Trump. Let's hope that Starmer also dares to correct the US president, when needed. 0171
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025A study by researchers at OpenAI into the software engineering capabilities of SOTA AI models shows Claude 3.5 Sonnet beats OpenAI’s GPT-4o, and even its reasoning model o1, on the new SWE-Lancer benchmark (openai.com/index/swe-la...) See: arxiv.org/abs/2502.12115 #AI #Anthropic #OpenAI #SWE-Lancerbdtechtalks.comClaude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms GPT-4o and o1 in software engineering, OpenAI study showsA new OpenAI study reveals Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms GPT-4o and o1 on SWE-Lancer, a new benchmark simulating real-world software engineering tasks. 010
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 23/02/2025In El Pais, Marita Alonso takes a critical look at the growing sex technology market. "...to educate the [human] gaze to avoid objectification. Apparently, Levy was right when he said that sex with robots is going to be inevitable. What can be avoided is the repetition of toxic patterns." #AI #Sexenglish.elpais.comDesigned by men, for men: Why sex with robots does not have appeal among womenThe growing market for sex technology is overlooking certain factors that could condemn robosexuality to objectification 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 23/02/2025The Grok 3 AI model, of Elon Musk's company xAI, was instructed to censor unflattering facts about Donald Trump and Elon Musk himself: techcrunch.com/2025/02/23/g... #AI #xAI #Grok #Grok3 #Misinformation #Censorship 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025OpenAI writes it has blocked a number of accounts that used ChatGPT to develop a suspected AI-based surveillance tool. OpenAI has partnerships, with U.S. National Laboratories for nuclear weapon research and Anduril, to deploy AI on the battlefield. #AI #OpenAI #PR #Waropenai.comDisrupting malicious uses of AIEnsuring AI benefits humanity by advancing democratic AI, preventing misuse, and protecting against authoritarian threats. 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025The European Commission is going to charge Google with violating the Digital Markets Act, Reuters reports. The tech giant is said to favor its own search services on its platforms. Google's previously proposed changes are said to be insufficient to meet the complaints. #EU #DMA #BigTech #Googlereuters.comExclusive: Google to be hit with EU charges of breaching Big Tech rules, sources sayAlphabet unit Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech after proposed changes to its search results failed to address EU antitrust regulator's concerns and those of their rivals, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said. 000
Reposted by Bart BoerboomTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 21/02/2025OpenAI rolls out its AI agent, Operator, in several countriestcrn.chOpenAI rolls out its AI agent, Operator, in several countriesOpenAI said on Friday that it is rolling out Operator, its so-called AI agent that can perform tasks on behalf of users, for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the U.K., and more countries. OpenAI… 0184
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Microsoft Research and Xbox studio Ninja Theory have teamed up to create a new generative AI model, called Muse, that can generate gameplay. Xbox sees potential in this model, among other things, optimizing classic games for newer devices. See: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #AI #Xbox #Muse #WHAMmicrosoft.comAdvancing game ideation with Muse: the first World and Human Action Model (WHAM)Today Nature published Microsoft’s research detailing our WHAM, an AI model that generates video game visuals & controller actions. We are releasing the model weights, sample data, & WHAM Demonstrator... 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Journalists at The New York Times will have access to various generative AI tools, including a self-developed system, news website Semafor reports based on internal messages. The NYT emphasizes that journalists should not rewrite entire paragraphs with the tools. #AI #Semafor #NYTsemafor.comNew York Times goes all-in on internal AI toolsThe company said it was greenlighting a number of AI programs for editorial and product staff. 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 15/02/2025See huggingface.co/huihui-ai and huggingface.co/IntelligentE... They describe the abliteration method. Drop a message on HF if you do like to know more. (And they are active on X) Could be you worry about security, but those AI models are not executable code; more like a database with numbers in ithuggingface.cohuihui-ai (huihui.ai)User profile of huihui.ai on Hugging Face 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025OpenAI is going to pay the Guardian Media Group for the use of articles to train AI models and will provide source references through snippets and other means. The publisher of The Guardian says it has entered into a “strategic partnership” with OpenAI: #AI #OpenAI #TheGuardiantheguardian.comGuardian Media Group announces strategic partnership with OpenAIGuardian Media Group today announced a strategic partnership with Open AI, a leader in artificial intelligence and deployment, that will bring the Guardian’s high quality journalism to ChatGPT’s globa... 020
Reposted by Bart BoerboomTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 13/02/2025Spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps for yearstcrn.chSpyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps for yearsItalian company SIO, which sells to government customers, is behind an Android spyware campaign called Spyrtacus that spoofed popular apps like WhatsApp, per security researchers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. 14618
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Well, you can have a different image of it, for example as if it were a pirate's lair.theguardian.comBeing a victim of theft might help the British Museum reflect on returning its own swag | Martha GillAll the old arguments for hanging on to looted treasures like the Benin bronzes have crumbled 020
Reposted by Bart BoerboomThe Verge @theverge.com · 12/02/2025Thomson Reuters wins an early court battle over AI, copyright, and fair usebuff.lyThomson Reuters wins an early court battle over AI, copyright, and fair useAre AI tools legal? 18716
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 12/02/2025The European Data Protection Board (www.edpb.europa.eu/edpb_en) says Chinese AI tool DeepSeek may face further regulatory actions in the future. Several European data protection authorities have raised concerns about how DeepSeek handles users' personal data. #AI #DeepSeek #EU #EDPB #GDPRreuters.comDeepSeek may face further regulatory actions, EU privacy watchdog saysDeepSeek may face more actions from national regulators in the future, Europe's privacy watchdog said on Tuesday, underscoring the bloc's concerns about the rising popularity of the cheap Chinese artificial intelligence startup. 010
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Anthropic CEO Amodei calls the AI Action Summit a "missed opportunity". With the turbulent developments, he sees the need to "move faster and with greater clarity". He warns for dominance by authoritarian countries. JD Vance said in Paris that the US will dominate AI. #AI #AIActionSummit #Anthropicanthropic.comStatement from Dario Amodei on the Paris AI Action SummitA call for greater focus and urgency 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 11/02/2025French President Macron and EU's digital chief Virkkunen promised more business-friendly rules to help AI; calling for investment in the EU. "It's very clear we have to resynchronise with the rest of the world.", Macron said Virkkunen told Reuters she had gotten the message #AI #EU #AIActionSummitreuters.comParis AI summit draws world leaders and CEOs eager for technology waveWorld leaders and technology executives are convening in Paris on Monday to discuss how to safely embrace artificial intelligence at a time of mounting resistance to heavy-handed red tape that businesses say stifles innovation. 000
Reposted by Bart BoerboomReuters @reuters.com · 11/02/2025The United States and Britain have not signed the Paris AI Summit's declaration entitled 'Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence' reut.rs/4gBzSG5reut.rsUS, Britain have not signed Paris AI summit declarationThe United States and Britain have not signed the Paris AI Summit's declaration entitled 'Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence'. 125314
Reposted by Bart BoerboomNicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Proud that my country has chosen to stand alongside Trump and Vance in dismissing any regulation that might prevent AI from harming humans and destroying the world, this shows that the UK is serious about growth www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comUS and UK refuse to sign Paris summit declaration on ‘inclusive’ AIConfirmation of snub comes after JD Vance criticises Europe’s ‘excessive regulation’ of technology 3178
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 11/02/2025BBC researchers gave four publicly available AI assistants – ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity – access to the BBC website and asked them about news articles. Journalists then reviewed the responses and judged that there were many 'significant issues': www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... #AI #BBCresearch-live.comBBC research finds 'significant issues' over accuracy of AI responses to news questions | News | Research liveResearch by the BBC has highlighted ‘significant issues’ in half of AI responses to questions about the news, including problems with accuracy, impartiality, and misrepresentation of source material. 022
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 11/02/2025'EU to mobilise €200 billion for AI investment': #AI #EU #AIActionSummiteuronews.comEU to mobilise €200 billion for AI investmentThe European Commission also announced a fund specific to AI gigafactories to allow companies to train their AI models. 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 11/02/2025At the AI Action Summit in Paris, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced an EU investment of €50 billion in AI and an additional €8 billion for AI factories. "The AI race is far from over," she said. #AI #EU #AIActionSummiteuractiv.comVon der Leyen launches world's largest public-private partnership to win AI race - Euractiv"The AI race is far from over," von der Leyen said in her speech, before proceeding to announce further investments in the tens of billions. 101
Reposted by Bart BoerboomTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 09/02/2025OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits that AI’s benefits may not be widely distributedtcrn.chOpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits that AI’s benefits may not be widely distributedIn a new essay on his personal blog, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company is open to a “compute budget,” among other “strange-sounding” ideas, to “enable everyone on Earth to use a lot of AI” and ensure the benefits of the technology are widely… 2211141
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025The new Gemini 2.0 models (blog.google/technology/g...) have been added to the AIME 2025 Leaderboard: matharena.ai #AI #Gemini #AIME #Leaderboard 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025According to a YouGov poll, a majority of Brits support strict controls on AI systems that could exceed human capabilities. 87% support a law requiring AI developers to demonstrate that their systems are secure, before release, while 60% support a ban on the development of AGI models. #AI #AGI #UKtime.comExclusive: Brits Want to Ban ‘Smarter Than Human’ AIA new poll shows the British public wants far stricter AI rules than its government does. 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025POLITICO picked up the story ("X did not immediately respond to POLITICO's request for comment."): #X #Musk #Europe #DSApolitico.euGerman court orders X to hand over election data in legal blow to Musk’s platformResearchers win a legal battle against the platform formerly known as Twitter, securing crucial access to social media data to probe potential election interference. 000
Bart Boerboom @bartboeman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Two Chinese consumer GPU manufacturers, Moore Threads and Baidu's Kunlun, will bring support for a local setup with a model like the distilled DeepSeek-R1 - using the Ascend 910C AI chip. #AI #DeepSeek #GPU #Huawei #NVIDIAwccftech.comChinese GPU Manufacturers Push Out Support For Running DeepSeek's AI Models On Local Systems, Intensifying the AI RaceChinese consumer GPU manufacturers have now started to bring support for running DeepSeek's R1 LLM models on local systems. 000
Reposted by Bart BoerboomWIRED @wired.com · 07/02/2025The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE's access to sensitive personnel data.wrd.cmACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal LawThe ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE’s access to sensitive personnel data. 1343350916
