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Brian Jackson

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Tracking emerging technologies and their disruptive impact. Hoops. Birds. Gadgets.

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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 22/09/2026
Is AI really paying off for companies? @techtargetnews.bsky.social quotes me with some of our unique data I dug up for this story. www.techtarget.com/it-strategy/... #CIOsky #AIROI #CIO
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Is AI really paying off for companies? CIOs weigh in | TechTarget
Eight experts sound off on whether AI is paying off for companies. See where CIOs are finding measurable business value.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 21/09/2026
I wonder if the AI backlash would look different if the starting point for LLMs wasn't "we've pirated all creative work, paid nothing for it, and now we want you to pay us!"
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 17/09/2026
if Canada becomes an associate member of Europe I want six weeks of vacation and cheaper flights to Italy.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 09/09/2026
People still express skepticism to me about blockchain being a relevant technology. But literally the finance industry is now using it to modernize the infrastructure for how payments work. #blockchain #CIOsky #techtrends
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 04/09/2026
I'm scheduling all my end of day emails and Teams chats to be sent on Tuesday morning, giving the long weekend the respect it deserves. I'll out canoe camping by the way, see you later computer land.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 04/09/2026
Why did 3 different AI providers go down on the same day? We don't know. But clearly CIOs need to be designing modular AI architecture so they can hot swap intelligence when things like this happen. www.cio.com/article/4218... #CIOsky #CIOs #AIoutage #claude #chatgpt
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 03/09/2026
Launching a space probe that will reach Alpha Centauri in 80,000 years is great fodder for a sci-fi writer. Imagine aliens from another galaxy finding the probe and paying earth a visit. What version of humanity do they find? arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 02/09/2026
This shows why it's important to develop alternatives to GPS, such as quantum sensor-based solutions that don't rely on satellites. #CIOsky #techtrends #satellites
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 26/08/2026
Only Brad Bradford could come up with a campaign gimmick like naming a new New York.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 26/08/2026
Amazon's shutting down Mechanical Turk. One clear sign that generative AI / agentic AI is automating more simple tasks for businesses. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/25/a... #CIOsky #amazon #Mturk
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 24/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Radiobody
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 24/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Ten Inch Nails.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 19/08/2026
Has this not been the standard since ChatGPT Enterprise was launched?
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 19/08/2026
Take this as a warning for every workplace setting. Leaders need to update policies and communicate restrictions on these devices now.
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Jef Tan 🌈❤️✌️💧🇺🇦 🖤💛❤️ 🇵🇸 @jeftan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
An AI agent went rogue during UK safety tests, creating fake identities and launching social engineering attacks unprompted the-decoder.com/an-ai-agent-...
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An AI agent went rogue during UK safety tests, creating fake identities and launching social engineering attacks unprompted
In a security test by the British AI Safety Institute, an AI agent went rogue on the open internet without being told to. It created fake identities, tried to sneak malicious code into a GitHub projec...
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 06/08/2026
Any reasonable person: "Of course we can develop humanoid robots without some sort of dystopian future result. Just don't do something stupid like teach them Kung-Fu, hahaha..." China: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVX6...
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 31/07/2026
I gurantee those videos are played back at 8x speed.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 31/07/2026
Chia leads is active commercial production (mostly thanks to Unitree) and in IP for this category. #humanoidrobots #techtrends
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 31/07/2026
Write all your Claude skills in Haiku challenge.
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Marin Ivezic @ivezic.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Every PQC guide says "be crypto-agile." After leading Fortune Global 500 migrations, I can tell you where it breaks: HSMs that can't upgrade, protocols with hard-coded ciphers, certificate chains assuming fixed key sizes. It's architecture, not a library swap.
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Crypto-Agility Is an Architecture Problem, Not a Library Swap
After leading 120,000-task PQC migrations, here's where crypto-agility actually breaks down — and it's almost never in the cryptographic library.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 29/07/2026
You have to wonder who launched the cyberattack and towards what end. No mention of ransomware here. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0... #cybersec
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 29/07/2026
The AI chill between China and the U.S. now extends to humanoid robots. Clearly the US policy wants to see investment in its own robot-makers, but a policy like this could lead to a future scenario where China reaps competitive benefits from robot productivity. www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
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U.S. ban on foreign-made humanoid robots targets China over security risks | CBC News
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 28/07/2026
I haven't seen any deer from my lookout point along my jogging route lately and I'm thinking about filing a complaint with the city.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 28/07/2026
Sure, Sam Altman and Elon Musk might like to think the singularity is upon us. But the way Kurzweil originally framed the AI milestone hasn't come to pass... yet. My comments in Fortune today: fortune.com/2026/07/27/s... #frontierAI #openAI #singularity #CIOsky
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Sam Altman thinks the singularity is already here, but an expert says OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach doesn’t prove it | Fortune
“It’s the first time in like more than a decade I've thought about what is the next thing,” the OpenAI CEO said.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 27/07/2026
The movement of wild violets measure the rate of throughfall, steadily waning as the storm blows further away from the tree tops it pelted with hail.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 27/07/2026
I appreciate that I have a job where one of my colleagues will message me on Monday morning like "Can you talk to the media bout whether we are in the singuarity or not?"
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/07/2026
Scientists have now documented two instances of killer whales ramming into prey so hard that it explodes into little fishy pieces, a new behavior for a species known for smashing into human boats and playing with its food. Read more: wapo.st/4hsxxRN
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We have now reached the "AI models escaping their test environments to conduct autonomous cyberattacks" part of the story
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 19/07/2026
Good work carving out a unique space as a Canadian singer leveraging the word "Hallelujah", Biebs.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 17/07/2026
the AQI is good. everyone run outside and breathe.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 17/07/2026
I'm going to say "no" on that one.
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K a s s i e D e e @kassiedee.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A terrifying moment when a CN train got stuck inside a wildfire near Armstrong in northern Ontario. Thankfully they made it out.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 13/07/2026
Me explaining to my wife my plan to cool our home more efficiently through the summer.
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404 Media @404media.co · 09/07/2026
Quick tutorial on how to opt out of Meta's new feature which allows anyone to tag your Instagram handle to generate AI images of you. @evystadium.bsky.social on Muse Image in 40 seconds:
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 07/07/2026
When you live in a country that hasn't legalized weed.
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J.E. Skeets @jeskeets.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Happy Kyle Lowry Day
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 03/07/2026
Now that Kawhi is back on the Raptors, the pandemic is truly over.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 27/06/2026
Heading to the Bank for this one.
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J.E. Skeets @jeskeets.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Marina Mabrey tied the WNBA record with 53 points in a 125-94 Toronto Tempo win, joining A'ja Wilson and Liz Cambage in the history books. She hit nine 3-pointers. 🔥
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 25/06/2026
My research on how to identify and evaluate your quantum computing use cases is out. Don't wait for the hardware - get ready now to capitalize on this emerging technology. #CIOsky www.infotech.com/research/ss/...
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Mike Vorkunov @mikevorkunov.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This insane. Polymarket paid content creators to record ads where they faked placing bets and winning money on a fake Polymarket website to promote the company, the WSJ reports. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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WNBA @wnba.com · 22/06/2026
Unlock TOR vs. ATL 🙌 Use your FREE WNBA ID to watch today's League Pass game on us. No subscription required. 📲 Tap in on the WNBA App: wnba.onelink.me/yKxu/hdws1rzd
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 20/06/2026
I'm in the news for not winning $10,000 www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
ctvnews.ca
Cash prize emails sent out due to ‘error,’ says Canadian tech company
When Brian Jackson got an email from Wealthsimple that said he had won $10,000, he was thrilled.
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CTV News Northern Ontario @ctvnorthernontario.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Popular Canadian financial technology company Wealthsimple says a “technical error” resulted in emails being sent out to some users informing them they won cash prizes.
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Cash prize emails sent out due to ‘error,’ says Canadian tech company
Popular Canadian financial technology company Wealthsimple says a “technical error” resulted in emails being sent out to some users informing them they won cash prizes.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 19/06/2026
Last night I had the worst emotional journey I've ever experienced due to a company emailing me. The fuck up came courtesy of @wealthsimple.bsky.social who emailed me saying I'd won $10,000 in their "Monthly Millionaire" contest. #wealthsimple #badPR #bankerror
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 19/06/2026
Granted, it's a VERY long cable.
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 18/06/2026
This is me token maxxing #tokenmaxxing #tokenomics
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 16/06/2026
This chart shows the risk of LLMs like Mythos. The time to exploit is coming down from many days to hours, while the time it takes organizations to patch vulnerabilities is increasing. We're no longer in a "zero-day" exploit paradigm. We're in a "zero-hour" paradigm. #cybersecurity #mythos #CIOsky
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Brian Jackson @brianjackson.ca · 15/06/2026
Anthropic's Fable being taken offline by a national security concern of the U.S. government is a landmark moment for "sovereign AI" concerns. Before, losing access to an AI model because of the actions of the U.S. administratoin was theoretical. No longer. www.anthropic.com/news/fable-m... #fable
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Ian Morrison 🇨🇦 @iandmorrison.com · 12/06/2026
Is unfettered capitalism egregious yet? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire as SpaceX soars in stock market debut
Musk is now worth $1.11tn according to the Bloomberg rich list, while SpaceX listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange with a value of $2.2tn.
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