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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 18/09/2026

This week in Bad Information, Anthropic says it disrupted AI-run influence operations targeting Malaysia's election and pushing UAE and Bangladeshi propaganda. news.aunoo.ai/2026/09/18/d...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 31/08/2026

Interested in AI in the SOC and security operations? Check out our new market data aisocnews.com

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 15/08/2026

Idiocracy is now inescapable and inevitable😂

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 14/08/2026

One of the free services we offer is profiling your Bluesky activity to see how a recruiter or HR might view your posts, or what leverage a social engineer can find to use against you. Check it out 👇 badaura.aunoo.ai

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 31/07/2026

Researchers caught Google Gemini citing a fake NGO founded by a former Wagner boss as a real source. The target isn't just voters anymore, instead it's the AI you use to check facts. New Bad Information is out 👇 news.aunoo.ai?p=636&previe...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 24/07/2026

This week in Bad Information: a French study finds both Russia and the US weaponize climate disasters to spread disinformation across Europe. Plus Russian AI deepfakes of fake Polish soldiers. news.aunoo.ai/2026/07/24/d...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 23/07/2026

A French think tank (IRIS) reports that state actors, mainly Russia and the US, use extreme-weather events to spread disinformation in Europe. The channels it names are include the Portal Kombat network exposed by France's Viginum agency. Our situation report: github.com/AuNooAI/situ...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 11/06/2026

AGI seems a bit buggy, tbh....

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 05/06/2026

Uber torched its entire annual AI budget in four months, then capped every employee at $1,500 with a dashboard to watch the meter. The most-quoted number in AI this week turned out to be a line item. Issue 102, link below. open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 28/05/2026

This week, the Pope said the quiet part out loud, and the AI industry didn't notice, because it was busy teaching robots to perform K-pop. The Curious AI #101 is out. → open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 20/04/2026

Yeah, look at that AGI go! 🙄

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 14/02/2026

What Tech CEO's mean when they say AI will create a trillion dollar market

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 17/01/2026

This is a major reason I moved away from Germany

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 14/01/2026

If you know 80ies movies, you'll get this

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 16/12/2025

State of the tech industry in 2025

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 09/12/2025

We’re opening the black box. 🔓 Most intelligence platforms hide their logic, lock down their data, and charge enterprise prices for… RSS filters. We’re doing the opposite. AuNoo’s Community Edition is open and free. 🔗 github.com/AuNooAI/Auno... 💡 aunoo-ai.gitbook.io/aunoo-ai-kb/...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 07/12/2025

AuNoo AI Community edition dropped this week. Open news and foresight analysis, made in Europe. Easy self-hosting with Docker: aunoo-ai.gitbook.io/aunoo-ai-kb/...

Nostradamus using a laptop and showing screenshtots of the AuNoo foresight tool. Slogan: Aunoo for foresight pros. Subtitle: Prophecis are cool. Evidence-based foresight is cooler.

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 29/10/2025

My favourite AI fail today - Claude Code not knowing that root can read any file 🤦

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 19/09/2025

🔥 OUT NOW CURIOUS AI 87! 🔥 This week with a deep dive into where we are at with AI scaling. Hint - we're so over it! open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 12/09/2025

🔥 OUT NOW! CURIOUS AI 86! 🔥 Curious news for curious people thecuriousai.substack.com/p/curious-ai...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 08/08/2025

🔥 Out Now! The Curious AI 81 🔥 This week, OpenAI finally releases GPT5. Hint: It's not AGI. And the Doomer and E/ACC jobs narratives collide. As always, free and made with @Aunoo AI Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 01/08/2025

Out Now! The Curious AI 80! open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 18/07/2025

Curious AI 78 is out now! open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 11/07/2025

Out Now! Get your AI Curious! Issue 77! www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 06/07/2025

AI code. Most of it is CRUD.

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 27/06/2025

💥 Out Now! Curious AI #75! 💥 This week with our new AI Bubble Froth Tracker. We even created a special AI Froth Gaugent. Current Froth level? 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐲 As always, with data from Aunoo AI. www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 26/06/2025

If you want to learn more about Technoshock and the cyberpunk dystopia we're living in, which symptoms we're already experiencing already see, and the crazy and zany subcultures it creates, this is the newsletter for you. oliverrochford.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 20/06/2025

Curious AI Issue #74!! Now with more snark and smarter analysis than ever, for our 1850+ subscribers. Investor scepticism, worker pushback all signal mounting AI fatigue. Mood: Agentic pivot + bubble strain, fatigue rising www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 13/06/2025

💥 Out Now! Curious AI #73! 💥 Disney & Universal just fired the first blockbuster copyright salvo, signalling the end of the “train on everything” era. Lawsuits now multiply faster than model releases, nudging gen-AI firms toward pricey licensing. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 30/05/2025

Did you know there are actually two, divergent timelines for AGI? The Business Timeline: Executives predict AGI as soon as 2026–2035. Everyone Else's Timeline: Researchers and technical experts on the other hand urge caution, pointing to technical plateaus www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 23/05/2025

💥 Out Now! Curious AI #70! 💥 It’s been a cluster fuck of a fortnight in AI! Mood: cautiously optimistic but vigilant www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 09/05/2025

☣️ 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰! 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐈 #69! ☣️ This week, J&J finds only 10-15% of AI projects drive 80% of gains. Ethical, environmental, and employment concerns surge, while trust in AI reliability wavers. Militaries and businesses scale fast. Healthcare remains a bright spot. www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 04/04/2025

💥 Out Now! Curious AI #66! 💥 This week, a decline in AI adoption and public perception, warnings of a bubble grow louder, vibe coding gets the reality treatment by real software professionals, and a noticeable uptick in AI-startup fraud! www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 25/03/2025

Hallucination of the day! Note the delegation of responsibility - "the current implementation is using incorrect numbers from somewhere else....". Deflecting blame is not a trait I'd usually hire for 😜

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 21/03/2025

💥 Out Now! Curious AI #65! 💥 This week, those are my agents, and if you don't like them...well, there are many others! Plus, the Financial Sector is signalling themselves as Early Adopters, and while Skepticism about AGI grows among Researchers, CEO’s go all in. www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 14/03/2025

We have a fantastic edition this week! The sentiment tide is definitely turning, which is good! Love the tech, hate the grifters! www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 13/03/2025

Here's my advice to most security operations teams looking at agentic security: You have more to gain from waiting, unless you can use it for free. www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-yo...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 07/03/2025

Out today! The Curious AI 63!! The bubble is frothing!! Goldman Sachs report casts doubt on AI productivity claims. And check out aunoo.ai if you want to curate and model news! www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 30/01/2025

Many security folks don't get data science, and vice versa. Magic happens in the middle of the Venn diagram.

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 22/01/2025

Security Telemetry Pipelines are so hot right now! Learn why, in this free market report by Cyberfuturist Oliver Rochford 📘 Stay ahead, get the report here: cyberfuturists.com/security-pip...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 17/01/2025

Happy Friday!! But also, Alert Fatigue causes burnout. Checkout Auguria, Inc. auguria.io

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 10/01/2025

💥 Out Now! Curious AI #56! 💥 This week, the subsidized LLM usage cycle, or how OpenAI makes losing money look good. Also, Happy New Year to our 1700!!!! Subscribers www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou... #ainews #ainewsletter #ai #futurism

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 06/12/2024

The time that #ChatGPT trigerred its own content policy restriction by expanding on my prompt. Full session lnkd.in/eyZDXEBx

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 01/11/2024

💥 Out Now! Curious AI #49! 💥 AI News for Techno-realists This week, news about AI Art selling at Sothebys, AI models exhibiting their creators biases, and the Age of Megaloman.ai. #ainews #futurism www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 14/06/2024

💡 The Curious AI #30 is out! 💡 AI predictions from former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, More data points on AI's carbon footprint, and how hallucinations are intrinsic to how models are trained. #aihttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/curious-ai-30-oliver-rochford-zxgle

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 12/04/2024

💡 Curious AI #22 is out! 💡 This week: ◽️ Brands prohibiting creative agencies using AI ◽️ How culture impact AI regulation ◽️ Why the AI revolution may require an energy revolution Enjoy! Share! Subscribe! #ainewsletter #ainews #aifuture #futurism www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 15/03/2024

💡 #CuriousAINewsletter #18: Weekend special! This week's weirdness - AI's "fake empathy" and the intriguing phenomenon of people bonding with chatbots and robots. #ainewsletter #ainews #aifuture #futurism www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou...

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Oliver Rochford @cyberfuturists.com · 06/03/2024

🚨💡 The Curious AI Newsletter #17 is out! 💡 🚨 Read all about the AI-marketed Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory Fiasco and how AI can be used to restore smells lost to history. #ainews #ainewsletter #aifuture #futurism www.linkedin.com/pulse/curiou... via @LinkedIn

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