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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hey, I did a video on evolution, LitRPG, and AI harnesses. It covers: - Evolution as the pilot, us as the mech suit - Why the Primal Hunter "Ding!" feels so good - A harness around your life, not your code - AI's job: current to ideal state Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=whDVc1sPc4c

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨👀 Last week I legit spent 2.5 hours reading Anthropic's AI Misuse Report end-to-end. Wanted to make a video but it would have been 4+ hours, so… Here's a 21-page PDF with my favorite 117 findings as bullets: danielmiessler.com/blog/anthropic-m…

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🧠 Unsupervised Learning NO. 542 is out. 🔓 AI attacker teams, 🤖 model routing, 🧭 TELOS risk registers. 🙏 Thanks to our sponsor Sublime: ul.live/sublime_n542 newsletter.danielmiessler.com/p/uns…

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I built an AI agent called Socrates that refuses to give answers. It asks you for yours, then asks how you know. For kids doing homework, and for anyone who can feel their thinking getting lazy. One file, free: danielmiessler.com/blog/the-socrate…

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

What I think is really important right now is making sure you're not living someone else's life.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

New post: Why I Hate Anthropic and You Should Too. Because clearly the company spending billions on safety, pushing back on the Pentagon, and warning us about AI is the real villain here. danielmiessler.com/p/why-you-should…

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

One issue I'm having: knowing when to pivot between improving the system vs. using it to do work. It's never been more enticing to sharpen your tools. But you can lose days on that instead of cutting the log. Message for myself. Maybe you too.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

My 2026 cybersecurity predictions: The primary question becomes how good your AI is vs. attackers' AI. Agents will finally make asset management possible. Security certs plummet in value. Junior talent faces massive pressure. danielmiessler.com/blog/cybersecuri…

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Just read. One book at a time, or 17. I’m currently reading: Letters to a Young Poet, The Dharma Bums, Accelerando, The Peregrine, Dominion, and more. It’s chaos. I’m embracing it.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

We should instead be asking how to prepare ourselves as a society—and as individuals—with the skills, mindsets, and infrastructure to survive and thrive after this thing moves through. AI is a Technological Weather Storm.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Mass unemployment. A loss of meaning. The need to build a different kind of economy. We shouldn’t be over-rotating on why it’s happening, or who to blame, or how to stop it. It’s weather.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

If we’re angry about an earthquake or a hurricane, we should mostly be angry about not being ready to handle what comes after. - Do people have insurance? - Can they get healthcare? - Can their kids go to school? It’s the same with AI—but it’s the biggest Tech Weather Event we’ve ever had.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

One good way to think about AI—and all major tech movements like electrification, the internet, etc—is as a Technological Weather Event. Not just to say that it’s mostly unavoidable, but that it really matters how we think about and prepare for them as a population.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

You don’t have to believe that companies want to fire all their employees to see AI’s threat to jobs. That’s negative framing. Most company leaders are regular, decent people who generally care about others. danielmiessler.com/blog/better-...

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A Better Way to Think About AI Job Replacement | Daniel Miessler

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The future of hacking isn’t smarter tools—it’s better context. Why defenders (and attackers) will win by building real-time world models. 📽️ New video: youtu.be/UwTTcka1Wd8

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The Future of Hacking is Context

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We're about to get precisely the right amount of AI Security. No more and no less. Hear me out… I talked before about what I called the Efficient Security Principle, which says the excitement for a technology lowers its required security bar... Read more here: danielmiessler.com/blog/ai-secu...

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We Can't Really Affect AI Security | Daniel Miessler

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

With all this AI job and economy disruption, don’t forget that we tend to overestimate short term progress and underestimate it in the long term. Read the full essay to see what I think it will look like: danielmiessler.com/blog/slow-th...

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AI Job Replacement: Slow Then Fast, May 2025 Edition | Daniel Miessler

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🙏For more breakdowns, news, and analysis, you can follow me @danielmiessler.bsky.social to never miss an update. ➡️And if you want to get even more analysis of what’s happening in security, AI, and tech, you should follow the conversation at: newsletter.danielmiessler.com

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

📢Sponsored by @paloaltontwks.bsky.social 🔐 Break Security Silos. Accelerate Cloud Defense . Most detection tools are stuck in the past. This exec guide from Palo Alto Networks shows how AI and automation are unifying security from code to SOC. www.paloaltonetworks.com/resources/gu...

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🚀This week's UL is live! Featuring: 🧠 AI finds a 0-Day 📦 Postman leaks secrets 📹 Unified Entity Context explainer 🔓 GitHub MCP leaks ⚔️ Google vs. OpenAI vs. Apple (AI vision) 💡 High Agency as a mental model …and more newsletter.danielmiessler.com/p/ul-482

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Unsupervised Learning NO. 482

AI Finds an 0-Day!, Postman Leaking Secrets, High Agency Mental Model, My Unified Entity Context Video, Github MCP Leaks Private Repos, Google vs. OpenAI vs. Apple on AI Vision, and more...

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Watched The Accountant 2 and loved the concept of Acquired Savant Syndrome—when brain injury unlocks genius. What if ASI could figure out how to trigger that intentionally? AI shouldn’t just make better AI. It should make better humans.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The future isn’t AI plus context—it’s context first, then AI. I call it Unified Entity Context, and I think it changes how we approach everything from security to decision-making. New video: youtu.be/IHUqk90ch7I Sponsored by Project Discovery → ul.live/PD1

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Unified Entity Context

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🔍 DISCOVERIES 🛡️Mithra: AI-aware API security scanner 💉SQLmap AI: Prompt-based SQL injection 🧠Cursor + Playwright: Self-improving coding agents 🎙️NotebookLM turns docs into full-on AI podcasts ✍️And a surprisingly sharp take on how to write blog titles that people actually read

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🚀This week's UL is live! Featuring: 🎧 AirPod cameras? ⚙️ Systems > tools 📚 Can AI boost education outcomes? 🔐 VC data breach 🌐 Claude gets web search 🎤 Speaking at Nahamcon + RSA recap w/ @jhaddix ...and more: newsletter.danielmiessler.com/p/ul-481

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Unsupervised Learning NO. 481

AirPod Cameras?, Systems over Tools, AI Improves Education Outcomes?, VC Data Theft, Claude API Gets Web, Speaking at Nahamcon, and more...

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Most every task is easier if you have more information. One of AI's primary benefits won't be just making smarter decisions itself, but providing the narrative context to make the decision easy for anyone.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Our jobs mentality is based on a lie. ➡️ We were told that there are special people who make things—but we're not one of them. ➡️ And our role is to work for one of them, hopefully… Fuck that. The illusion is collapsing. You are the special person. You can make things.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

What if AI enables megacorps to become giant incubators of millions of startups? - Identify problems anywhere - Find the best solution - Make a better solution - Distribute using your network How do regular startups beat that? danielmiessler.com/blog/ai-solu...

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AI Solution Factories | Daniel Miessler

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

🎙️ I sat down with Bar-el Tayouri of Mend AI to talk about the future of AI security—and why it’s evolving faster than any category before it. We covered malicious models, agent discovery, and more. If you're building with AI, this one's essential. youtu.be/538JTah7dTY

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A Conversation with Bar-El Tayouri from Mend.io

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

It’s not about having more jobs. It’s about having different kinds of people in those roles. I don’t think most current developer roles transfer neatly into that world. Some will. Many won’t. And I think we should start preparing for that now.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I wonder if companies in 2035 will function more like ecosystems of micro-startups—each powered by a builder and a small AI team. Maybe inside Google. Maybe completely independent. 🧵

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

These aren’t traditional devs—they’re full-stack thinkers who know how to solve problems end-to-end, with taste, speed, and context. 🧵

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Not just coders who can implement instructions. But generalist builders who can: ➡️Understand the problem space ➡️Envision a better solution ➡️Use AI to build it ➡️And bring it to market 🧵

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I’ve been thinking about how AI might reshape what it means to be a developer. We’re hearing a lot of predictions—some saying tech jobs will vanish, others saying AI will supercharge demand. But I think the more interesting shift is in who companies will need. 🧵

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

One of the biggest use cases for prompt injection and persuasion will be in product API’s targeting models and digital assistant agents with marketing. Marketing targeting humans won’t be nearly as important as the marketing targeting the AI working for the humans.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

📢 Sponsored by @Tines_io 🔐 What’s Driving Success for 900+ Security Leaders? IDC surveyed 900+ security pros on what’s working—and what’s not—across teams, tooling, and processes. Watch the on-demand webinar for real insights and takeaways: 👉 www.tines.com/webinars/voi...

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🔍Discoveries 🧨 Reverse zip bombs to break bots @ibrahimdiallo106.bsky.social 📊 Gov funding visualized as a knowledge graph @towardsdatascience.com ✍️ Substack bug: "/etc/hosts" breaks it @scalewithlee.bsky.social 🔄 Backfill your blog—your future self will thank you @simonwillison.net

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🚨 This week’s UL is live! Featuring: 🚢 Supply chain disruption incoming 🗳️ Easterly speaks out on cyber politicization 🖼️ Images now in the OpenAI API 🧠 Context + AI = Enterprise AI 🧾 Microsoft Recall returns …and more 📬 newsletter.danielmiessler.com/p/ul-479

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Unsupervised Learning NO. 479

Supply Chain Crash, Easterly Asks for Opposition, Images in the API, Context+AI=EnterpriseAI, Microsoft Recall Returns, and more...

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Trillions of decisions are made daily. What if each one had gigabytes—and years—of context to inform it? That’s the real Total Addressable Market for AI.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The biggest software opportunity going forward? World-model generation. For people. For teams. For companies. For everything. Fresh, rich, connected data = better decisions.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The clearer the world model of a thing—person, team, company—the easier it is to act on. Fix it. Grow it. Secure it. Optimize it. Context reduces decision difficulty.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Less context = more expertise required. More context = less expertise needed. One of AI’s true powers is lowering how much intelligence is needed—by providing context.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Once you fill in that world model—with details, a timeline, and a narrative—decisions become far easier. What needed a 5-star General before might be obvious to a Private with full context.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Here's something nobody's talking about with AI... Removing the Fog of War. Elite generals and principal engineers shine when info is scarce. Expertise = stitching limited info into a usable world model. 🧵

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

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Unsupervised Learning is about ideas and trends in Cybersecurity, National Security, AI, Technology, and Culture—and how best to upgrade ourselves to be ready for what's coming.

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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪᴇꜱꜱʟᴇʀ @danielmiessler.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

📢 Sponsored by @dropzoneai 🏢 The Future of In-House SOC Why are orgs bringing SOC ops back in-house despite staffing gaps? This whitepaper breaks down how AI is making it possible—faster MTTC, less headcount, more control. 📄 Read the analysis: content.dropzone.ai/why-ai-soc-a...

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Why AI SOC Analysts Are Key to the Modern In-House SOC Whitepaper

This whitepaper explains how AI SOC analysts enhance enterprise SOC operations by automating Tier 1 alert triage, improving analyst productivity, and making sure critical alerts don’t slip by.

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