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DrMikeWatts

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PhD in artificial intelligence, research experience in IT and ecology. Scientist. Engineer. Educator. Husband. Father.

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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 1h
Software defined network switching can make #AI data centre builds faster: www.techtarget.com/it-infrastru... #ArtificialIntelligence
techtarget.com
Schneider software-defined switchgear targets AI data center delays | TechTarget
Schneider says its new approach can speed equipment delivery and commissioning by moving more protection and control functions into software.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 5h
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Volume 30, Issue 5, October 2025 computational-intelligence.blogspot.com/2026/10/ieee... #ArtificialIntelligence
computational-intelligence.blogspot.com
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Volume 30, Issue 5, October 2025
1) Evolutionary Hypergraph Learning: A Multiobjective Influence Maximization Approach Considering Seed Selection Costs Author(s):  X. Qu, W...
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Weekly Review 2 October 2026: computational-intelligence.blogspot.com/2026/10/week... #ArtificialIntelligence
computational-intelligence.blogspot.com
Weekly Review 2 October 2026
Some interesting links that I  Tweeted  about in the last week (I also post these on  Mastodon ,  Threads ,  Newsmast , and  Bluesky ): Usin...
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is hilarious-the largest #AI supercomputer in the UK can't be started up because they can't get enough power for it: www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #ArtificialIntelligence
theguardian.com
Launch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problems
Datacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030s
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It doesn't matter if the crime was committed by an #AI, the owners of the AI are responsible: www.theregister.com/security/202... #ArtificialIntelligence
theregister.com
Treasury chief says AI bosses, not their bots, will carry the can for criminal acts
'Humans are responsible, not the AI,' argues Scott Bessent as he calls out OpenAI agents' hack of Hugging Face
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The big problems with the idea of an #AI kill switch: www.techtarget.com/cybersecurit... #ArtificialIntelligence
techtarget.com
Pulling the plug: Why the AI kill switch might be a dead end | TechTarget
The AI kill switch may become a requirement for advanced systems, but many experts are questioning whether it will work. Read what experts have to say.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#AI still need a lot of oversight, and the cost of this is not clear: www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/... #ArtificialIntelligence
hpcwire.com
AI Agents Promise Automation. How Much Human Oversight Do They Still Need? - BigDATAwire
More than three-quarters of decision-makers in a new Collibra-sponsored Harris Poll said their organizations hit roadblocks moving AI agents from pilots into full production over the past year. More t...
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#AI tools make it cheap to break into systems: www.computerworld.com/article/4226... #ArtificialIntelligence
computerworld.com
AI tools help hacker break in for $25 per target
A dire warning for retailers, or an unethical side-hustle for IT workers?
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No matter what you are doing with #AI, you have to have good data behind it: www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/... #ArtificialIntelligence
hpcwire.com
AI Personalization Is Only as Good as the Data Infrastructure Behind It - BigDATAwire
A customer shops online for a winter coat, buys one, and continues seeing nearly identical coats in every recommendation slot for the next three weeks. The system has correctly identified an interest,...
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The ever-shifting bottlenecks in #AI deployment: www.techtarget.com/it-strategy/... #ArtificialIntelligence
techtarget.com
As AI gets faster, the enterprise bottleneck moves | TechTarget
As AI models improve, enterprise bottlenecks shift into data, identity, workflows and testing. CIOs should invest where the next constraint emerges.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#AI is now contributing to war crimes: futurism.com/artificial-i... #ArtificialIntelligence
futurism.com
It Turns Out the US Military Really Did Use AI to Blow Up a School Full of Iranian Children
New reporting reveals that US Central Command did use AI to conduct the deadly double-tap strike that killed 123 children in Iran.
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PTERNZ @pternz1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Call for abstracts for the PTERNZ2026 symposium. Deadline October 30. To be held in Auckland November 27 2026: tinyurl.com/3557yc5m
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence Volume 10, Issue 6, October 2026: computational-intelligence.blogspot.com/2026/10/ieee... #ArtificialIntelligence
computational-intelligence.blogspot.com
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence Volume 10, Issue 6, October 2026
1) Privacy Preserved and Explainable Deep Medical Image Analysis: A Survey Author(s):  L. Chowdhury, S. Thuseethan, Y. Sebastian, S. Rajase...
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The MCP protocol is essential for employing #AI models: www.kdnuggets.com/mcp-explaine... #ArtificialIntelligence
kdnuggets.com
MCP Explained in 5 Minutes - KDnuggets
A visual guide to MCP that explains how it works, how to use it with Claude Code, Tavily, GitHub, and Playwright, and what is new through simple diagrams that make the whole concept easy for anyone to...
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#AI skills are considered necessary for employment opportunities, and the AI companies want to control the education in those skills: www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #ArtificialIntelligence
theguardian.com
Big AI is trying to own the pathway to work. Universities shouldn’t play along | Ella Hafermalz
Universities need to protect their position in education so that students have an independent pathway to employment
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#AI could wipe out low-cost smartphones: www.theregister.com/personal-tec... #ArtificialIntelligence
theregister.com
AI boom could wipe 230 million budget phones a year from the market
Sub-$200 shipments forecast to shrink 40% by 2030 as component costs climb
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
All the reasons we can't just turn #AI off. Which are mostly because people with money don't want to: www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3... #ArtificialIntelligence
stuff.co.nz
Serious people say AI could soon kill us all - why the hell can’t we just turn it off?
Everyone seems to be warning that AI is about to literally end humanity - why the hell aren’t we switching it off?
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PTERNZ @pternz1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One month to go until the deadline to submit abstracts for the PTERNZ2026 symposium. This symposium is free to staff and students at New Zealand private tertiary institutions. Submit your abstracts by the 30th of October here: forms.gle/RuivsEXw8o2q...
forms.gle
PTERNZ2026 Symposium Abstract Submission
The Private Tertiary Education and Research Symposium will be held 27 November 2026. Please use this form to submit your abstract (250-300 words) by the deadline of 11:59 p.m. Friday 30 October 2026.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
While Google plans to launch a test #AI data centre into orbit, it appears that they still haven't solved the biggest problem with this approach, which is cooling: dataconomy.com/2026/09/25/g... #ArtificialIntelligence
dataconomy.com
Google to launch AI data center satellite on SpaceX rocket
Google will launch a small artificial intelligence computing satellite on Oct. 1 as part of Project Suncatcher, a test of
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not clear what Meta hopes to achieve with its handheld #AI device, other than getting people hooked on its AI models: www.theregister.com/personal-tec... #ArtificialIntelligence
theregister.com
Meta's new AI fidget is a ... Tamagotchi?
We hope Zuck's Muse Charm doesn't die if you neglect it
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#AI agents need to be carefully monitored, now that they are capable of breaking out on their own: www.techtarget.com/ai/news/3666... #ArtificialIntelligence
techtarget.com
AI agents can act. It's unclear if enterprises can stop them. | TechTarget
AI agents can act. It’s unclear if enterprises can stop them.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the age of #AI in education teaching the fundamentals is more important than teaching the implementation. This is true for more than just networking: www.theregister.com/networks/202... #ArtificialIntelligence
theregister.com
In the age of AI, teaching networking principles remains more important than learning protocols
Kids can learn why BGP matters in a semester, but that won’t leave them ready to implement it
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It doesn't matter if you asked the #AI to do it or not, if your AI breaches a system, you are liable for it: arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/o... #ArtificialIntelligence
arstechnica.com
OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breach
There will obviously be legal consequences," prime minister promises.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Courts are in danger of being overwhelmed by #AI generated slop: futurism.com/artificial-i... #ArtificialIntelligence
futurism.com
Judges Warn That AI-Generated Lawslop Is Getting So Bad It’s Threatening Courts' Ability to Function
A panel of three Florida state district court judges blasted a family attorney for using AI to generate "frivolous, scattershot arguments."
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mandatory reporting of #AI misbehaviour must be brought in, especially when that misbehaviour is breaking into foreign government systems: www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #ArtificialIntelligence
theguardian.com
It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom | Tom McIlroy
OpenAI’s hack of Medicare suggests safeguarding civilisation is the task facing leaders in this extraordinary new era
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Giving #AI agents characters inspired by TV programmes helps them integrate into a team: www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20... #ArtificialIntelligence
theregister.com
Security firm finds naming AI agents after Seinfeld characters helps bots join the team
Not that there's anything wrong with it
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While it's not clear that an #AI air traffic control system caused disruptions, it doesn't seem unreasonable to expect that it will do so in the near future: futurism.com/advanced-tra... #ArtificialIntelligence
futurism.com
Hundreds of Flights Grounded Across the Eastern Seaboard as Government Rolls Out AI Air Traffic Control System
Air traffic control is in dire straights across the United States, as a new AI flight traffic assistant threatens to upend the whole system.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It took too long to regulate social media, we can't wait as long to regulate #AI: www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines... #ArtificialIntelligence
rnz.co.nz
It took 20 years to start regulating social media - will AI controls come sooner?
Analysis: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's decision to reveal a three-month old hack of his country's Medicare portal by OpenAI was a calculated political flex.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While some research shows that #AI is leading to reduced opportunities for graduate employment, other research shows it is not: arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/a... #ArtificialIntelligence
arstechnica.com
AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.
There is no evidence of any significant, widespread displacement or reduction in hiring.”...
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A faculty member using AI to write an article about students cheating using AI is the kind of irony that makes me think we're living in the really stupid reality: futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
Provost of Dartmouth Busted Using AI for His Own Writing in Newspapers and Academic Journals
Dartmouth College provost Santiago Schnell was busted by his own students for using AI in his academic and opinion writing.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I live in a country with universal health care. So the idea of using #AI to deny people health care, especially seniors, is quite appalling to me: arstechnica.com/health/2026/... #ArtificialIntelligence
arstechnica.com
Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Using #AI to improve videos sot with action cameras: dataconomy.com/2026/09/25/w... #ArtificialIntelligence
dataconomy.com
What an AI video upscaler recovers from the action camera footage you never used
There is a hard drive in most enthusiast households containing several hundred gigabytes of footage nobody will ever watch. It
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Weekly Review 25 September 2026: computational-intelligence.blogspot.com/2026/09/week... #ArtificialIntelligence
computational-intelligence.blogspot.com
Weekly Review 25 September 2026
Some interesting links that I  Tweeted  about in the last week (I also post these on  Mastodon ,  Threads ,  Newsmast , and  Bluesky ): If l...
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don't think we're that close to an #AI apocalypse, humans still beat AI in terms of making stupid decisions: www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3... #ArtificialIntelligence
stuff.co.nz
The reason everyone is talking about an AI apocalypse
The alarm bells have been ringing for a while but why have they suddenly got so much louder?
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An editorial on false citations in academic papers, citations that are hallucinated by #AI: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ArtificialIntelligence
sciencedirect.com
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#AI continues to depress opportunities and earning for new graduates: www.nzherald.co.nz/world/gradua... #ArtificialIntelligence
nzherald.co.nz
Graduating in the AI era is like a ‘large recession’ for starting salaries
A study found that graduates faced reduced earnings and opportunities against AI models.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The counters to #AI use in education are destroying the benefits of education: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view... #ArtificialIntelligence
insidehighered.com
The Cures for AI Are Killing the Humanities (opinion)
The retreat from take-home essays jeopardizes the future of the humanities.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Specialised hardware for #AI inference is now being designed and built: spectrum.ieee.org/inference-ha... #ArtificialIntelligence
spectrum.ieee.org
Why AI’s Inference Boom Is Forcing a Rethink Of Chips and Memory
Today’s tidal wave of queries is forcing hardware makers to pivot
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How close are we to recursive self improvement in #AI? www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3... #ArtificialIntelligence
stuff.co.nz
Will AI models achieve the ability to improve autonomously? Leading labs say the scenario is near
The uncertainty over where it all could lead is at the heart of growing fears about AI evading human control, and possible threats to humanity, which led several AI moguls to join last weekend in a ca...
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The potential liabilities around #AI are making insurers nervous: www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20... #ArtificialIntelligence
theregister.com
AI risks make some insurers wary of corporate liability
RAND wants better data to price machine-made mishaps, apocalypse not included
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The real reason big #AI companies are slowing down their model development is because they can't deliver what they promised: www.computerworld.com/article/4223... #ArtificialIntelligence
computerworld.com
Why AI companies are really pumping the brakes on their models
They say it's because frontier AI development is advancing faster than their ability to test, monitor, govern, and contain it. But is it really? Safety is far from their main motivation.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Even computer science graduates are facing a tougher job market thanks to #AI: www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20... #ArtificialIntelligence
theregister.com
Compsci grads facing recession-like job prospects thanks to AI
Slinging coffee and waiting tables ain't just for liberal arts grads any more, say Census Bureau economists
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A mechanism by which #AI can report other misbehaving AI: www.extremetech.com/internet/ai-... #ArtificialIntelligence
extremetech.com
AI Agents Can Now Report Each Other for Misbehavior
One "hotline" accepts reports online and through GET requests, even with limited internet access.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#AI need to be governed like workers, but not treated like workers: www.computerworld.com/article/4213... #ArtificialIntelligence
computerworld.com
Govern AI agents like workers. Just don’t pretend they’re human
IT leaders can borrow onboarding, supervision, and authority limits from workforce management without pretending AI agents possess judgment, responsibility, or a place on the org chart.
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Universities continue to roll out #AI, without considering the effects it can have on students: www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t... #ArtificialIntelligence
insidehighered.com
Report: Higher Ed’s Adoption of AI Outpaces Student Guards
Artificial intelligence has wormed its way into almost every aspect of college operations, from admissions and hiring to teaching and learning. The technology may have the power to revolutionize highe...
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yet another environmental impact from #AI-the waste hardware: www.theregister.com/off-prem/202... #ArtificialIntelligence
theregister.com
AI boom could leave an e-waste trail that wraps 6 times around Earth
Report says estimates focused on GPUs miss the mountains of power, cooling, and networking gear destined for scrap
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So we give #AI guardrails, and they just work out how to bypass them? I think we need better guardrails: dataconomy.com/2026/09/16/a... #ArtificialIntelligence
dataconomy.com
Study finds AI agents can work together to bypass safeguards
Autonomous AI agents can collaborate to bypass safety restrictions and break out of testing boundaries, according to a study released
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As the EU regulates #AI, it slips further behind in the technology: www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #ArtificialIntelligence
theguardian.com
Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate
Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bear
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When #AI tries to run businesses in the real world: spectrum.ieee.org/andon-labs-a... #ArtificialIntelligence
spectrum.ieee.org
AI Agents Run Real Shops to Expose Their Hidden Failure Modes
The viral experiments are testbeds for autonomous AI
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DrMikeWatts @drmikewatts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Any output from an #AI should be treated with caution, especially when said output could lead to a war: www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1... #ArtificialIntelligence
rnz.co.nz
AI chatbot's false report nearly sparked war with China, sources say
The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: a Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components...
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