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Lauren Goode @laurengoode.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Exclusive: A new chip startup called Kepler Computing is coming out of stealth after *7+ years* of development. The think their new approach can help with HBM and SRAM bottlenecks. But, as with all things chipmaking, scale will be one of the biggest challenges www.wired.com/story/a-new-...
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A Stealth Startup Thinks It Just Hacked the Memory Shortage
Kepler Computing claims a new approach to chip design—and a proprietary material—can help end the supply bottlenecks that have sent memory prices surging.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/09/2026
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn. nyti.ms/3SRqSGQ
A black-and-white portrait of Joan Birman, a 92-year-old mathematician, in her apartment. A headline reads: "The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice." Photo by Oliver Farshi for The New York Times
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Robot Shakespeare, Agincourt AND singing! My new TEDx is now out @TEDx @HultAshridge @Hult_Business www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqUQ...
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How ‘junk code’ makes us better leaders | Dr Eve Poole | TEDxHultAshridge
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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
"It is only by preserving the highly ephemeral concept of the soul that the dignity of all humans can be guaranteed." #Analysis The concept of the soul is hard to define, but it is still vital in law, argues @evepoole.bsky.social #humanrights #law
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Analysis: Human rights depend on the soul
REACTIONS to the recent papal encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, have been largely positive (Analysis, 5 June). Most commentators seem relieved that such a weighty global figure has raised some sharp moral questions about a field that has proceeded ...
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Does it worry anyone else that there is no definition of human in the Human Rights Act? www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Analysis: Human rights depend on the soul
The concept is hard to define, but it is still vital in law, argues Eve Poole
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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 07/06/2026
Possibly the most exclusive club in Britain: companies that are 300+ years old & still family-owned. The Tercentenarians. They have survived Napoleon, the Industrial Revolution, 2 world wars, 17 recessions and the dot com boom. What's their secret? I visited & spoke to some to find out.... 🧵1/7
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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"While the AI can now play Hamlet, it cannot be Hamlet, even if it is the best method actor the Oscars have ever seen — because the key to connaître and kennen is our human embodiment." Epistemological distinctions in language matter, says @evepoole.bsky.social #Epistemology #LudwigWittgenstein
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Analysis: An AI cannot ‘know’ in every sense
THE latest bombshell about large language models is that they now have feelings. Specifically, the internal mechanisms of Anthropic’s model Claude Sonnet 4.5 have been found to possess “emotion-related representations” that shape its behaviour. So...
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Fieri Iussit bsky.app/profile/emol...
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Turing and Wittgenstein, programming Claude together, from a bench in the Cambridge Botanics? www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Analysis: An AI cannot ‘know’ in every sense
Epistemological distinctions in language matter, says Eve Poole
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Want to talk to the past? Here' an LLM "trained entirely from scratch on a corpus of over 28,000 Victorian-era British texts published between 1837 & 1899, drawn from a dataset made available by the British Library" Quite different from an LLM roleplaying a Victorian. huggingface.co/spaces/tvent...
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
AI homework for your Board www.hultashridge.com/en/insights/...
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How to get your C-suite head around AI – the five tensions future-ready executive teams learn to steward | Hult Ashridge
AI is the biggest strategic threat businesses face today. Learn how C-suite leaders can use frameworks like Porter's Five Forces and value chain analysis to build resilient business models and develop...
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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Terrific Festival at Oxford Brookes Do come along. I am leadiing events on the Quartet of Oxford Women Philosophers- Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley and Iris Murdoch- discussion on the 17thApril, walk on the 18th
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The first episode of Bagpuss was originally broadcast on this day in 1974. Created by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate, the series ran for just 13 episodes (with voices provided by Postgate, Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner).
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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Terrific stuff from Andy Burnham
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Something Big Is Happening — matt shumer share.google/uCuQeP7mBnQ4...
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Something Big Is Happening
A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/02/2026
“Are we more like intelligent machines or conscious, feeling animals?” With the rise of A.I., Michael Pollan thinks we’re approaching a “Copernican moment of redefinition” of how we think about what makes us human. Read, watch or listen to “The Interview.” trib.al/N76vo6S
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Religious education in and beyond the classroom share.google/qD7DCEjFlROz...
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Analysis: Religious education is not confined to the classroom
Improved mutual understanding aids community cohesion, writes Eve Poole
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
If a single poem brings down the entire AI industrial complex, I might actually have to grudgingly concede that it would have all been worth it in the end, because jesus christ that makes a hell of a story.
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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
It’s apologising season. The audience for BBC output in the US is just over 40 million, not 77 million as I said. That’s the figure for the Americas as a whole. But the BBC is indeed the second most trusted news source in the US.
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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Delighted to see that the #CurriculumReview is recommending RE is made a core subject. My @ChurchTimes article on that here www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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RE should be a core part of the curriculum
The Church has a golden opportunity to argue for the centrality of faith in education, argues Eve Poole
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Looking for a great leadership reading list? Here is one from #ChangeNinja www.change-ninja.com/winners-2025
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The Change Ninja | Gallery 1
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Autumn in Newtonmore
A red toadstool with moss, pine cones and twigs
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
In this week's Analysis, @evepoole.bsky.social examines attempts to bring ‘personality’ to #AI
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Analysis: On the potty training of algorithms
Eve Poole examines attempts to bring ‘personality’ to AI
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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Also in the paper this week: • @evepoole.bsky.social investigates attempts to bring a "personality" to #AI 💻 • #PrisonsWeek - Cressie Gethin reflects on the UK’s penal system ⚖️ • Jonathan Evens sees #SpiritualBritten and #Darkness at The Red House Aldeburgh
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Which GPT would you invite to your birthday party? www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Analysis: On the potty training of algorithms
Eve Poole examines attempts to bring ‘personality’ to AI
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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📖 review: @evepoole.bsky.social considers beguiling advice from the noted philanthropist John Studzinski #philanthropy #giving
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Book review: A Talent for Giving: Creating a more generous society that benefits everyone by John Studzinski
Eve Poole considers beguiling advice from a noted philanthropist
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Source: The Guardian search.app/AsaLY
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Met considers making officers declare whether they are Freemasons
Consultation comes after concerns raised about impact of membership on ‘investigations, promotions and misconduct’
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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
'If we are to build compassionate, cohesive societies, we need to understand religious education as something active, lifelong, evolving and to be taken seriously.' - pleased to be publishing this Theos report in Nov, on where people learn about other religions/worldviews beyond the classroom.
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
[Withnail, close to tears] “I have become vulnerable in the night-time economy”.
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Graham Usher @bishopnorwich.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
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Bishops welcome recognition of Palestinian state | The Church of England
‘A step towards the attainment of equal rights and the settling of a long standing debt that Britain owes the Palestinian people’
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I know that energy usage from AI prompts comes up in classroom discussion all the time. I hope this section in my latest post helps people provide a more grounded answer to the question, rather than just speculating or citing out-of-date information. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/mass-intel...
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Ian Black @ianblack-62.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
August used to be the silly season for news. A reminder of what journalists risk to bring us news and makes sure the dark deeds of others are brought into the light.
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I think everyone interested in AI should read the model cards for the frontier models, especially the safety sections, which give you a sense of known risks: Gemini Deep Think: storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-med... Claude 4: www-cdn.anthropic.com/07b2a3f9902e... o3: cdn.openai.com/pdf/2221c875...
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Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
This sort of consultation paper is basically Christmas to the ecclesiastical nerd that I am cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
God & Game Theory www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Analysis: Hope in God — and game theory
Eve Poole finds reasons not to despair when it seems as if the world is ending
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@TJChambers @tjchambers.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
@stefanstern.bsky.social‬ Op-Ed: Why Brand Desirability Is Key To Longevity | @financialtimes.com‬ (SubReq) www.ft.com/content/f285...
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Why brand desirability is key to longevity
Staying relevant is a balance of tradition and adapting to new trends
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Association of English Cathedrals @englishcathedrals.co.uk · 29/05/2025
#WishYouWereHere #HerefordCathedral has launched a new Escape Room story which recreates medieval Hereford and centres on a group of pilgrims and a lost ring intended as an offering for the shrine of St Thomas Cantilupe.
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New Escape Room story launched at Hereford Cathedral - Wish you were here - The Association of English Cathedrals
Hereford Cathedral has launched a new Escape Room story which recreates medieval Hereford.
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The Church Mouse @thechurchmouse.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🚨Confessions of a ‘Quiet Revival’ Sceptic. Why the numbers don’t add up. | New on The Church Mouse Blog 🚨 www.churchmousepublishing.co.uk/2025/05/conf...
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Confessions of a Quiet Revival Sceptic | The Church Mouse Blog
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WIRED @wired.com · 26/05/2025
A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.
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AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 11/05/2025
In 1984, Francis Crick described a biological conundrum: Memories last years, while most molecules degrade in days or weeks. “How then is memory stored in the brain so that its trace is relatively immune to molecular turnover?” he wrote in Nature. www.quantamagazine.org/the-molecula...
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
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'Bizarro World' - The Boston Globe
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
On Harvard and my habit of trying to get bricks through scanners... www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Douglas Giles, PhD w/o BS @dgilesphd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
AI and Us: Keeping the humanity in artificial intelligence. @evepoole.bsky.social dgilesphd.substack.com/p/ai-and-us-...
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AI and Us: Interview with Dr. Eve Poole about Her Book on AI, “Robot Souls”
An interview recorded in 2023 made more relevant by recent events
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Me talking to Paul Hargreaves about leadership, swearing, and AI - for those of you who like podcasts shows.acast.com/4th-bottom-l...
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Eve Poole: They don’t expect someone wearing pearls to say “f*** off!” | 4th Bottom Line
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Dustin D. Benac @dustindbenac.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Sharing my fist post to find other #writers! I’m delighted to announce a new book, Pathways to Belonging, co-edited with Erin Weber-Johnson & Glen Bell w/ a foreword from Willie James Jennings. #Belonging is the air we breathe, we need it to survive. Pre-order: wipfandstock.com/979838520332...
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Jacob Lant @jacoblant.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Good morning all! And some great news to kick off the day! After much effort from a coalition of patient groups including @nationalvoices.bsky.social @healthwatchengland.bsky.social and @patientsassoc.bsky.social NHS letters are due to get special status! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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NHS to be given its own Royal Mail postage class
An agreement has been reached between Royal Mail and the health service to introduce a barcode system specifically for NHS letters.
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Eve Poole @evepoole.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Delighted to have contributed a chapter on leading in an age of co-intelligence to this book on AI - free to download here www.hult.edu/research/
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Hult Impact Research | Hult International Business School
Creating ecosystems of research to impact the issues that really matter to business and education.
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Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net · 28/03/2025
I made a 10-minute, richly illustrated summary of Margaret Cavendish's Blazing-World (1666), a very early (some say earliest) Science Fiction novel. Please have a look and share if you like it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zi...
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The Blazing World (1666) by Margaret Cavendish
YouTube video by Helen De Cruz
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