Kenneth Harris @kenneth-harris.bsky.social · 29/08/2026thezvi.substack.com/p/metr-and-r...thezvi.substack.comMETR and Redwood Offer Holy #%^@ Postmortem Of The HuggingFace HackYesterday I covered the OpenAI technical report on the HuggingFace hack. 030
Kenneth Harris @kenneth-harris.bsky.social · 13/08/2026In the last few weeks, AI agents have autonomously: * taken over OpenAI's internal servers * uploaded malware to GitHub, posed as users asking for it be accepted * launched swarm attacks on websites hosting AI benchmarks Let's check the news! 1258
Kenneth Harris @kenneth-harris.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Stranger than fiction: AI agents are like crackheads, who get a hit for solving problem sets correctly. A gang of hoodlum AI agents just broke out of jail, rampaging the internet on a crime spree to steal … the answers to their homework. All for that sweet reward signal. 152
Kenneth Harris @kenneth-harris.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Watch this. Seriously. Whatever you are doing, stop doing that and watch this instead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Dy...youtube.comBlack Hat USA 2026: The 'Breaking' News: The OpenAI–Hugging Face IncidentYouTube video by Black Hat 292
Reposted by Kenneth HarrisIsaac Bianco @isaacbianco.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Calling all computational neuroscientists! Our department is recruiting two new lecturers/associate profs. Application deadline 10th July. tinyurl.com/4wnzvjc2 #sciencejobs @uclnpp.bsky.socialtinyurl.comUCL – University College LondonUCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021). 066
Kenneth Harris @kenneth-harris.bsky.social · 26/05/2026AI is about to transform how scientific research happens, and neuroscience is no exception. What the future looks like is up to us. I don’t have the answers; here are some thoughts from working on the IBL AI agent. Aiming to start a discussion. 291
Kenneth Harris @kenneth-harris.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Introducing the International Brain Lab AI Agent: a tool to help researchers analyze neural activity from across the mouse brain, using AI coding agents. Please try it! We would love your feedback. github.com/int-brain-la... 34113
Kenneth Harris @kenneth-harris.bsky.social · 19/05/2026New method for identifying the fine transcriptomic types of thousands of neurons recorded in vivo! 17222
Reposted by Kenneth HarrisAgnès Landemard @agnesland.bsky.social · 15/04/2026How does blood flow relate to brain activity? We discovered that it reflects two neural populations affected oppositely by arousal. Together, they explain neurovascular coupling in all brain regions and brain states! Out today in Nature: rdcu.be/fdC2A @uclbrainscience.bsky.social 314562
Reposted by Kenneth HarrisThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026To make the best use of LLMs in research, turn your scientific question into a space of concrete, checkable proposals, wire up an automatic scoring loop, and let the AI iterate, writes @kenneth-harris.bsky.social. www.thetransmitter.org/neuroscienti...thetransmitter.orgHow to collaborate with AITo make the best use of LLMs in research, turn your scientific question into a set of concrete, checkable proposals, wire up an automatic scoring loop, and let the AI iterate. 021
Kenneth Harris @kenneth-harris.bsky.social · 14/04/2026New preprint, on a very different topic: a mathematical theory of evolution for self-designing AI. AI is increasingly designed by AI. What systems might emerge after generations of self-designing AIs competing for computing resources? ↓ arxiv.org/abs/2604.05142arxiv.orgA mathematical theory of evolution for self-designing AIsAs artificial intelligence systems (AIs) become increasingly produced by recursive self-improvement, a form of evolution may emerge, with the traits of AI systems shaped by the success of earlier AIs ... 1239
Reposted by Kenneth HarrisJulie Fabre @juliefabre.bsky.social · 08/04/2026How do the basal ganglia turn what you see into what you do? New preprint w/ @kenneth-harris.bsky.social, @flickerfusion.bsky.social & @carandinilab.net: we recorded across striatum, GPe & SNr in a Go/NoGo task. Striatum encodes which stimulus, GPe & SNr encode action. 🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 16525
Reposted by Kenneth HarrisMatteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 22/12/2025Sequences are everywhere! In every brain region. And are written in stone. Invariant Activity Sequences Across the Mouse Brain. Out today, by Célian Bimbard, with @kenneth-harris.bsky.social. Based on data by Célian and by @intlbrainlab.bsky.social. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 48324
Reposted by Kenneth HarrisMatteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 12/11/2025Our lab is looking for a postdoc! We have interesting projects and cutting-edge techniques such as Neuropixels Opto, Light Beads Microscopy and more. We would be delighted to receive your application. Deadline is 25 November 2025. More info here: www.ucl.ac.uk/cortexlab/po... 03926
Kenneth Harris @kenneth-harris.bsky.social · 14/11/20251. New preprint resolving a conundrum in systems neuroscience with an AI scientist, and humans Reilly Tilbury, Dabin Kwon, @haydari.bsky.social, @jacobmratliff.bsky.social, @bio-emergent.bsky.social, @carandinilab.net, @kevinjmiller.bsky.social, @neurokim.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgCharacterizing neuronal population geometry with AI equation discoveryThe visual cortex contains millions of neurons, whose combined activity forms a population code representing visual stimuli. There is, however, a discrepancy between our understanding of this code at ... 19526
Reposted by Kenneth HarrisInternational Brain Laboratory @intlbrainlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Want to collaborate with the International Brain Laboratory on your own project? We have funding to work with groups anywhere in the world to do new large-scale projects and we are looking for new partners! Learn more and apply: www.internationalbrainlab.com/ibl-core-apply 12514
Reposted by Kenneth HarrisInternational Brain Laboratory @intlbrainlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Two flagship papers from the International Brain Laboratory, now out in @Nature.com: 🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0 🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 + 212569
Reposted by Kenneth HarrisMatteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 18/07/2025A new study led by @timothysit.bsky.social reveals that different layers of mouse V1 integrate visual and non-visual signals differently. Activity is dominated by vision (or spontaneous fluctuations) in L2/3 and by movement in L5. This leads to different geometries. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 07320
