iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Marcus Ghosh @marcusghosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Registration and abstract submission are now open for UCL's NeuroAI conference @ucl-neuroai.bsky.social. Talks from: 🟠 Wolfgang Maass 🟣 @apalmigiano.bsky.social 🔵 Ellie Pavlik 🟠 Bernardo Sabatini 🟣 @nskat.bsky.social 🔵 Eleni Vasilaki And more! gordonstreetticketing.com/event/2026/1...

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Romain Brette @romainbrette.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Letting kids play with the red button is dangerous. But it's not because kids are so much smarter than adults. The point is not to prevent AI to get "too smart", but to have strict barriers in place. An LLM did not figure out how to send requests over internet: an engineer implemented the feature.

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Richard D. Morey @richarddmorey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

at least when the universities fold and I'm unemployed, the government will have made sure there's a pub open near me

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 17/08/2026

Live tomorrow: ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot's first spacewalk to replace a crucial piece of equipment on the ISS. Watch from 12:00 BST / 13:00 CEST on ESA WebTV and YouTube. 🔗 esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Watch_Sophie_Adenot_s_spacewalk_live @exploration.esa.int 🧪🔭

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I mean, what exactly did they expect after making universities financially depend on international students, and at the same time making international students feel increasingly unwelcome in the country?

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UK universities face ‘financial crisis’ amid collapse in international students

Higher education figures call on Labour to reverse tax on fees and warn institutions at risk of ‘going under’

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 12/08/2026

🤔What is a total solar eclipse? 🔜A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth. The Moon blocks light from the Sun and casts a shadow on Earth. Find out more www.esa.int/Science_Expl... #EuropeanSolarEclipse

Diagram showing how a total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow onto Earth.

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Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I've been unsettled lately when reading messages and papers. It feels like I'm dissociating. Everything seems a bit alien, even if it's completely human. I've had a realization: When our simulations finally exited the Uncanny Valley, they brought the Uncanny with them.

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Life on the Uncanny Precipice | Naomi Saphra

We were wrong about the Uncanny Valley.

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It's got nothing on the fraud training, which says we should report colleagues if they clock in 10 mins late because they'd be stealing from the institute

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Harmonious Bosch @ljon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Dystopian Future Enjoyers' Association Warns Against Any Future Dystopia Not Controlled By Them.

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Ça m'intéresse, vous avez des références sur le sujet ?

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

it is so much fun spending 2 weeks setting up an environment that works with your reviewers' favourite model

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

No worries, I understood it the same way as you, but tbh this felt more to me like a publicity stunt to recruit people in the room than an actual call for help. Also because mech interp research now feeds into comp neuro/NeuroAI as much as the opposite

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What's obscure is how he expected people in the room to react or neuroscientists in general to prevent this hypothetical AI apocalypse, especially when Anthropic isn't releasing any models in open-source

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

True - regardless, it was an obscure claim, at best

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Not well, but he conveniently wasn't in person (it was during their first row with the US govt earlier this year) so it was quite hard to challenge or obtain more details

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Shahab Bakhtiari @shahabbakht.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🚀 PhD position in #NeuroAI & neurodevelopment 🚀 Co-supervised by Sarah Lippé and myself, to investigate visual processing & cognition abnormalities in children with neurodevelopmental disorders in a neuroAI framework. Full project details and how to apply here: tinyurl.com/kbuyntpn 🧠🤖 📈

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 22/04/2026

We're hiring for a project on #SpikingNeuralNetworks and #neuromorphic computing, to start in October this year, for 36 months. Can hire at pre- or post-PhD level. Email me informally, or apply at the link below. Share with your networks / anyone who would be interested. 🤖🧠🧪

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Iris Meredith @iris-meredith.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

They will be *scandalised* to find that the frequentist foundation of statistics is openly debated and that Objective Bayesianism as a statistical epistemology is actually quite popular

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Sepiedeh Keshavarzi @sepikeshavarzi.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

When universities and research institutions become military targets, academics cannot remain silent. I co-initiated an open letter calling for global academic solidarity and support for affected students and scholars. Please share. to read and sign: sites.google.com/view/protect...

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Jascha Achterberg @achterbrain.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Going to Cosyne? There will be a "Biologically-inspired Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities" workshop on Monday 16th! 🧠 Exciting lineup of speakers alongside the opportunity to present your #NeuroAI poster, more info on program & poster signup below! #compneuro #neuroscience

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

All details are on the website: sites.google.com/view/cosyne-...

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The day will end with a panel discussion featuring our speakers, and you can already sign up to present your NeuroAI poster from the main conference in our workshop room over lunch so attendees can find relevant work they might otherwise have missed. Signup form: forms.gle/kzefm2FtVuRk...

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Shahab Bakhtiari (University of Montreal) @shahabbakht.bsky.social Filippo Moro (Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich) Charlotte Frenkel (TU Delft) Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford) @somnirons.bsky.social

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We'll be very excited to host: Jonathan Cornford (University of Leeds) @repromancer.bsky.social Ida Momennejad (Microsoft Research) @neuroai.bsky.social Wolfgang Maass (TU Graz)

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We're organising a #Cosyne workshop on biologically-inspired AI on Monday 16th with @achterbrain.bsky.social! 🧠 We've got an incredibly exciting array of speakers, and you have the possibility to sign up to present your poster on #NeuroAI! More info below ⬇️ #compneuro #neuroscience #neuroskyence

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Seán Froudist-Walsh @seanfw.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

If you want to tackle the "biggest problem holding neuroscience back right now" - comparing mechanisms of cognition across species - join us in @ox.ac.uk and @tcddublin.bsky.social . Please share! 3x Job Details below: (fantastic article @suthanalab.bsky.social ) #neuroskyence #neurojobs

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Pour une perspective historique, je recommande We Fight Fascists: The 43 Group and Their Forgotten Battle for Post-war Britain de Daniel Sonabend (malheureusement pas traduit en Français il me semble)

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Saving a lot of time these days using AI to do the crossword for me - it's brilliant! 😀

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 18/02/2026

Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme. Apply by 17 March 2026. www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

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PhD student recruitment

PhD recruitment information.

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NPA L'Anticapitaliste @npa-antica.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Une minute de silence pour un militant fasciste, mais des années de silence pour les victimes de crimes racistes…

Visuel du média France Info
Il est écrit « Mort de Quentin Deranque : l’assemblée nationale va observer une minute de silence en hommage au militant identitaire »

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Andrew Saxe @saxelab.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Excited to launch Principia, a nonprofit research organisation at the intersection of deep learning theory and AI safety. Our goal is to develop theory for modern machine learning systems that can help us understand complex network behaviors, including those critical for AI safety and alignment. 1

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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Hey man I appreciate your content but it sounds like you need to touch grass

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Denis Colombi @uneheuredepeine.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Déroulez : Macron tolère parfaitement l’antisemitisme quand il est de droite.

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 11/02/2026

PhD opportunity in "The role of neural development in multimodal intelligence" with me, @marcusghosh.bsky.social and @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social. Read details below 👇. Note there's a very short window for applying (deadline Feb 27). 🤖🧠🧪 www.imperial.ac.uk/school-of-co...

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PhD opportunities

The School of Convergence Science at Imperial College London is inviting applications for fully funded PhD studentships on research projects that sup...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/02/2026

In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions. Then covered it up again when caught. Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up

A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.

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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 10/02/2026

Quand Anne Le Strat a été recrutée par l’OFB à l’issue d’un processus rigoureux et normal, Sébastien Lecornu a demandé une enquête pour complaire à la droite et à l’extrême droite. (1/5)

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This is who runs this account

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Joao Barbosa @jbarbosa.org · 27/01/2026

Postdoc position in Paris: come help develop new generation human brain computer interfaces ⚡🧠💻 Interested? Contact me if you have experience with machine learning (e.g. simulation-based inference, RL, generative/diffusion models) or dynamical systems. See below for + details and retweet 🙏

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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Tiens c'est marrant, c'est l'homonyme d'une candidate des Traîtres qui assumait pouvoir balancer que tout ce qu'elle avait fait pendant sa carrière politique c'était mentir parce qu'elle n'était plus candidate à rien

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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Great piece on prioritizing quality over quantity in scientific publication. For those of us with labs, this necessarily involves shrinking our group size. After I got tenure I started to downsize my lab and have not regretted it one iota. More time for each student & more time to think & write.

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I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too

If we don’t slow down, the research enterprise is going to crash, argues Adrian Barnett.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

We used to do real science

SCIENTISTS QUARREL OVER MARTIAN WOMEN

One Says Ladies Have Two Thumbs and X-Ray Eyes

ANOTHER SAYS BIG EARS

--The Commercial Appeal, 22 Oct 1928

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Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · 24/09/2025

RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).

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