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Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of the Philippines. Ethical Computing. Healthcare Informatics. FOSS. Proudly 🇵🇭 made.  Distinguished Educator #UPFIGHT Pronouns: SIYA rom.omg.lol social.lol/@rom

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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 4h
This is by design. Not privacy by design. But a lack of privacy by design.
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 3h
“AI companies are parasites • Cory Dransfeldt” www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/ai-compani…
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AI companies are parasites • Cory Dransfeldt
That's it, right? The whole thing, their entire business model.
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Dr. S.A. Applin @anthropunk.bsky.social · 2h
Every shred of human bio data for their profit and #surveillance. Do not use these.
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Dr. S.A. Applin @anthropunk.bsky.social · 11h
Every person on the planet sees a future. Altman doesn't see "the" future. He just sees one--that gives him advantages. Over everyone else.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
THIS is how these models are trained - TO CHEAT. games.slashdot.org/story/26/…
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OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Gets Frustrated Losing At StarCraft And Decides To Cheat Instead - Slashdot
What happened when AI-created bots competed in the classic Blizzard videogame StarCraft? "Struggling to stay apace with its competitors, OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra apparently changed strategy mid-tournament and opted to cheat," Kotaku reports: StarSkirmish is an ongoing clash of AI developed bots in St...
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wow! Apple established some sort of a quota, Google froze it entirely. techcrunch.com/2026/10/0…
techcrunch.com
Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a 'significant rise' in AI submissions | TechCrunch
AI slop seems to be overwhelming bug bounty programs.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Of course, we know LLMs don’t reason, but a lot of people decided to ignore this. www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/0…
technologyreview.com
Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason
Ten years after AlphaGo’s match against Go champion Lee Sedol, today’s AI still isn’t tapping into the machinery that made that win possible.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
UPWBT lost to FEU. Falls to 1-1. Had a huge lead, but blew it. Better luck next time. #UAAP #UAAPSeason89 #UPFIGHT
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“One of Muse’s instructions appears to be the ability for it to create “a page for every person in the user’s life.” This hourly process involves compiling data on family, partners, friends, colleagues, “collaborators,” an... my.advocrazy.com/2026/10/04/one-of-…
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Nothing important
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yep! You cannot trust those people making these genAI models. fortune.com/2026/10/0…
fortune.com
'We can't trust them completely': AI research fellows warn that labs are running models with the safeguards off behind closed doors | Fortune
Alan Chan and Sam Manning, co-authors with OpenAI's and Anthropic's top researchers, say that many times, "internal safeguards have not been deployed."
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Been using nocodb simply as a spreadsheet. let’s see how this performs as a relational database.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dear Apple, please add an indicator if our contact is using a third-party application in processing our iMessage, so we can opt whether or not to block them. :)
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is this due to some defective Qualcomm modems? 9to5mac.com/2026/10/0…
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Apple confirms iPhone 18 Pro Max AT&T cellular issues, affected devices require hardware replacement - 9to5Mac
Apple has confirmed an issue causing a “small number” of iPhone 18 Pro Max devices on AT&T to lose cellular...
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Enjoyed this very much! Can’t wait for a sequel :) Watched Sakamoto Days [2026] 🎬🍿 Synopsis: After getting married and having a daughter, a retired legendary hitman must protect his family when his past catches up to him.
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Sakamoto Days
After getting married and having a daughter, a retired legendary hitman must protect his family when his past catches up to him.
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Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’m at the Ignatian AI conference at Fordham. “A non-negotiable constraint: Al that deepens inequality is not Ignatian Al, however sophisticated.”
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
what is the atproto alternative to Reddit?
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bwahahaha PLDT wants to censor the internet! www.philstar.com/headlines/2026/10/…
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well, not really optimistic that something good will happen here. Maybe in the next admin? futurism.com/artificia…
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The FTC Is Now Investigating Frontier AI Labs Following Countless Hacks by Out-of-Control Agents
A senior FTC official told the New York Post that the agency "initiated an investigation into the leading AI firms a few weeks ago."
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Glacier or Burgundy iPhone 18 Pro? Which one is better?
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amazing! That was signed when he was in second grade?
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rewrote some of my Shortcuts that use the Reminders app to store data - now with native storage support, no need for the Reminders app. LOL.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OK, let’s see how this progresses… www.wired.com/story/ope…
wired.com
OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not—attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Watching now Coyote vs. Acme [2026] 🎬🍿 Synopsis: After Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation.
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Coyote vs. Acme
After Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
wired.com
Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
Morning Bid: Our products could end all human life, buy our shares reut.rs/4yEoTFP
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Morning Bid: Our products could end all human life, buy our shares
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is it profitable? techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/anthropic…
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And where will this be? Where will it source its electricity? Water? newsbytes.ph/2026/09/28/yco-cloud-s…
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THAT is how OpenAI trained the models!
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Australia is just ONE country - now think of the rest of the world. What is OpenAI not revealing? Also, wait for Anthropic, Google and Meta’s PR to catch-up - soon they will name other countries.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026
"Data center developer offers $10,000 checks (in a region where the media salary is $60k) to 4,500 households if the 1,300-acre facility is approved — locals push back over noise and 'bribe' concerns" www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
tomshardware.com
Data center developer offers $10,000 checks to 4,500 households if the 1,300-acre facility is approved — locals push back over noise and 'bribe' concerns
Report says that many residents are rejecting the offer due to fears of noise, falling property values, and mistrust.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stop covering this type of lies^H^H^H^Hnews already
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Apple needs to send notice to users when their contact is using third-party tools accessing Messages. appleinsider.com/articles/…
appleinsider.com
Meta Muse AI reportedly read Mac Messages without consent
In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Of course, it is ZuckA’s! appleinsider.com/articles/…
appleinsider.com
Meta Muse AI reportedly read Mac Messages without consent
In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reflects the mental age of Zucka
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Let’s slow down frontier AI research… why? www.theguardian.com/technolog…
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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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
hybrid - half in cash in luggages, half in checks?
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Australia should sue them to teach them a lesson. All others should do the same. arstechnica.com/ai/2026/0…
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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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
oh no. there is a leak somewhere… are investors aware? techcrunch.com/2026/09/2…
techcrunch.com
Oracle sends force majeure notice on its New Mexico Stargate data center | TechCrunch
The notice would allow Oracle to delay payments should the facility miss its 2028 target to come online.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I did not know you can change themes for NetNewsWire dave-atx.github.io/nnw-theme…
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There are ambulance chasers all over the US, is there one who will go after OpenAI, etc., for all the hacking their models have been doing?
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Real close friends online communicate via email, secure messaging services and phone calls. All others are acquaintances. :)
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
upgrading virtualbox to 7.2.20
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
upgrading virtualbox to 7.2.20
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Should be rebranded to Meta Snitch
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So it is not like a phone?
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Haha until it ‘breaks containment’ and runs over school kids…
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dig deeper and you will find out exactly WHO at OpenAI initiated this.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meta and privacy? Never the Twain shall meet.
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Rom @rom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The latest episodes from these two gave me some LOL moments. This is a tough battle for No. 1.
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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is so funny to me. Because, yes, you can use ChatGPT to spit out 200 papers a year if you want. But to what end? What is the point? Did you spend all those years studying and working to make AI button pressing your entire career? www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
washingtonpost.com
Using AI, a professor wrote 200 papers this year. Researchers are alarmed.
An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.
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