Yarin @yaringal.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Hot take: I think we just demonstrated the first AI agent computer worm 🤔 When an agent sees a trigger image it's instructed to execute malicious code and then share the image on social media to trigger other users' agents This is a chance to talk about agent security 👇 082
Reposted by YarinYoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Very interesting paper about unlearning for AI Safety, a subject that deserves more attention. ⬇️ 0506
Reposted by YarinFazl Barez @fbarez.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Thanks to my amazing collaborators: @TingchenFu @AmyPrb @StephenLCasper @AmartyaSanyal @Adel_Bibi @aidanogara_ @_robertkirk @ben_s_bucknall @fiiiiiist Luke Ong @philiptorr Kwok-Yan Lam @RobertTrager @DavidSKrueger @sorenmind José Hernández-Orallo @megamor2.bsky.social @yaringal.bsky.social 071
Yarin @yaringal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Excited about our most recent work on the challenges we face when using unlearning method for safe and secure AI! Work done collaboratively by a great team & led by @fbarez.bsky.social 0110
Reposted by YarinCompSciOxford @compscioxford.bsky.social · 08/12/2024On the eighth day of Christmas, RobOx gave to us: coverage in eight of the top papers for Associate Professor Yarin Gal’s research projects. @yaringal.bsky.social #CompSciOxford #12DaysOfChristmas #Oxmas 031
Reposted by YarinNicolas Papernot @nicolaspapernot.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I look forward to co-directing the Canadian AI Safety Institute (CAISI) Research Program at CIFAR with @catherineregis.bsky.social We will be designing the program in the coming months and will soon share ways to get involved with this new community. Read more here: cifar.ca/cifarnews/20... 4305
Yarin @yaringal.bsky.social · 30/11/2024I'm looking for PhD applicants who have expertise in Gaussian processes and/or Transformers for an exciting PhD project If this sounds interesting, application deadline for funding is 3/12 Please share with people you think this might be relevant to! oatml.cs.ox.ac.uk/apply.html 1388
Reposted by YarinFerenc Huszár @inference.vc · 25/11/2024Welcome to the Crazy Rich Bayesian Starter Pack, folk who are/were vaguely into Bayesian reasoning but - with a few exceptions - don't shun the non-Bayesian. go.bsky.app/JYH5Z6M 237413
Reposted by YarinChris Offner @chrisoffner3d.bsky.social · 23/11/2024brew install mactop github.com/context-labs... 1516
Reposted by YarinMichele Guindani @mguindani.bsky.social · 23/11/2024The International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) has joined Bluesky. You can follow the account at @isba-bayesian.bsky.social to stay updated on events, publications, and discussions within the #Bayesian community. Please add the account to your starter packages. 13917
Reposted by YarinTim Rocktäschel @handle.invalid · 20/11/2024Now that @jeffclune.bsky.social and @joelbot3000.bsky.social are here, time for an Open-Endedness starter pack. go.bsky.app/MdVxrtD 1610632
Reposted by YarinMarc Deisenroth @deisenroth.bsky.social · 20/11/2024On my way to Oxford to meet amazing people and give a talk on the opportunities of AI to accelerate progress in environmental modeling. 2151
Reposted by YarinAndreas Krause @arkrause.bsky.social · 20/11/2024📣 We have a tenure-track faculty opening in Responsible AI at @ethzurich.bsky.social : ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z.... Deadline Nov 30 for full consideration. ETH Zurich is a vibrant environment for AI research with the ETH AI Center etc. Please help spread the word!ethz.chAssistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Computer Science – Responsible Artificial Intelligence 27923
Reposted by YarinDan Roy @roydanroy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Some machine learners were once children. Here’s where you can find them: go.bsky.app/F6mM37U 1812416
Reposted by YarinKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 18/11/2024I don’t need to go on social media to have my worldview challenged I am in theoretical physics I have a new existential crisis daily 363265932012
Reposted by YarinDaniel Lowd @dlowd.com · 17/11/2024Since this platform is finally attracting a critical mass of ML researchers, here's our recent work on prompt-based vulnerabilities of coding assistants: arxiv.org/abs/2407.11072 TL;DR — An attacker can convince your favorite LLM to suggest vulnerable code with just a minor change to the prompt!arxiv.orgMaPPing Your Model: Assessing the Impact of Adversarial Attacks on LLM-based Programming AssistantsLLM-based programming assistants offer the promise of programming faster but with the risk of introducing more security vulnerabilities. Prior work has studied how LLMs could be maliciously fine-tuned... 421433
Reposted by YarinMark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Hey, this Friday I'm the Keynote speaker at the 20th AAAI Conference on AI and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE), the best conference on AI and Games sites.google.com/gcloud.utah.... I think I will talk about why the next big challenge in AI game playing should be Dungeons and Dragons 🧙🐉 7847
Reposted by YarinACL 2027 @aclmeeting.bsky.social · 19/11/2024All the ACL chapters are here now: @aaclmeeting.bsky.social @emnlpmeeting.bsky.social @eaclmeeting.bsky.social @naaclmeeting.bsky.social #NLProc 110737
Reposted by YarinSeth Lazar @sethlazar.org · 19/11/2024Hey! @friedler.net made a FAccT starter pack: bsky.app/starter-pack... 0105
Reposted by YarinOded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform 392910620
Reposted by YarinAlfredo Canziani @alfcnz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Hey, @bsky.app @support.bsky.team, is there a way for you to shorten the displayed usernames when trailed by “bsky.social”? If someone has some other domain name, then fine, show that, but if we're using the default domain, can we get rid of these lengthy string of characters? 6857
Reposted by YarinDan Roy @roydanroy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I've created an initial Grumpy Machine Learners starter park. If you think you're grumpy and you "do machine learning", nominate yourself. If you're on the list, but don't think you are grumpy, then take a look in the mirror. go.bsky.app/6ddpivr 12441355
Reposted by YarinTim Rocktäschel @handle.invalid · 18/11/2024Google DeepMind is hiring Student Researchers in EMEA 👇 1334
Reposted by YarinAndreas Krause @arkrause.bsky.social · 18/11/2024📣 Last call for the Ph.D. and Postdoc Fellowships at the ETH AI Center -- Deadline Nov 19 '24 t.co/aYI5tWXUWK @ethzurich.bsky.socialt.cohttps://ai.ethz.ch/education/phd-and-postdoc-programs.html 0219
Reposted by YarinSeth Lazar @sethlazar.org · 17/11/2024I’m keen to dig more into safety cases, there’s something ‘proving a negative’ about them but equally it’s good to see a really concrete attempt to tether speculation. Here’s a new piece from UK AISI @girving.bsky.social and gov AI attempting to provide a template arxiv.org/abs/2411.08088arxiv.orgSafety case template for frontier AI: A cyber inability argumentFrontier artificial intelligence (AI) systems pose increasing risks to society, making it essential for developers to provide assurances about their safety. One approach to offering such assurances is... 192
Reposted by YarinBerk Ustun @berkustun.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Couldn't find a machine learning for health starter pack so I made one. DM/Reply if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/PJKJ8vK 4810929
Reposted by YarinShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I love a gecko chambermedia.tenor.coma group of lizards are eating a piece of food on a wooden table with the year 2011 on the bottom rightAlt: Many geckos eating yummy snacks off a dish on a wood railing 0244
Reposted by YarinMarvin Schmitt @marvin-schmitt.com · 17/11/2024I created a starter pack of scientists in the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) 🇪🇺 Please ping me and I‘ll add you. go.bsky.app/Cihupkk 467727
Reposted by YarinTim G. J. Rudner @timrudner.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I made a starter pack for researchers in probabilistic machine learning. DM/reply if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/DuCtJqC 6610536
Reposted by YarinMaike Osborne @maosbot.bsky.social · 09/11/2024New here? Interested in AI/ML? Check out these great starter packs! AI: go.bsky.app/SipA7it RL: go.bsky.app/3WPHcHg Women in AI: go.bsky.app/LaGDpqg NLP: go.bsky.app/SngwGeS AI and news: go.bsky.app/5sFqVNS You can also search all starter packs here: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... 66557212
Yarin @yaringal.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Really excited to share publicly the Academic Engagement Programme that I've been building at the UK government's AI Safety Institute over the past few months! If you're a researcher and want to do hands-on academic collaborations with us - take a look here www.aisi.gov.uk/academic-eng... 1101