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Weekly Review 16 January 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):Economists are uncertain about the impact of AI: https://www.computerworld.com/article/4108089/a-wild-future-how-economists-are-handling-ai-uncertainty-in-forecasts.htmlPredicting health issues from sleep data using AI: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/583468/ai-uses-sleep-study-data-to-accurately-predict-dozens-of-health-issuesYet another AI posing a security risk: https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/ibm_bob_vulnerability/Snowflake is embedding AI into its data handling tools: https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/snowflake_google_gemini_support/AI is using so much RAM that there aren’t […]

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Weekly Review 9 January 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):We should not give AI legal rights: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/30/ai-pull-plug-pioneer-technology-rightsWhile AI continues to guzzle energy, Alphabet is at least investing in clean electricity generation to power its data centres: https://www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/2025/12/30/googles-power-play-what-the-4-75b-intersect-acquisition-means-for-the-future-of-ai-infrastructure/Some ways is which AI is likely to develop in 2026: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/in-2026-ai-will-move-from-hype-to-pragmatism/The key features

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Weekly Review 2 January 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):Can AI coding agents recreate Minesweeper? https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/the-ars-technica-ai-coding-agent-test-minesweeper-edition/How to prepare for entry-level jobs in the age of AI: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-effect-entry-level-jobsOf all the AI that the Pentagon could use, why is it grok? https://dataconomy.com/2025/12/24/why-elon-musks-grok-ai-is-becoming-a-core-tool-for-the-pentagon/AI is weaponising security flaws faster than ever before: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/zafran_security_ceo/Giving workers

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Weekly Review 26 December 2025

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI needs well-structured data, and logical data management can help with that: https://www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/2025/12/17/to-unlock-ai-and-cloud-agility-start-with-logical-data-management/How to compensate the artists who created the training data for AI music generators? https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/16/musicians-are-deeply-concerned-about-ai-so-why-are-the-major-labels-embracing-itUsing AI in movies is dangerous territory, according to James Cameron: https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/360914135/ai-dangerous-territory-james-cameron-says-and-doubts-it-will-create-desirable-moviesThe energy and water

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Weekly Review 19 December 2025

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):Don’t overhype AI, it’ll all work out: https://www.computerworld.com/article/4096297/data-intensity-building-hype-free-ai-culture.htmlIf space-based AI goes ahead, SpaceX is going to be a lot more busy: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/10/aetherflux_space_datacenter_2027/AI will transform the legal profession, but it won’t replace lawyers: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/business-reports/dynamic-business/dynamic-business-russell-mcveagh-ceo-ben-mclaren-on-ai-strategy-risk-and-culture-goals/QIKME5XH45ETBGZHRUALDZQSHA/Most carmaker AI projects are going to go nowhere:

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Weekly Review 12 December 2025

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI is already being used as a tool of repression: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/03/aspi_china_ai_report/Should we allow AI to train itself? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/dec/02/jared-kaplan-artificial-intelligence-train-itselfAI are still vulnerable to prompt injection attacks, even sentence structure is a threat: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/syntax-hacking-researchers-discover-sentence-structure-can-bypass-ai-safety-rules/The reasoning process used by current AI cannot be trusted:

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Weekly Review 5 December 2025

 Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):The pressures on artists to use AI, and the backlash against it: https://arstechnica.com/features/2025/11/go-generate-a-bridge-and-jump-off-it-how-video-pros-are-navigating-ai/The dangers AI pose to students’ mental health: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/11/25/chatgpt-poses-risk-student-mental-health-opinionAnother enormous investment in infrastructure for AI: https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/aws-is-spending-50b-build-ai-infrastructure-for-the-us-government/I lived through the 80s, and enjoyed the 80s, but not enough to want

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Weekly Review 28 November 2025

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI generated workslop just makes more work for other people: https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/what-is-workslopEveryone should be using AI so they can learn the difference between a good AI output and a bad AI output: https://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/is-it-time-for-everyone-to-become-ai-power-users-A new programming AI that can handle larger codebases: https://dataconomy.com/2025/11/20/openai-says-its-new-coding-model-can-work-for-24-hours-straight/AI

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Weekly Review 21 November 2025

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):Microsoft says there is no AI bubble: https://www.computerworld.com/article/4087593/about-that-ai-bubble-microsoft-doesnt-see-one.htmlAI country songs have come a long way since “You Can’t Take My Door”: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/578654/ai-country-song-rollicks-to-the-top-of-us-sales-chartAI mostly memorise, they don’t really learn how to do things: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/study-finds-ai-models-store-memories-and-logic-in-different-neural-regions/AI give themselves away by being too polite: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/11/being-too-nice-online-is-a-dead-giveaway-for-ai-bots-study-suggests/This

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Weekly Review 14 November 2025

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):When the AI bubble bursts, how much damage is it going to cause? https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360877272/fears-ai-bubble-correction-mount-despite-wall-st-risesNo, AI written ransomware is not in the wild: https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/mit_sloan_updates_ai_ransomware_paper/It looks like most tests for AI safety are fundamentally flawed: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/04/experts-find-flaws-hundreds-tests-check-ai-safety-effectivenessWhat should CIO do when IT staff get

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