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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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Bursting AI bubble may be EU’s “secret weapon” in clash with Trump, expert says

The US threatened to restrict some of the largest service providers in the European Union as retaliation for EU tech regulations and investigations are increasingly drawing Donald Trump’s ire. On Tuesday, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) issued a warning on X, naming Spotify, Accenture, Amadeus, Mistral, Publicis, and DHL among nine firms

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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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Elon Musk’s X fined €120m by EU in first clash under new digital laws

Ruling likely to put European Commission on collision course with billionaire, and possibly Donald TrumpElon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120m (£105m) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws, in a high-stakes ruling likely to put the European Commission on a collision course with the US billionaire and

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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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Weekly Review 7 November 2025

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):Prompt injection is a new attack vector made possible by AI browsers: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/ai_browsers_prompt_injection/Using AI is changing how our brains use language: https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbeing/how-generative-ai-could-change-how-we-think-and-speakAI is making the rich and powerful richer and more powerful: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/30/meta_alphabet_q3_2025/Scientists must take responsibility for responsible AI: https://spectrum.ieee.org/responsible-aiYour AI

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Weekly Review 31 October 2025

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI saved a developer from a scam: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/ai_prompt_saved_developer/This AI pet looks fun, but a bit pricey: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/i-spent-a-month-living-with-a-430-ai-pet-the-casio-moflin/AI are tools, would you use good manners with a screwdriver? https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/do-we-need-to-be-saying-please-and-thanks-to-aiNo, AI did not discover new solutions to maths problems, it just helped to

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