Oliver Rochford
@cyberfuturists.com
Cybersecurity Futurist, Neo-generalist, Researcher, Skeptic, X-Gartner Analyst. #Cybersecurity & #Cyberpunk - hi-tech/lo-life, techno-realist
🔥 OUT NOW! THE CURIOUS AI 94! 🔥
This week with a selection of expectation-resetting articles and retractions, and deep dive on recent AI hallucination and disinformation fails.
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This week with a selection of expectation-resetting articles and retractions, and deep dive on recent AI hallucination and disinformation fails.
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
Curious AI Weekly Digest — Issue 94
November 7, 2025
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🔥 OUT NOW! THE CURIOUS AI 94! 🔥
This week with a selection of expectation-resetting articles and retractions, and deep dive on recent AI hallucination and disinformation fails.
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
This week with a selection of expectation-resetting articles and retractions, and deep dive on recent AI hallucination and disinformation fails.
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
Message to Thiel - Libertarians don't force or coerce other people. That's what authoritarians do.
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Message to Thiel - Libertarians don't force or coerce other people. That's what authoritarians do.
It's a drone, not a robot. Must be handy for people who want servants in the house without having servants in the house
www.roadtovr.com/helper-robot...
www.roadtovr.com/helper-robot...
In-home Helper Robot 'NEO' Uses Remote VR Operators to Help with Chores
NEO is a humanoid robot from Palo Alto-based robotics startup 1X that could one day autonomously help out around your home. For now though, it’s using human operators wearing Quest 3 headsets to pick ...
www.roadtovr.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It's a drone, not a robot. Must be handy for people who want servants in the house without having servants in the house
www.roadtovr.com/helper-robot...
www.roadtovr.com/helper-robot...
History will never forgive someone who lied to take his country to war.
Oh look, Tony Blair has found a new toy he doesn't understand www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘History won’t forgive us’ if UK falls behind in quantum computing race, says Tony Blair
Exclusive: Former PM and ex-Tory leader William Hague warn UK lacks high-risk capital and infrastructure to harness benefits of powerful technology
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
History will never forgive someone who lied to take his country to war.
The crash isn't going to start in AI. It is starting in private credit. But that's what will pop the AI bubble.
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The crash isn't going to start in AI. It is starting in private credit. But that's what will pop the AI bubble.
I wonder if he'll blame the antichrist again 🤔
Drone start-up backed by PeterThiel crashed and burned in armed forces trials
www.ft.com/content/ebdf...
Drone start-up backed by PeterThiel crashed and burned in armed forces trials
www.ft.com/content/ebdf...
Drone start-up backed by Peter Thiel crashed and burned in armed forces trials
Berlin-based Stark failed to hit a single target in four attempts at two exercises with the British and German forces
www.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I wonder if he'll blame the antichrist again 🤔
Drone start-up backed by PeterThiel crashed and burned in armed forces trials
www.ft.com/content/ebdf...
Drone start-up backed by PeterThiel crashed and burned in armed forces trials
www.ft.com/content/ebdf...
Man who backed WeWork says don't worry about AI bubble.
Man who renamed company after Metaverse said don't worry about AI bubble.
The headlines write themselves. Unless you're a business journalist 🤦♂️
Man who renamed company after Metaverse said don't worry about AI bubble.
The headlines write themselves. Unless you're a business journalist 🤦♂️
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Man who backed WeWork says don't worry about AI bubble.
Man who renamed company after Metaverse said don't worry about AI bubble.
The headlines write themselves. Unless you're a business journalist 🤦♂️
Man who renamed company after Metaverse said don't worry about AI bubble.
The headlines write themselves. Unless you're a business journalist 🤦♂️
🔥 OUT NOW! THE CURIOUS AI 93! 🔥
This week, AI Assistants and the Future of News Content, and where are all the AI Agents?
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
This week, AI Assistants and the Future of News Content, and where are all the AI Agents?
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
Curious AI Weekly Digest — Issue 93
October 31, 2025
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October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🔥 OUT NOW! THE CURIOUS AI 93! 🔥
This week, AI Assistants and the Future of News Content, and where are all the AI Agents?
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
This week, AI Assistants and the Future of News Content, and where are all the AI Agents?
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
We consciously made the decision not to support Grok on our open news analysis tool, because we figured idiots don't read news anyway. Plus it acts like an asshole filter.
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
We consciously made the decision not to support Grok on our open news analysis tool, because we figured idiots don't read news anyway. Plus it acts like an asshole filter.
My favourite AI fail today - Claude Code not knowing that root can read any file 🤦
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
My favourite AI fail today - Claude Code not knowing that root can read any file 🤦
I love the idea of self-driving cars, but ascribe little predictive value on its success to other AI fields. Based on biological analogues, mobility is easier than cognition. Amoebas find their way around. Birds can fly with a far different intellect than ours.
October 29, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I love the idea of self-driving cars, but ascribe little predictive value on its success to other AI fields. Based on biological analogues, mobility is easier than cognition. Amoebas find their way around. Birds can fly with a far different intellect than ours.
Very few firms outside of the US and tech cite AI as a reason for layoffs: intellizence.com/insights/lay...
Top Companies that Announced Major Layoffs & Hiring Freezes-2024-25
Intellizence has curated a list of major companies that have announced mass layoffs, job cuts, downsizing, hiring freezes, and furloughs. Subscribe to Intellizence.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Very few firms outside of the US and tech cite AI as a reason for layoffs: intellizence.com/insights/lay...
Billionaire with so much money he has to give away tells sheep not to worry about impending cull.
The same is true of the Black Death, Mount Tambora’s eruption and the Mongol Invasions.
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Billionaire with so much money he has to give away tells sheep not to worry about impending cull.
Reposted by Oliver Rochford
The same is true of the Black Death, Mount Tambora’s eruption and the Mongol Invasions.
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The same is true of the Black Death, Mount Tambora’s eruption and the Mongol Invasions.
This explains so many strange conversations I have had in recent years ..... fortune.com/2025/10/27/h...
Harvard says it’s been giving too many A grades to students | Fortune
About 60% of the grades handed out in classes for the university’s undergraduate program are A’s, up from 40% a decade ago and less than a quarter 20 years ago.
fortune.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This explains so many strange conversations I have had in recent years ..... fortune.com/2025/10/27/h...
If you think the users are insane, you should see the investors......
NEW: "The company’s estimates therefore suggest that every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis." @lmatsakis.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/chatgp...
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If you think the users are insane, you should see the investors......
How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans.
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
People who hide stuff are usually never up to any good.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
People who hide stuff are usually never up to any good.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
How Big Tech uses NDAs to hide AI data center details from Americans
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans.
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
People who hide stuff are usually never up to any good.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
People who hide stuff are usually never up to any good.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
JPMorganChase meets "leopards ate my face" 😆
JPMorgan Chase seeks to stop paying legal fees for Charlie Javice, found guilty of defrauding the bank of $175 million.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
JPMorgan Chase seeks to stop paying legal fees for Charlie Javice, found guilty of defrauding the bank of $175 million.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
JP Morgan is very angry as America's largest bank has to pay legal fee of the 32-year-old startup CEO charged of defrauding it of $175 million; calls it ... - The Times of India
Tech News News: JPMorgan Chase is reportedly seeking to end its obligation to pay legal fees for Charlie Javice, the founder of Frank, who was found guilty of defraud
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
JPMorganChase meets "leopards ate my face" 😆
JPMorgan Chase seeks to stop paying legal fees for Charlie Javice, found guilty of defrauding the bank of $175 million.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
JPMorgan Chase seeks to stop paying legal fees for Charlie Javice, found guilty of defrauding the bank of $175 million.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
Inherited wealth breaks meritocracy because Nepos have the chance to learn from their mistakes. Poor kids can't afford any.
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Inherited wealth breaks meritocracy because Nepos have the chance to learn from their mistakes. Poor kids can't afford any.
I wish I could agree with this hope that "When the AI bubble bursts, the nerds will do their best work."
The problem isn't the tech. The problem is the leadership.
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
The problem isn't the tech. The problem is the leadership.
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
The Argument for Letting AI Burn It All Down
When the AI bubble bursts, the nerds will do their best work.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I wish I could agree with this hope that "When the AI bubble bursts, the nerds will do their best work."
The problem isn't the tech. The problem is the leadership.
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
The problem isn't the tech. The problem is the leadership.
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
The centrists case is simple: The tyranny of the left is as bad as the tyranny of the right.
October 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The centrists case is simple: The tyranny of the left is as bad as the tyranny of the right.
🔥 OUT NOW! THE CURIOUS AI 92! 🔥
This week we have a deep-dive on the browser wars, and also an editorial op-ed on where we are with AI scaling and progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
This week we have a deep-dive on the browser wars, and also an editorial op-ed on where we are with AI scaling and progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
Curious AI Weekly Digest — Issue 92
For pragmatic decision-makers & foresight pros. Techno-realism, second-order effects, and a touch of Stratechery wit.
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🔥 OUT NOW! THE CURIOUS AI 92! 🔥
This week we have a deep-dive on the browser wars, and also an editorial op-ed on where we are with AI scaling and progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
This week we have a deep-dive on the browser wars, and also an editorial op-ed on where we are with AI scaling and progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
Tech naturally selects for kool-aid drinkers.
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Tech naturally selects for kool-aid drinkers.
Don’t fear the AI bubble, it’s about to unlock an $8 trillion opportunity according to Goldman Sachs.
Remember when Goldman Sachs said don't worry about mortgage-backed securities....?
fortune.com/2025/10/16/a...
Remember when Goldman Sachs said don't worry about mortgage-backed securities....?
fortune.com/2025/10/16/a...
Don’t fear the AI bubble, it’s about to unlock an $8 trillion opportunity, Goldman Sachs says | Fortune
“Anticipated investment levels are sustainable, although the ultimate AI winners remain less clear,” Goldman says.
fortune.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Don’t fear the AI bubble, it’s about to unlock an $8 trillion opportunity according to Goldman Sachs.
Remember when Goldman Sachs said don't worry about mortgage-backed securities....?
fortune.com/2025/10/16/a...
Remember when Goldman Sachs said don't worry about mortgage-backed securities....?
fortune.com/2025/10/16/a...
