Jari Pirhonen
@japi.bsky.social
Security leader, risk professional, business enabler, lifelong learner.
"The world of work has experienced seismic shifts throughout the past five years. The next two decades will bring even more consequential change, with artificial intelligence driving much of the reshaping of work."
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo... #AI
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo... #AI
www.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"The world of work has experienced seismic shifts throughout the past five years. The next two decades will bring even more consequential change, with artificial intelligence driving much of the reshaping of work."
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo... #AI
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo... #AI
"That’s it. The #AI wrote its own tooling. The AI wrote its own playbook. The AI wrote its own instructions. Then the AI executed the attack."
blog.fraktal.fi/testing-ai-o... #cybersecurity #pentesting
blog.fraktal.fi/testing-ai-o... #cybersecurity #pentesting
Testing AI-Orchestrated Attacks in Practice
After reading Anthropic’s report on disrupting an AI-driven espionage operation, I decided to test the concept in a lab using the dumbest…
blog.fraktal.fi
December 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"That’s it. The #AI wrote its own tooling. The AI wrote its own playbook. The AI wrote its own instructions. Then the AI executed the attack."
blog.fraktal.fi/testing-ai-o... #cybersecurity #pentesting
blog.fraktal.fi/testing-ai-o... #cybersecurity #pentesting
"If throughout the rest of the year at work, Finns tend to be quiet and civilised and antisocial, during Christmas parties, things quickly get out of hand."
www.bbc.com/travel/artic... #pikkujoulu
www.bbc.com/travel/artic... #pikkujoulu
Why no one does Christmas better than the Finns
In Finland, the holiday celebrations start way earlier that most, in a series of raucous and festive events called "pikkujoulut" or "little Christmas" parties.
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"If throughout the rest of the year at work, Finns tend to be quiet and civilised and antisocial, during Christmas parties, things quickly get out of hand."
www.bbc.com/travel/artic... #pikkujoulu
www.bbc.com/travel/artic... #pikkujoulu
"In a market where every vendor claims to be AI-powered, leaders are shifting from what looks innovative to what delivers measurable value. Leaders prioritize #security and #compliance, #AI capabilities, clear #ROI, and integration with existing tools."
www.emburse.com/resources/re...
www.emburse.com/resources/re...
The AI Spending Paradox – How CFOs are Regaining Control in an Age of Hype - Emburse
The future of travel and expense management starts with Emburse's platform of global software solutions for managing travel, expense, invoice, and business payments.
www.emburse.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"In a market where every vendor claims to be AI-powered, leaders are shifting from what looks innovative to what delivers measurable value. Leaders prioritize #security and #compliance, #AI capabilities, clear #ROI, and integration with existing tools."
www.emburse.com/resources/re...
www.emburse.com/resources/re...
"Cambridge (UK) leads the #quantum clusters global ranking, followed closely by Greater Helsinki (Finland), Oxford (UK), the San Francisco Bay Area (US), and Greater Glasgow (UK)."
ecipe.org/publications...
ecipe.org/publications...
Quantum Clusters: Ranking the World’s Deep-Tech Epicentres
The ECIPE Quantum Project has so far laid the groundwork for understanding the global quantum landscape. It introduced the fundamentals of quantum technologies, assessed national activity in investmen
ecipe.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Cambridge (UK) leads the #quantum clusters global ranking, followed closely by Greater Helsinki (Finland), Oxford (UK), the San Francisco Bay Area (US), and Greater Glasgow (UK)."
ecipe.org/publications...
ecipe.org/publications...
"Modern conflict no longer rewards the side with the most data. It rewards the side with the ability to connect it, understand it and act on it first."
www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/s... #sovereignty
www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/s... #sovereignty
NATO's battle for cloud sovereignty: Speed is existential
: Build a digital backbone faster than adversaries can evolve or lose the information war
www.theregister.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Modern conflict no longer rewards the side with the most data. It rewards the side with the ability to connect it, understand it and act on it first."
www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/s... #sovereignty
www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/s... #sovereignty
"Wearable wellness gadgets have gone mainstream. Now, a few companies are betting that the next frontier is shoes and clothing that offer potential benefits including lymphatic drainage, increased focus and healthier skin."
www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Wearable wellness gadgets have gone mainstream. Now, a few companies are betting that the next frontier is shoes and clothing that offer potential benefits including lymphatic drainage, increased focus and healthier skin."
www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
The start of a much-needed hype correction.
- LLMs are not everything
- #AI is not a quick fix to all your problems
- Are we in a bubble?
- ChatGPT was not the beginning, and it won’t be the end
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
- LLMs are not everything
- #AI is not a quick fix to all your problems
- Are we in a bubble?
- ChatGPT was not the beginning, and it won’t be the end
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
The great AI hype correction of 2025
Four ways to think about this year's reckoning
www.technologyreview.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The start of a much-needed hype correction.
- LLMs are not everything
- #AI is not a quick fix to all your problems
- Are we in a bubble?
- ChatGPT was not the beginning, and it won’t be the end
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
- LLMs are not everything
- #AI is not a quick fix to all your problems
- Are we in a bubble?
- ChatGPT was not the beginning, and it won’t be the end
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
Putinin USA ( @jessikka.bsky.social ):"Pidän käsittämättömänä, miten tehokkaasti Kreml hyökkää jatkuvasti hybridisodan keinoin useita länsimaita vastaan, vaikka se sisäisesti on monin mittarein mitattuna epäonnistunut valtio." #book #quote
December 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Putinin USA ( @jessikka.bsky.social ):"Pidän käsittämättömänä, miten tehokkaasti Kreml hyökkää jatkuvasti hybridisodan keinoin useita länsimaita vastaan, vaikka se sisäisesti on monin mittarein mitattuna epäonnistunut valtio." #book #quote
"Robot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over control to its main Chinese supplier."
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/15/i...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/15/i...
Roomba maker iRobot files for bankruptcy and will go private
iRobot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over control to its main Chinese supplier.
www.mercurynews.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Robot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over control to its main Chinese supplier."
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/15/i...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/15/i...
Red Flags
-Causing Physical Harm
-Inflicting Widespread Psychological Harm
-Intervening in Domestic Political Processes
-Triggering Physical Disruption
-Prepositioning for Civilian Disruption
-Preparing the Military Battleground
-Losing Operational Control
www.interface-eu.org/publications...
-Causing Physical Harm
-Inflicting Widespread Psychological Harm
-Intervening in Domestic Political Processes
-Triggering Physical Disruption
-Prepositioning for Civilian Disruption
-Preparing the Military Battleground
-Losing Operational Control
www.interface-eu.org/publications...
Assessing Irresponsibility in Cyber Operations
interface (formerly Stiftung Neue Verantwortung) emerges as Europe's premier Think Tank for cutting-edge tech policy. Our expert team navigates AI, cybersecurity, and more, shaping the continent's…
www.interface-eu.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Red Flags
-Causing Physical Harm
-Inflicting Widespread Psychological Harm
-Intervening in Domestic Political Processes
-Triggering Physical Disruption
-Prepositioning for Civilian Disruption
-Preparing the Military Battleground
-Losing Operational Control
www.interface-eu.org/publications...
-Causing Physical Harm
-Inflicting Widespread Psychological Harm
-Intervening in Domestic Political Processes
-Triggering Physical Disruption
-Prepositioning for Civilian Disruption
-Preparing the Military Battleground
-Losing Operational Control
www.interface-eu.org/publications...
"Deploying satellites as data centers, the thinking goes, would allow the AI industry to avoid Earthly headaches, such as securing the immense amounts of power needed to train #AI models."
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"Deploying satellites as data centers, the thinking goes, would allow the AI industry to avoid Earthly headaches, such as securing the immense amounts of power needed to train #AI models."
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
"We evaluate ten #cybersecurity professionals alongside six existing #AI agents and ARTEMIS, our new agent scaffold, on a large university network consisting of ∼8,000 hosts across 12 subnets."
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882 #appsec
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882 #appsec
Comparing AI Agents to Cybersecurity Professionals in Real-World Penetration Testing
We present the first comprehensive evaluation of AI agents against human cybersecurity professionals in a live enterprise environment. We evaluate ten cybersecurity professionals alongside six…
arxiv.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"We evaluate ten #cybersecurity professionals alongside six existing #AI agents and ARTEMIS, our new agent scaffold, on a large university network consisting of ∼8,000 hosts across 12 subnets."
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882 #appsec
arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882 #appsec
Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses 2025
cwe.mitre.org/news/archive... #cybersecurity #CWE #appsec
cwe.mitre.org/news/archive... #cybersecurity #CWE #appsec
CWE - News & Events - 2025
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a list of software and hardware weaknesses.
cwe.mitre.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses 2025
cwe.mitre.org/news/archive... #cybersecurity #CWE #appsec
cwe.mitre.org/news/archive... #cybersecurity #CWE #appsec
"We’re surely getting closer to settling the seemingly simple, centuries-old question of why ice is slippery."
www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
Why Is Ice Slippery? A New Hypothesis Slides Into the Chat. | Quanta Magazine
A newly proposed explanation for the slipperiness of ice has revived a centuries-long debate.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"We’re surely getting closer to settling the seemingly simple, centuries-old question of why ice is slippery."
www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
"OpenAI must produce millions of anonymized chat logs from #ChatGPT users in its high-stakes copyright dispute with the New York Times and other news outlets"
www.reuters.com/legal/govern... #AI
www.reuters.com/legal/govern... #AI
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"OpenAI must produce millions of anonymized chat logs from #ChatGPT users in its high-stakes copyright dispute with the New York Times and other news outlets"
www.reuters.com/legal/govern... #AI
www.reuters.com/legal/govern... #AI
"The EU has issued its first-ever Digital Services Act fine, slapping Elon Musk's X with a €120 million penalty for breaching the bloc's rules on ad transparency, data access for researchers, and its revamped blue-checkmark system."
www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/e...
www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/e...
EU fines X €120M in first-ever DSA penalty payout
: TikTok, by contrast, satisfied DSA concerns over its ad repository transparency
www.theregister.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"The EU has issued its first-ever Digital Services Act fine, slapping Elon Musk's X with a €120 million penalty for breaching the bloc's rules on ad transparency, data access for researchers, and its revamped blue-checkmark system."
www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/e...
www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/e...
Digital Empires (Anu Bradford): "Each digital empire holds a different vision for the digital economy, which is reflected in the regulatory models they have adopted. The US has a market-driven model, China a state-driven model, and the EU a rights-driven model." #book #quote
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"A foundational shift is underway in how language models are used in production: from single-turn text completion toward multi-step, tool-integrated, and reasoning-intensive workflows."
openrouter.ai/state-of-ai #AI #LLM
openrouter.ai/state-of-ai #AI #LLM
State of AI | OpenRouter
An empirical study analyzing over 100 trillion tokens of real-world LLM interactions across tasks, geographies, and time.
openrouter.ai
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
"A foundational shift is underway in how language models are used in production: from single-turn text completion toward multi-step, tool-integrated, and reasoning-intensive workflows."
openrouter.ai/state-of-ai #AI #LLM
openrouter.ai/state-of-ai #AI #LLM
"Generative AI is reshaping cybersecurity for both attackers and defenders, but its future capabilities are difficult to measure as techniques and models are evolving rapidly."
blog.talosintelligence.com/spy-vs-spy-h... #AI #GenAI #cybersecurity
blog.talosintelligence.com/spy-vs-spy-h... #AI #GenAI #cybersecurity
Spy vs. spy: How GenAI is powering defenders and attackers
Generative AI is rapidly transforming cybersecurity for both defenders and attackers. This blog highlights current uses, emerging threats, and the evolving landscape as capabilities advance.
blog.talosintelligence.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"Generative AI is reshaping cybersecurity for both attackers and defenders, but its future capabilities are difficult to measure as techniques and models are evolving rapidly."
blog.talosintelligence.com/spy-vs-spy-h... #AI #GenAI #cybersecurity
blog.talosintelligence.com/spy-vs-spy-h... #AI #GenAI #cybersecurity
"Most #AI #malware activity today resides in the early stages of AI maturity, focused on AI-assisted coding & tradecraft, localized content, and experimental orchestration that still relies heavily on humans and traditional tools"
www.recordedfuture.com/blog/ai-malw... #cybersecurity
www.recordedfuture.com/blog/ai-malw... #cybersecurity
AI Malware: Hype vs. Reality
A grounded look at AI malware: most threats sit at low maturity levels, with no verified autonomous BYOAI attacks. Learn what’s real, what’s hype, and how defenders should respond.
www.recordedfuture.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"Most #AI #malware activity today resides in the early stages of AI maturity, focused on AI-assisted coding & tradecraft, localized content, and experimental orchestration that still relies heavily on humans and traditional tools"
www.recordedfuture.com/blog/ai-malw... #cybersecurity
www.recordedfuture.com/blog/ai-malw... #cybersecurity