Debbie
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I've been working on research to inform policy spheres on how recent procurement strategies meant AI models were not being appropriately assessed for defence use (see link), but I think at this point it's obvious and they don't even bother to lie about it anymore.
defensescoop.com/2025/08/04/d...
defensescoop.com/2025/08/04/d...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I've been working on research to inform policy spheres on how recent procurement strategies meant AI models were not being appropriately assessed for defence use (see link), but I think at this point it's obvious and they don't even bother to lie about it anymore.
defensescoop.com/2025/08/04/d...
defensescoop.com/2025/08/04/d...
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Read our report - featured in this NPR piece - on the undermining of nuclear regulation in service of AI:
ainowinstitute.org/publications/fission-for-algorithms
ainowinstitute.org/publications/fission-for-algorithms
Fission for Algorithms: The Undermining of Nuclear Regulation in Service of AI - AI Now Institute
A report examining nuclear “fast-tracking” initiatives on their feasibility and their impact on nuclear safety, security, and safeguards.
ainowinstitute.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Read our report - featured in this NPR piece - on the undermining of nuclear regulation in service of AI:
ainowinstitute.org/publications/fission-for-algorithms
ainowinstitute.org/publications/fission-for-algorithms
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AI FOMO is driving rushed deployments that may introduce security risks. This is made worse by ‘safety revisionism’, where terms like red teaming are repurposed without adequate security rigor.
From @INC:
shorturl.at/KxKzx
Our safety report:
shorturl.at/eMKdd
From @INC:
shorturl.at/KxKzx
Our safety report:
shorturl.at/eMKdd
How FOMO Is Turning AI Into a Cybersecurity Nightmare
Every CEO I meet thinks their AI strategy is simple: implement tools, boost productivity, and stay competitive. The reality is far riskier.
shorturl.at
January 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
AI FOMO is driving rushed deployments that may introduce security risks. This is made worse by ‘safety revisionism’, where terms like red teaming are repurposed without adequate security rigor.
From @INC:
shorturl.at/KxKzx
Our safety report:
shorturl.at/eMKdd
From @INC:
shorturl.at/KxKzx
Our safety report:
shorturl.at/eMKdd
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We’re expanding our national security and defense work, and welcoming Boyan Milanov to the team. Boyan is a research scientist evaluating cybersecurity risks in agentic AI systems related to national security, defense, and safety-critical infrastructure.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We’re expanding our national security and defense work, and welcoming Boyan Milanov to the team. Boyan is a research scientist evaluating cybersecurity risks in agentic AI systems related to national security, defense, and safety-critical infrastructure.
ainowinstitute.org/contributor/...
ainowinstitute.org/contributor/...
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Join us on Thursday at 1pm ET to launch our North Star Policy Toolkit for Data Center Organizers & Policymakers. You’ll hear from organizers fighting data center expansion, like Angelantonio Enriquez Breault, Connie Di Cicco, & Mary Black.
RSVP: bit.ly/data-center-...
RSVP: bit.ly/data-center-...
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Join us on Thursday at 1pm ET to launch our North Star Policy Toolkit for Data Center Organizers & Policymakers. You’ll hear from organizers fighting data center expansion, like Angelantonio Enriquez Breault, Connie Di Cicco, & Mary Black.
RSVP: bit.ly/data-center-...
RSVP: bit.ly/data-center-...
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What are the implications if the AI boom turns to bust? @smw.bsky.social spoke with @justinhendrix.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social and Ryan Cummings about whether the AI investment boom is an unsustainable bubble and how a crash could reshape policy and public sentiment.
shorturl.at/rpadn
shorturl.at/rpadn
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What are the implications if the AI boom turns to bust? @smw.bsky.social spoke with @justinhendrix.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social and Ryan Cummings about whether the AI investment boom is an unsustainable bubble and how a crash could reshape policy and public sentiment.
shorturl.at/rpadn
shorturl.at/rpadn
The US Botanic Garden holiday displays are up! These monuments are entirely made with plant materials.
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The US Botanic Garden holiday displays are up! These monuments are entirely made with plant materials.
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Join us for a webinar on December 4th at 1 pm ET to launch our North Star Policy Toolkit for Data center Organizers & Policymakers. We’ll preview the guide and feature a panel of organizers who have won local and state battles against data center expansion.
Register: bit.ly/data-center-...
Register: bit.ly/data-center-...
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Join us for a webinar on December 4th at 1 pm ET to launch our North Star Policy Toolkit for Data center Organizers & Policymakers. We’ll preview the guide and feature a panel of organizers who have won local and state battles against data center expansion.
Register: bit.ly/data-center-...
Register: bit.ly/data-center-...
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From the workplace to ICE, AI surveillance puts all of us at risk. Join organizers and policy experts TODAY at 2pm ET to learn about ways & resources to fight back. Pre-register here: bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
From the workplace to ICE, AI surveillance puts all of us at risk. Join organizers and policy experts TODAY at 2pm ET to learn about ways & resources to fight back. Pre-register here: bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
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Read @404media.co's piece on our new nuclear & AI report by @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social and Dr Sofia Guerra, "Fission for Algorithms: The Undermining of Nuclear Regulation in Service of AI.”
ainowinstitute.org/publications...
ainowinstitute.org/publications...
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Read @404media.co's piece on our new nuclear & AI report by @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social and Dr Sofia Guerra, "Fission for Algorithms: The Undermining of Nuclear Regulation in Service of AI.”
ainowinstitute.org/publications...
ainowinstitute.org/publications...
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OUR @wsj.com OPED: The AI bubble debate misses what's already happening: a massive gov bailout, fast-tracked infrastructure, guaranteed contracts & regulatory exemptions. AI firms get a taxpayer-funded insurance policy that dot-com companies could only dream of.
www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
OUR @wsj.com OPED: The AI bubble debate misses what's already happening: a massive gov bailout, fast-tracked infrastructure, guaranteed contracts & regulatory exemptions. AI firms get a taxpayer-funded insurance policy that dot-com companies could only dream of.
www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
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This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
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New work on the effects of the 'AI arms race' on nuclear licensing and deployment. It highlights that key protections - particularly to ensure the safety of communities where nuclear plants are operating - are being rolled back in order to speed AI deployment. Read more below 👇
New Report: Fission for Algorithms. We draw on our nuclear expertise to dissect the risky fast-tracking initiatives hastening nuclear development in service of AI. This includes proposals to use Gen AI for nuclear licensing, whilst lowering well-established nuclear thresholds.
Fission for Algorithms: The Undermining of Nuclear Regulation in Service of AI - AI Now Institute
A report examining nuclear “fast-tracking” initiatives on their feasibility and their impact on nuclear safety, security, and safeguards.
ainowinstitute.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New work on the effects of the 'AI arms race' on nuclear licensing and deployment. It highlights that key protections - particularly to ensure the safety of communities where nuclear plants are operating - are being rolled back in order to speed AI deployment. Read more below 👇
At the US Botanic Garden now!
Pomegranate
Toad Lily (x2)
Cypress Vine
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Cypress Vine
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
At the US Botanic Garden now!
Pomegranate
Toad Lily (x2)
Cypress Vine
Pomegranate
Toad Lily (x2)
Cypress Vine
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I don’t want AI companies to get a bailout. I said this to @smw.bsky.social of @ainowinstitute.bsky.social last week, and she said they already were being bailed out. We sat down to talk about it in our first full-form video interview here:
youtu.be/WvN1wQ_CBlY?...
youtu.be/WvN1wQ_CBlY?...
Are AI Companies Cooking the Books? w/ Sarah Myers West
YouTube video by The Maybe
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September 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I don’t want AI companies to get a bailout. I said this to @smw.bsky.social of @ainowinstitute.bsky.social last week, and she said they already were being bailed out. We sat down to talk about it in our first full-form video interview here:
youtu.be/WvN1wQ_CBlY?...
youtu.be/WvN1wQ_CBlY?...
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Last week we co-hosted a live show with Computer Says Maybe at Climate Week NYC on AI and data center expansion. If you missed it, catch the recording!
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KS...
Or listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/nyc-...
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KS...
Or listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/nyc-...
Let Them Eat Compute: Computer Says Maybe LIVE from Climate Week
YouTube video by The Maybe
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October 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Last week we co-hosted a live show with Computer Says Maybe at Climate Week NYC on AI and data center expansion. If you missed it, catch the recording!
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KS...
Or listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/nyc-...
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KS...
Or listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/nyc-...
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Every election is decided by those who show up. Step one to showing up is being registered!
Help #RegisterDemocrats with @FieldTeam6.org and let’s make every voice heard this National Voter Registration Day!
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Help #RegisterDemocrats with @FieldTeam6.org and let’s make every voice heard this National Voter Registration Day!
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Help Field Team 6 Register Democrats!
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September 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Every election is decided by those who show up. Step one to showing up is being registered!
Help #RegisterDemocrats with @FieldTeam6.org and let’s make every voice heard this National Voter Registration Day!
#Voterizer #NationalVoterRegistrationDay social.fieldteam6.org/s/jLT8qdDj
Help #RegisterDemocrats with @FieldTeam6.org and let’s make every voice heard this National Voter Registration Day!
#Voterizer #NationalVoterRegistrationDay social.fieldteam6.org/s/jLT8qdDj
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If you agree that Kennedy needs to resign, then one thing you can do right now is contact your Members of Congress--its takes literally like a minute: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Demand Kennedy Resign
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
If you agree that Kennedy needs to resign, then one thing you can do right now is contact your Members of Congress--its takes literally like a minute: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Hummingbirds are getting ready to migrate! They love blue black salvia
September 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Hummingbirds are getting ready to migrate! They love blue black salvia
Passionflower and Butterfly weed seed pods
September 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Passionflower and Butterfly weed seed pods
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode 61 “Winning the Race to Hell”
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
in which AI Now Institute’s @kate-brennan.bsky.social and @smw.bsky.social join me and @alexhanna.bsky.social to wade through the muck that is Trump’s AI Action Plan
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
in which AI Now Institute’s @kate-brennan.bsky.social and @smw.bsky.social join me and @alexhanna.bsky.social to wade through the muck that is Trump’s AI Action Plan
August 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode 61 “Winning the Race to Hell”
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
in which AI Now Institute’s @kate-brennan.bsky.social and @smw.bsky.social join me and @alexhanna.bsky.social to wade through the muck that is Trump’s AI Action Plan
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
in which AI Now Institute’s @kate-brennan.bsky.social and @smw.bsky.social join me and @alexhanna.bsky.social to wade through the muck that is Trump’s AI Action Plan
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Really thrilled about the recognition of Heidy's pathbreaking and deeply necessary work - first in TIME #AI100 and now in MIT Tech Review. Wait till you see what she's cooking up next!
Being recognised in MIT's 35 Under 35 just a week after being in TIME100 AI is such an honour! The profile gets to the heart of the motivation of my work, which includes the use of AI in Gaza that has contributed to a devastating death toll: www.technologyreview.com/innovator/he...
September 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Really thrilled about the recognition of Heidy's pathbreaking and deeply necessary work - first in TIME #AI100 and now in MIT Tech Review. Wait till you see what she's cooking up next!
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Tech leaders are tempering AI promises. The US government isn’t. Today in @inc.com, @ambakak.bsky.social says the alliance between Big Tech and the federal government means the biggest AI companies are positioning themselves as “too big to fail.”
www.inc.com/sam-blum/sam...
www.inc.com/sam-blum/sam...
Did Sam Altman Accidentally Admit That the AI Bubble Is Here?
A recent CNBC interview with the OpenAI CEO shows that tech leaders are changing how they judge AI models.
www.inc.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Tech leaders are tempering AI promises. The US government isn’t. Today in @inc.com, @ambakak.bsky.social says the alliance between Big Tech and the federal government means the biggest AI companies are positioning themselves as “too big to fail.”
www.inc.com/sam-blum/sam...
www.inc.com/sam-blum/sam...