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"A medic at one Tehran hospital said there were "direct shots to the heads of the young people, to their hearts as well", while a doctor said an eye hospital in the capital had gone into crisis mode"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Iran medics describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured protesters
Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed and injured by the security forces, with more than 70 bodies brought to one hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
"A medic at one Tehran hospital said there were "direct shots to the heads of the young people, to their hearts as well", while a doctor said an eye hospital in the capital had gone into crisis mode"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I did not grasp everything and had to look some things up but nevertheless enjoyed this talk
"A Statistical View on Implicit Regularization: Gradient Descent Dominates Ridge" – Jingfeng Wu
YouTube video by TTIC
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I did not grasp everything and had to look some things up but nevertheless enjoyed this talk
It wasn’t clear to me that Helsing’s drones are already in use in Ukraine
On Helsing’s loitering munition/drone, currently in tests with the Bundeswehr
www.welt.de/wirtschaft/p...
www.welt.de/wirtschaft/p...
Durchbruch für Helsing – die erstaunlichen Fähigkeiten der neuen deutschen Superdrohnen - WELT
Das neueste Fluggerät des deutschen Herstellers Helsing kann offenbar auch in Gruppen angreifen. WELT liegt exklusives Bild- und Videomaterial vor, welches Fähigkeiten der Drohnen zeigt, die die in De...
www.welt.de
January 1, 2026 at 9:36 AM
It wasn’t clear to me that Helsing’s drones are already in use in Ukraine
Currently on holidays. Must admit it feels good to have thinking capacity for random things I find interesting which are not mathematics
December 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Currently on holidays. Must admit it feels good to have thinking capacity for random things I find interesting which are not mathematics
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Marvellous, moving and wise column by @martinsandbu.ft.com:
Why your AI companion is not your friend
First, tech companies usurped the meaning of ‘friends’ and ‘connection’ — now they are coming for ‘companionship’
www.ft.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Marvellous, moving and wise column by @martinsandbu.ft.com:
Very much looking forward to reading this newly published paper over the Christmas break :-)
December 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Very much looking forward to reading this newly published paper over the Christmas break :-)
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What to make of the EU decision on funding for Ukraine? It is a good outcome in my opinion. Here is why:
December 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What to make of the EU decision on funding for Ukraine? It is a good outcome in my opinion. Here is why:
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I wonder if it’s not that Europe is more culturally liberal than America (I doubt it is) but that’s it’s more economically egalitarian, greener and less militaristic.
December 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I wonder if it’s not that Europe is more culturally liberal than America (I doubt it is) but that’s it’s more economically egalitarian, greener and less militaristic.
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New paper in Science:
In a platform-independent field experiment, we show that reranking content expressing antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity in social media feeds alters affective polarization.
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In a platform-independent field experiment, we show that reranking content expressing antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity in social media feeds alters affective polarization.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
New paper in Science:
In a platform-independent field experiment, we show that reranking content expressing antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity in social media feeds alters affective polarization.
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In a platform-independent field experiment, we show that reranking content expressing antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity in social media feeds alters affective polarization.
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Happy to just have found the recordings of the talks from the 2025 Summer School on the Mathematical Aspects of Data Science! I'm going to watch all of these (in time) :-)
Summer School on the Mathematical Aspects of Data Science - Bernoulli Center
This summer school is part of the Bernoulli Center programme at EPFL, to be held from 1 to 5 September 2025. The 2025 Summer School on the Mathematical Foundations of Data Science is designed for MSc ...
bernoulli.epfl.ch
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Happy to just have found the recordings of the talks from the 2025 Summer School on the Mathematical Aspects of Data Science! I'm going to watch all of these (in time) :-)
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A welcome FT article: on.ft.com/442Mpiq “AI doesn’t add up if you neglect the mathematicians”
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A welcome FT article: on.ft.com/442Mpiq “AI doesn’t add up if you neglect the mathematicians”
🤔🤔
Edgar Dobriban
Solving a Research Problem in Mathematical Statistics with AI Assistance
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.18828
Solving a Research Problem in Mathematical Statistics with AI Assistance
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.18828
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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“Anthropic said it believes this new operation to be the first documented case of a "large-scale" cyberattack primarily conducted by AI”
Anthropic said the hackers used Claude to conduct "80-90%" of the attack and that some efforts were successful.
Anthropic says Chinese hackers jailbroke its AI to automate a 'large-scale' cyberattack
Anthropic said the hackers used Claude to conduct "80-90%" of the attack and that some efforts were successful.
www.businessinsider.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Anthropic said it believes this new operation to be the first documented case of a "large-scale" cyberattack primarily conducted by AI”
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Messaging Interoperability: WhatsApp enables third-party chats for users in Europe about.fb.com/news/2025/11...
Messaging Interoperability: WhatsApp enables third-party chats for users in Europe
The DMA requires Meta to give people using WhatsApp in Europe the option to connect with people using third-party messaging services that have chosen to
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November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Messaging Interoperability: WhatsApp enables third-party chats for users in Europe about.fb.com/news/2025/11...
“Many people love heroin.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
“Many people love heroin.”
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Great seminar talk by @ulrikeluxburg.bsky.social yesterday.
Here's the video if you missed it: youtu.be/zR_GvDF65OM
Seminar info: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Here's the video if you missed it: youtu.be/zR_GvDF65OM
Seminar info: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Great seminar talk by @ulrikeluxburg.bsky.social yesterday.
Here's the video if you missed it: youtu.be/zR_GvDF65OM
Seminar info: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Here's the video if you missed it: youtu.be/zR_GvDF65OM
Seminar info: tverven.github.io/tiai-seminar/
Interesting fact I hadn’t realised at 40:00. There’s an asymmetry between donors and voters: donors are interested in saving democracy while voters are interested in saving money. This explains why Harris 2024’s messaging was focused on the former while voters were swayed by the latter
Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Interesting fact I hadn’t realised at 40:00. There’s an asymmetry between donors and voters: donors are interested in saving democracy while voters are interested in saving money. This explains why Harris 2024’s messaging was focused on the former while voters were swayed by the latter
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
Just got uploaded! Beautiful lecture
IMS Grace Wahba Lecture: "Nonparametric Inference Under Shape Constraints...", Richard Samworth
YouTube video by Institute of Mathematical Statistics
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just got uploaded! Beautiful lecture
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What if we did a single run and declared victory
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
What if we did a single run and declared victory
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Summarized in the first paragraph
October 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Summarized in the first paragraph
Finally got around to watching this. Such a great orator
icml.cc/virtual/2025...
icml.cc/virtual/2025...
ICML Tutorial Game-theoretic Statistics and Sequential Anytime-Valid InferenceICML 2025
icml.cc
October 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Finally got around to watching this. Such a great orator
icml.cc/virtual/2025...
icml.cc/virtual/2025...
Just found out that the second edition was posted online on 13 October! Excited to dive in
October 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Just found out that the second edition was posted online on 13 October! Excited to dive in