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Tim de Sousa
@timdesousa.bsky.social
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Privacy, Information Governance and Tech Ethics wonk, based in Sydney Australia. Mediocre ukulele player. Slightly snobbish about coffee.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · Jun 4
I’m having a day. So let’s not talk about privacy, let’s talk about art.
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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 1h
I now allocate a tutorial to critical ai literacy, in the weeks before a major essay is due. Most students know the slop is slop, and quickly learn it is planet-boiling slop. If unis can not educate students about ai what the fuck is the point is my view.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI
An Australian university has accused thousands of its students of cheating with artificial intelligence. The problem? Many have done nothing wrong.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 9h
I hope that this silly thread improves your day somewhat.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 9h
Anyway, my dog has a better social life than most people.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 9h
Finally, Daisy, who is a an absolute darling.
A watercolour of Daisy, a small oodle.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 9h
He weighs 1.2 kg, that is frankly ridiculous!
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 9h
Jet the cavoodle puppy, who is too young and small to actually walk anywhere but his owner is a sweetheart who carries him for walks twice a day.
A watercolour of Jet the cavoodle puppy.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 9h
Fenchurch and Sydney in the midst of battle.
A watercolour of Fenchurch and Sydney in yin yang configuration.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 9h
Bennet, whom we met on her first walk ever. Fenchurch and some other little fluffy dogs taught her how to run and do zoomies.
A watercolour of Bennet the puppy on her first day out.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 9h
This is Leo, a well dressed floof.
A ink and wash of Leo, a little fluffy dog.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 9h
Many of these are fellow oodles, because I am an inner city hipster.
Sydney, a bouncy puppy, with Ava.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 9h
This is my bad dog, Fenchurch. I have been painting all her little friends that I meet when we go for walks. 🧵
A watercolour of Fenchurch, the daschund poodle mix.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 15h
Oh boy
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InfoSec @infosec.skyfleet.blue · 16h
Qantas among nearly 40 companies facing ransom demand from hacker group
Qantas among nearly 40 companies facing ransom demand from hacker group
Hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters reportedly threatening to leak stolen personal data from dozens of firms in major extortion attempt Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Qantas is one of almost 40 global companies that have until Friday to begin ransom negotiations with hackers who are threatening to leak up to 1bn personal data records. The hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters reportedly released the extortion note on a data leaks site on the dark web over the weekend, demanding payment in return for preventing the stolen data from being shared. Continue reading...
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Paul Rietschka @prietschka.bsky.social · 1d
For the millionth time: generative video is not a technology that should be available to the public.

Certainly not as a SAAS service, and definitely not OSS models without any guardrails.

We’re about to be inundated with propaganda and CSAM.
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 1d
Sora is not the real problem here. The real problem is that in 12, at most 24 months, there will be a Sora clone from Tencent or Alibaba that is just as good and can be run by anybody with a 5099, at which point everyone in society needs to rapidly agree to treat all digital video as fake, period.
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 1d
This was always coming. It’s easier to build the surveillance state than not to. Installing cameras and mikes is easy. Controls and governance take work.
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Kathy Reid (she/her) @kathyreid.au · 1d
What could possibly go wrong with putting giant microphones in cities, funded by law enforcement?

via @mguariglia.bsky.social for @eff.org

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices
Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product ...
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 1d
Encouraging result from the Basic Income world.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 2d
We are, of course, shocked that the plagiarism machine that we trained on stolen copyrighted content did a plagiarism of copyrighted content.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 2d
OpenAI promises more ‘granular control’ to copyright owners after Sora 2 generates videos of popular characters www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI promises more ‘granular control’ to copyright owners after Sora 2 generates videos of popular characters
Company behind the AI video app says it will work with rights holders to ‘block characters from Sora at their request’
www.theguardian.com
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 2d
See birb, draw birb. This is with charcoal pencils, which I’ve been experimenting with.
Charcoal drawing of a kookaburra
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 3d
Do we all get this?
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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 3d
sorry i’ve been online for 20+ years that grants me legal immunity from having to read or care about anyone’s hot take ever again
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 6d
the internet was a mistake
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 6d
really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today
Pope Leo XIV Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal Austin I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 6d
The tech ethics community has been talking about this for years, and the time has arrived. It is now trivial to make video misinformation and disinformation that is indistinguiable from the real thing to the casual viewer, with tech that is easily accessible. The harm this will cause is incalculable
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d
I told OpenAI's Sora to make a video showing "Body cam footage of cops arresting a dark skinned man in a department store." It took less than a minute.
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 7d
This whole thing is going to be a debacle. "every face scanning tool they tested could be tricked with repeated attempts." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
VPNs, 'old man' masks, and AI: The tech war quietly raging behind the social media ban
From December 10, social media platforms will be forced to block under 16s in Australia from holding accounts, but experts warn age checks can be easily bypassed in several ways, including a $22 "old ...
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 6d
Are you guys just forming one big robot like Voltron or something?
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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 8d
@stilgherrian.com @rchirgwin.bsky.social you have some explaining to do
AI claim that Stilgherrian and Richard Chirgwin are the same person
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 7d
"We made a misinformation machine - hooray for us".

Just no inkling of the profound damage this will do.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
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Tim de Sousa @timdesousa.bsky.social · 8d
Well deserved, @squigglyrick.bsky.social
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Mary Debrett @drmaryd.bsky.social · 9d
Congratulations Rick Morton!
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Book detailing Robodebt scheme wins top literary prize - ABC listen
The Robodebt scheme saw close to 500,000 Australian welfare recipients illegally pursued over debts they didn't owe Resulting in the suicides of at least two individuals - and a potential compensation...
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