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The "Board of Peace" is a corrupt and a fully Trump dominated body (has been published about before), so i don't have a lot of confidence in the Gaza deal. We used to have the UN for these kind of things.... Trump and his cronies can fully control all aspects of this deal.
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-hamas-israel-deal-text-7347ef0f3b745f22c12b67f786b70f0f
#Gaza #BoardofPeace #Trump #UN #geopolitics

Bart Smit △ ⲁⲗⲍⲓⲙⲟⲛ 🇪🇺🇺🇦 · 2w

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Karsten Schmidt · 2w

Erik Jonker @Erik Jonker 1785501404

@nprofile1q... ...i agree added value is uncertain, i am not claiming any productivity or quality gains, just stating the empirical fact that GenAI is used massively in software developement/engineering. We have to deal with that, regardless what you think about the technology, it risks and (large) drawbacks.
So what has to be done, this will not go away or improve by itself or just saying it is awful. (also a question to myself 🙂 )

Karsten Schmidt · 2w

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OpenAI and Anthropic can only survive against chinese OpenSource/OpenWeights models if they improve more rapidly and try to bring down their costs. And that is what OpenAI is doing. The race is on...
https://openai.com/index/advancing-the-price-performance-frontier-with-gpt-5-6/?utm_source=www.therundown.ai&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=openai-s-models-cut-their-own-costs&_bhlid=c0b32ae3c2596c05347b3462cc168aff42e7be0b
#AI #race #OpenAI #costs

Jürgen · 2w

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Karsten Schmidt · 2w

Erik Jonker @Erik Jonker 1785498602

@nprofile1q... ...to name just one element/aspect, generative AI is an important tool for software engineering, despite the clear problems/risks associated with it, nobody denies it has a role now and in the future. So we have to improve and develop it. And we don't want to be fully dependent on US Big Tech, so we have to invest.

Karsten Schmidt · 2w

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Karsten Schmidt · 2w

Not just the plan itself for Europe to "become an AI continent" (🤮), but also the entire cliché phrasing of this announcement couldn't be more tone-deaf even if wanted to... #AI #EU

Erik Jonker @Erik Jonker 1785495762

@nprofile1q... ...would you like the EU to spend money on AI? Or totally not and if that's the case , how do we become less dependent?

Karsten Schmidt · 2w

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Erik Jonker

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For all my international followers, Europe is not "stormed by refugees", you could think that after the terrible events in Cueta, a spanish enclave on the african continent. This expert explains what/why this is happening.
#Europe #refugees #Cueta #geopolitics #Spain

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Loes.AI biedt nu ook Kimi K3 aan, selecteer "SuperLoes" als model, leuk om te testen.
https://chat.loes.ai/
#SuperLoes #LoesAI #AI #KimiK3

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Not surprising but worrying, it increases the chance of a hard financial crash of the AI bubble. Which will not only hurt tech companies.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-hide-debt-off-balance-sheet
#AI #bubble #financial #debt

Erik Jonker

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Dat je zelfs geen poster meer durft op te hangen in je eigen dorp omdat anders je auto in de brand wordt gestoken of in het water wordt geduwd. Het is gebruiik van geweld om angst aan te jagen en mensen te intimideren. Het zaagt aan de wortels van onze democratie en rechtstaat. Los van wat ieders mening is over het inhoudelijke vraagstuk. En waar is de landelijke politiek?
https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/6020708/auto-te-water-in-engelen-eigenaar-haalde-poster-vluchtelingenwerk-net-weg
#intimidatie #terreur #geweld #democratie #rechtstaat #engelen #politiek

Number6 :syncthing: · 2w

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Mastodon Collections (functionality) are not an enormous hit? I was hoping to see interesting collections of accounts to follow but so far not in my timeline? 🤔
#Mastodon #Collections #Fediverse

Bart Knubben · 2w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqu2hl9r48emg8eq82nh8zwadl3xr93u7vkk37qavfcg7cu3dmrrzqnu0uat Here is a collection of computer security accounts you might find interesting: https://mastodon.nl/collections/116839929587972771 #collection #computersecurity #cybersecurity

Erik Jonker

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A more detailled analysis of the OpenAI/Huggingface security incident by @nprofile1q... , not very reassuring, he notes:
"What's clear to me from this is that the very best frontier models, unencumbered by additional guardrails, will find an exploit if there is one to be found. The entire software industry needs to up its security game."
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/28/anatomy-of-a-frontier-lab-agent-intrusion/
#AI #OpenAI #Huggingface #Cybersecurity

Jürgen · 2w

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