William Gunn

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Post #2399505
UK &amp; EU folks, looks like a good chance to meet others and hear some inspiring speakers on managing AI risk: pausecon.org
Post #2399500
Offer in the European Parliament&#39;s Research Service (DG EPRS), in their Digital Policies Unit. The role involves researching and writing briefs for MEPS on topics like Al and cybersecurity. https://ep-stages.gestmax.eu/6634/1/digital-policies-unit
Post #2399499
Would the $50k used to pay off school lunch debt have saved more lives if it went to an effective charity in Africa? Probably. But we aren&#39;t choosing between a world where the money was spent in Africa or in Utah. We&#39;re choosing between Utah or nothing. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-school-lunch-debt-relief-free-student-meals_n_681258fbe4b03207b5ba49fa
Post #2399498
The influence of the influencers. One can only hope that enough of them feel the weight of the responsibility that their position puts on them.
Post #2399497
Clarivate is removing citations to and from retracted papers from the Journal Impact Factor! 😎 Wonder what took them so long? https://clarivate.com/academia-government/blog/journal-citation-reports-2025-addressing-retractions-and-strengthening-research-integrity/
Post #2399496
#scholcomm Postdoctoral Fellowship on Preprints and Open Peer Review ** Deadline: May 23rd, 2025 ** https://www.scholcommlab.ca/join-us/hiring-postdoctoral-fellow-on-preprints-and-open-peer-review/?trk=feed-detail_main-feed-card_feed-article-content
Post #2399495
The EU should cut actual red tape, not AI safeguards, argues @ristouuk.bsky.social @futureoflife.org https://fortune.com/2025/05/20/eu-ai-regulations-startups/?abc123&amp;trk=feed-detail_comments-list_comment-text
Post #2399494
At the annual EU budget conference today, @vonderleyen said &quot;we thought AI would only approach human reasoning around 2050. Now we expect this to happen already next year.&quot; https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_1284
Post #2399493
What if this is true &amp; how would we know? https://dcurt.is/thinking/
Post #2399492
Wiley &amp; Perplexity are really getting out ahead of the others with this. Making it possible to integrate high-quality research &amp; educational content into an LLM response solves a major issue with LLMs (lack of access to the best resources) &amp; drives content deals https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250508857307/en/Wiley-and-Perplexity-Announce-New-AI-Search-Partnership
Post #2399491
🌶️ Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6vozhqcg3chbd2omnuvsdi67/post/3lsyvt2ifjs27
Post #2399490
Just two more weeks to get your comments in on the EC public consultation on high-risk AI systems: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-launches-public-consultation-high-risk-ai-systems
Post #2399489
Remembering campaign promises past