Matt Mittelsteadt
@MattInThemittel
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AI and cyber policy | Computer Scientist | Living in the east but forever a Minnesotan ❄️️.
Washington, DC
Joined January 2021
Edge now includes a machine vision module to dynamically screen out those annoying 'YOUR COMPUTER IS INFECTED' scareware scams that often pop up. Great AI use case. Not enabled by default so go turn it on (esp on grandma's computer).
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RT @mattyglesias: I believe that some day soon the technology will exist to make coffee at home. This will accelerate productivity but co…
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@FrankFuhrig @scottlincicome @mattyglesias @senatorshoshana @WSJ Big laundromat making a killing on the price increases.
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Deepseek's website contains obfuscated code that enables data transmission to China Mobile, a state-owned telecom banned by the United States for direct military ties.
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RT @ShaneTews: Every time officials push for more backdoors in networks, they create a single point of failure that hostile actors will fin…
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So apparently this tape trick works on machine vision AND turtles.
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From the article. A decade ago, before synthetic voice fraud, this exact scheme happened.
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RT @ShaneTews: The fallout from #SaltTyphoon is a stark reminder: backdoors don’t just help the “good guys.” They’re vulnerabilities waitin…
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wow.
Explicit antisemitic attitudes are now much more common among young voters - 18 year old registered voters are now ~5x more likely to say that they have an unfavorable view of the Jewish people than 65 year olds.
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Mckinley was a bad president!
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RT @emollick: Pre-training really was hitting a wall of sorts: diminishing returns (which is what the “scaling law”predicts anyway) The fa…
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Good times.
At the White House, President Clinton announces the 2001 national budget. Clinton promises a debt-free America by the year 2013.
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@billyez2 @Miles_Brundage Also good security absolutely requires different perspectives. If the CIA/FBI/state etc. doesn't have a breadth of cultural backgrounds/view points its not gonna operate. You can't understand intentions if you don't have people who understand culture.
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@jzellis A legit question. While that example doesn't have much utility, its data conversation is sometimes hard and must be figured out. Harder, more useful versions of this same question might be: can the AI successfully juggle health data presented in different standards.
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RT @elidourado: Deep Research is amazing, but on obscure topics I know well, I can definitely find mistakes. Interestingly, these mistakes…
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