Nicolas Jondet
@njondet.bsky.social
IP/IT Law Academic - University of Edinburgh Law School
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Nicolas Jondet
@njondet.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Coding Trance Music (Full Narrated)
YouTube video by Switch Angel
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Kudos to the YouTube algorithm for recommending this video from Switch Angel on live coding music using Strudel, a free and open-source browser app built on the Tidalcycles language. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWXC...
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Trump wants to turn it on again with 'Genesis Mission' for AI in science
Trump wants to turn it on again with 'Genesis Mission' for AI in science
DOE told to build a unified research platform linking federal compute, datasets, and national labs
US President Trump has ordered the launch of the "Genesis Mission," a national effort to use AI to drive scientific discoveries, with the aim of strengthening America's technological leadership and global competitiveness.…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Trump wants to turn it on again with 'Genesis Mission' for AI in science
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Pleased to note my Cambridge lecture on how technical approaches to the right of explanation have gone haywire in the LLM era, is already up!
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Many thanks to @CIPIL who um may not be here? And to @jennifercobbe for her v kind invitation! 1/3
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Many thanks to @CIPIL who um may not be here? And to @jennifercobbe for her v kind invitation! 1/3
Faithful or Traitor? The Right of Explanation in a Generative AI World: CIPIL Evening Seminar
YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty
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November 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Pleased to note my Cambridge lecture on how technical approaches to the right of explanation have gone haywire in the LLM era, is already up!
youtu.be/wLxuq3I2d_s?...
Many thanks to @CIPIL who um may not be here? And to @jennifercobbe for her v kind invitation! 1/3
youtu.be/wLxuq3I2d_s?...
Many thanks to @CIPIL who um may not be here? And to @jennifercobbe for her v kind invitation! 1/3
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
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SOS!! Share far and wide! The US Patent Office is working to make bad patents untouchable and that’s a problem for open source hardware! Read through EFF statement and get your comments in ASAP to help prevent this www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF sup...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
SOS!! Share far and wide! The US Patent Office is working to make bad patents untouchable and that’s a problem for open source hardware! Read through EFF statement and get your comments in ASAP to help prevent this www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Countdown to our abstract submission deadline for 1 December, and many thanks for the excellent submissions received so far... time to submit if it's been sitting on you 'to do' list! Looking forward to seeing many of you in Wales.
📢 Exciting News!
The Technology Research Group in the Department of Law and Criminology is proud to host the British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association (BILETA) Annual Conference on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th April 2026.
🔗 Learn more and register: www.aber.ac.uk/en/lac/news/...
The Technology Research Group in the Department of Law and Criminology is proud to host the British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association (BILETA) Annual Conference on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th April 2026.
🔗 Learn more and register: www.aber.ac.uk/en/lac/news/...
BILETA Conference 2026 - Department of Law & Criminology, Aberystwyth University
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November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Countdown to our abstract submission deadline for 1 December, and many thanks for the excellent submissions received so far... time to submit if it's been sitting on you 'to do' list! Looking forward to seeing many of you in Wales.
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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"Alongside the fine, Ofcom said it has launched formal investigations into five other companies running around 20 pornography sites, and is expanding probe activity around additional operators that have ignored information requests."
AI nudification site fined £55K for skipping age checks
AI nudification site fined £55K for skipping age checks
Decision marks second penalty issued under the UK's Online Safety Act
The UK's online regulator has lobbed a £50,000 fine at an AI nudification website for failing to implement mandatory age checks, potentially allowing under-18s to waltz past the virtual velvet rope.…
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November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Alongside the fine, Ofcom said it has launched formal investigations into five other companies running around 20 pornography sites, and is expanding probe activity around additional operators that have ignored information requests."
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AI nudification site fined £55K for skipping age checks
AI nudification site fined £55K for skipping age checks
Decision marks second penalty issued under the UK's Online Safety Act
The UK's online regulator has lobbed a £50,000 fine at an AI nudification website for failing to implement mandatory age checks, potentially allowing under-18s to waltz past the virtual velvet rope.…
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
AI nudification site fined £55K for skipping age checks
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At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. www.wired.com/story/this-h...
This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System
At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. www.wired.com/story/this-h...
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Magician forgets password to his own hand after RFID chip implant
Magician forgets password to his own hand after RFID chip implant
Storing credentials safely and securely is the real trick
It's important to have your login in hand, literally. Zi Teng Wang, a UK magician who implanted an RFID chip in his appendage, has admitted losing access to it because he forgot the password.…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Magician forgets password to his own hand after RFID chip implant
"[T]he EU adopted new specification decisions that required Apple to adopt new interoperable wireless standards, starting in this year’s iOS 26 release."
While we can attribute the change to Europe's Digital Markets Act, Google was unsurprisingly sparing in its praise of regulators when announcing the update.
The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop
Google’s Pixel 10 works with AirDrop, and other phones should follow later.
arstechnica.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"[T]he EU adopted new specification decisions that required Apple to adopt new interoperable wireless standards, starting in this year’s iOS 26 release."
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Big Red borrows a lot of green, hopes AI will put it in the black
Big Red borrows a lot of green, hopes AI will put it in the black
Cost of insuring against Oracle debt default spikes as September seems a long time ago
opinion The weather's cooling, and so is Wall Street's patience with Oracle's AI makeover. Big Red is spending big, and the risk metrics aren't looking cozy.…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Big Red borrows a lot of green, hopes AI will put it in the black
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Trump's about-face of tech tariffs could lead the industry into a rosier 2026 marked by more stable supply chains and possibly billions in refunds.
Keep your receipts: Tech firms told to prepare for possible tariff refunds
Tech firms dare to dream chip tariffs may go away amid rumors of delays.
arstechnica.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Trump's about-face of tech tariffs could lead the industry into a rosier 2026 marked by more stable supply chains and possibly billions in refunds.
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Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/11/22/0115215/court-ends-dragnet-electricity-surveillance-program-in-sacramento?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento
A California judge has shut down a decade-long surveillance program in which Sacramento's utility provider shared granular smart-meter data on 650,000 residents with police to hunt for cannabis grows. The EFF reports: The Sacramento County Superior Court ruled that the surveillance program run by t...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/11/22/0115215/court-ends-dragnet-electricity-surveillance-program-in-sacramento?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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X is still used by 21% of U.S. adults, Pew found, only down from 23% in 2021, despite increased competition from Meta, startups, and decentralized social media.
Pew's latest social media report shows X's staying power in the U.S., despite competition | TechCrunch
X is still used by 21% of U.S. adults, Pew found, only down from 23% in 2021, despite increased competition from Meta, startups, and decentralized social media.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
X is still used by 21% of U.S. adults, Pew found, only down from 23% in 2021, despite increased competition from Meta, startups, and decentralized social media.
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright…
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright…
Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright infringement in the model and in the outputs, granted injunctive relief, ordered disclosure, and paved the way for damages to be decided at a later date.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Victory for GEMA in Germany against OpenAI
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright…
The Munich Regional Court has handed down its much-awaited decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and it is… a lot, and right on the back of the Getty Images High Court ruling. On the surface, this looks like a clear defeat for OpenAI: the court found copyright…
"Since 2007, the Green500 has served as something of a counterpoint to the Top500. Rather than ranking the most powerful supercomputers by sheer performance at cost, the Green500 weighed that performance against the energy required to achieve it, measured in gigaFLOPS per watt."
Nvidia's green500 dominance continues as France's Kairos super takes efficiency title
Nvidia's green500 dominance continues as France's Kairos super takes efficiency title
Nvidia CPUs and GPUs dominate the bi-annual leaderboard, but FP64 performance regressions leave its long term prospectives in doubt
SC25 There's a new efficiency champ at the top of the Green500 ranking of the world's most sustainable supercomputers.…
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November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"Since 2007, the Green500 has served as something of a counterpoint to the Top500. Rather than ranking the most powerful supercomputers by sheer performance at cost, the Green500 weighed that performance against the energy required to achieve it, measured in gigaFLOPS per watt."
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CF Tonight! Live from Cambridge!
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CIPIL Evening Seminar: 'Faithful or Traitor? The Right of Explanation
Speaker: Professor Lilian Edwards, Emeritus Professor of Law, Innovation & Society, Newcastle Law School Biography: Lilian Edwards is a leading academic in the field of Internet law.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
CF Tonight! Live from Cambridge!
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[New Special Issue] The craft of interdisciplinary research and methods in public interest #cybersecurity, #privacy, and #digitalrights governance, guest-edited by @uwaterloo.ca's Adam Molnar & Urs Hengartner, and @deakinuniversity.bsky.social's
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November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
[New Special Issue] The craft of interdisciplinary research and methods in public interest #cybersecurity, #privacy, and #digitalrights governance, guest-edited by @uwaterloo.ca's Adam Molnar & Urs Hengartner, and @deakinuniversity.bsky.social's
Diarmaid Harkin policyreview.info/articles/ana...
Diarmaid Harkin policyreview.info/articles/ana...
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This is wonderful. Douglas Adams has risen 🙏
❗ Researchers say they’ve found a universal “jailbreak” for top AI models, through poetry. A new study shows that rephrasing harmful prompts as short poems can bypass safety filters across all major models, raising questions over AI Act compliance.
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AI models’ safety features can be circumvented with poetry, research finds | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
A study found that poetic prompts can bypass safety features in leading AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others, triggering instructions for building chemical weapons and malware. The rese...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This is wonderful. Douglas Adams has risen 🙏