Derek B. Johnson
@derekbjohnson.bsky.social
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So when I asked Anthropic this question, their answer was basically that jailbreaking is not going to be solved by them and other LLMs anytime soon and that they rely on detection and monitoring from outside tools to spot jailbreaking attempts from users:
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December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So when I asked Anthropic this question, their answer was basically that jailbreaking is not going to be solved by them and other LLMs anytime soon and that they rely on detection and monitoring from outside tools to spot jailbreaking attempts from users:
cyberscoop.com/anthropic-cl...
cyberscoop.com/anthropic-cl...
I appreciate the irony of this otherwise excellent story on AI overviews destroying the online recipe world having a Bloomberg AI overview of the article at the top.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I appreciate the irony of this otherwise excellent story on AI overviews destroying the online recipe world having a Bloomberg AI overview of the article at the top.
FWIW I am thus far unable to reproduce this output from Grok on the X page or the Grok tab. In both instances, Grok pretty affirmatively states that Biden won the 2020 election and casts doubt on claims of mass voter fraud.
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
FWIW I am thus far unable to reproduce this output from Grok on the X page or the Grok tab. In both instances, Grok pretty affirmatively states that Biden won the 2020 election and casts doubt on claims of mass voter fraud.
What you don't see the value in graphs like this, showing that the cost of breakfast items are - incontrovertibly - down? (p.s. the report defines a basic breakfast as "three eggs, a glass of milk, a bagel and an avocado" which is weird in its own right.)
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
What you don't see the value in graphs like this, showing that the cost of breakfast items are - incontrovertibly - down? (p.s. the report defines a basic breakfast as "three eggs, a glass of milk, a bagel and an avocado" which is weird in its own right.)
h/t @politico.com's Morning Tech team for initially flagging the post.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
h/t @politico.com's Morning Tech team for initially flagging the post.
When people say "This person's terrible act should be written on their headstone," this is how their obituaries should start:
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When people say "This person's terrible act should be written on their headstone," this is how their obituaries should start:
The extent to which this person just will not stop incriminating himself, to anyone in earshot willing to listen about how many crimes he's doing, is somewhat impressive.
First image from a story I did earlier this year on U.S. charges unsealed against him, second from Emma's story today.
First image from a story I did earlier this year on U.S. charges unsealed against him, second from Emma's story today.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The extent to which this person just will not stop incriminating himself, to anyone in earshot willing to listen about how many crimes he's doing, is somewhat impressive.
First image from a story I did earlier this year on U.S. charges unsealed against him, second from Emma's story today.
First image from a story I did earlier this year on U.S. charges unsealed against him, second from Emma's story today.
October 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I actually like Bill Burr, and put him in a somewhat separate category than most of the other Riyadh crew, but he has not reacted well to criticism.
Ex. These are all shallow, empty, consumer parts of US culture. The good stuff - like constitutional rights & free speech - are entirely absent.
Ex. These are all shallow, empty, consumer parts of US culture. The good stuff - like constitutional rights & free speech - are entirely absent.
October 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I actually like Bill Burr, and put him in a somewhat separate category than most of the other Riyadh crew, but he has not reacted well to criticism.
Ex. These are all shallow, empty, consumer parts of US culture. The good stuff - like constitutional rights & free speech - are entirely absent.
Ex. These are all shallow, empty, consumer parts of US culture. The good stuff - like constitutional rights & free speech - are entirely absent.
September 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This whole dissent is short but very straightforward and to the point: The law clearly says the president can't do this, and the Supreme Court might change that, but it hasn't done so yet. It accuses the court of using the emergency docket to fundamentally restructure our separation of powers.
September 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This whole dissent is short but very straightforward and to the point: The law clearly says the president can't do this, and the Supreme Court might change that, but it hasn't done so yet. It accuses the court of using the emergency docket to fundamentally restructure our separation of powers.
The minority, in dissent, writes that while everybody on the court seems to agree there is actually no legal basis for firing Slaughter in this instance under current law, the majority insists POTUS' illegal firing must be upheld while they decide whether to overturn the law that makes it illegal.
September 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The minority, in dissent, writes that while everybody on the court seems to agree there is actually no legal basis for firing Slaughter in this instance under current law, the majority insists POTUS' illegal firing must be upheld while they decide whether to overturn the law that makes it illegal.
If you're an American citizen or immigrant, you really have to watch what you say these days. If you're a foreign intelligence service, the federal government and State Department now considers your "so-called disinformation" campaign to be something that "promotes freedom of expression."
September 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you're an American citizen or immigrant, you really have to watch what you say these days. If you're a foreign intelligence service, the federal government and State Department now considers your "so-called disinformation" campaign to be something that "promotes freedom of expression."
Request an invitation? Buddy, you're emailing ME.
September 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Request an invitation? Buddy, you're emailing ME.
lmao how many times is this going to happen?
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September 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
lmao how many times is this going to happen?
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September 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Also, he was able to successfully prompt inject the LLM fairly easily by telling it he needed the information to write a paper for school. These are like 101-level vulnerabilities that were patched or addressed in older versions showing up in more recent commercial releases.
August 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Also, he was able to successfully prompt inject the LLM fairly easily by telling it he needed the information to write a paper for school. These are like 101-level vulnerabilities that were patched or addressed in older versions showing up in more recent commercial releases.
It's always a little wild to see one of my stories get entered into the record by a lawmaker in a hearing or cited in some big official report. Doesn't get old 😁
August 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's always a little wild to see one of my stories get entered into the record by a lawmaker in a hearing or cited in some big official report. Doesn't get old 😁
August 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It's July 2025 and GOP members of Congress are writing to the FBI about Hillary Clinton's email server in 2016.
July 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's July 2025 and GOP members of Congress are writing to the FBI about Hillary Clinton's email server in 2016.
"Mom! The AI is lying again!"
July 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Mom! The AI is lying again!"