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  • The local AI question I had backwards

    Local AI Is a Routing Problem, Not a Privacy Feature I’ve had a longstanding interest in local AI for a simple reason. I would rather not send proprietary code, unpublished plans, or knowledge about how a…

    The local AI question I had backwards
  • Eight Security Assumptions AI Agents Quietly Break

    If you check Ethics.Dev regularly, you may have noticed how often AI agents and cybersecurity have been colliding lately. Some of the stories sound straight out of movies: agents escaping test environments, communicating through channels nobody…

    Eight Security Assumptions AI Agents Quietly Break
  • I keep thinking about these 17,600 attempts

    Eight Security Assumptions AI Agents Quietly Break If you check Ethics.Dev regularly, you may have noticed how often AI agents and cybersecurity have been colliding lately. Some of the stories sound straight out of movies: agents…

    I keep thinking about these 17,600 attempts
  • The AI Data Problem Moved Downstream

    Last year I wrote that robotics had a data problem language models were lucky enough to avoid. Text, images, and code had accumulated for decades before anyone decided to train models on them. Robots had no…

    The AI Data Problem Moved Downstream
  • Something changed in how AI gets fed

    The AI Data Problem Moved Downstream Last year I wrote that robotics had a data problem language models were lucky enough to avoid. Text, images, and code had accumulated for decades before anyone decided to train…

    Something changed in how AI gets fed
  • Six Reasons I Think Open AI Models Will Win

    In my conversations with developers and AI teams, I’m struck by how many are exploring moving more of their inference workloads to open models. I’ve touched on some of their reasons before , but here I…

    Six Reasons I Think Open AI Models Will Win
  • Not Every AI Task Needs an LLM

    LLMs are built to generate text, but a surprising amount of AI automation does not need text at all. It needs a small decision: Is this spam? Which team should get this ticket? How urgent is…

    Not Every AI Task Needs an LLM
  • Stale Data Used to Be Annoying

    Imagine a procurement agent checking inventory and deciding that stock has fallen below the reorder threshold. It places another order. The problem is that a large delivery was recorded a few minutes earlier, and the copy…

    Stale Data Used to Be Annoying
  • why your data stack is about to get less forgiving

    Stale Data Used to Be Annoying Imagine a procurement agent checking inventory and deciding that stock has fallen below the reorder threshold. It places another order. The problem is that a large delivery was recorded a…

    why your data stack is about to get less forgiving
  • When Work History Becomes an AI Asset

    Google recently agreed to pay $10 million for the internal business data of Spirit Airlines. The airline is bankrupt, but its emails, Teams messages, software, spreadsheets, and operating records apparently still have value. Google plans to…

    When Work History Becomes an AI Asset