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Christopher Mims

@mims
328 posts
2026-04-16
I thought the Allbirds pivot to becoming an AI company was a joke but no, it's completely real:  —  “This recalls the time in 2017 when the Long Island Iced Tea company pivoted to the blockchain”  —  techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/a...
2026-04-16 View on X
Financial Times

Shoe company Allbirds, which sold last week for $39M after its valuation fell from $4B+ in 2021, says it aims to become an AI compute provider; BIRD jumps 800%+

Ah, zeitgeist:  —  Allbirds is a San Francisco maker of wool trainers that was once valued at more than $4bn.

2026-04-15
I thought the Allbirds pivot to becoming an AI company was a joke but no, it's completely real:  —  “This recalls the time in 2017 when the Long Island Iced Tea company pivoted to the blockchain”  —  techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/a...
2026-04-15 View on X
Financial Times

Shoe company Allbirds, which sold last week for $39M after its valuation fell from $4B+ in 2021, says it aims to become an AI compute provider; BIRD jumps 800%+

Ah, zeitgeist:  —  Allbirds is a San Francisco maker of wool trainers that was once valued at more than $4bn.

2026-04-13
“So, basically, if Anthropic was not a US company, we'd be facing zero days with multiple unknown points of attack on virtually all of our systems to an adversary who developed this capacity before us.”  [embedded post]
2026-04-13 View on X
AI Security Institute

Cybersecurity analysis: Claude Mythos Preview had a 73% success rate on expert-level capture-the-flag challenges, which no model could finish before April 2025

The AI Security Institute (AISI) conducted evaluations of Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview (announced on 7th April) to assess its cybersecurity capabilities.

“So, basically, if Anthropic was not a US company, we'd be facing zero days with multiple unknown points of attack on virtually all of our systems to an adversary who developed this capacity before us.”  [embedded post]
2026-04-13 View on X
Don't Worry About the Vase

A deep dive into the debate about Claude Mythos Preview, the model's capabilities, attempts to refute Anthropic's claims, and what it means for the future of AI

Anthropic is not going to release its new most capable model, Claude Mythos, to the public any time soon.

2026-04-12
“So, basically, if Anthropic was not a US company, we'd be facing zero days with multiple unknown points of attack on virtually all of our systems to an adversary who developed this capacity before us.”  [embedded post]
2026-04-12 View on X
Don't Worry About the Vase

A deep dive into the debate about Claude Mythos Preview, the model's capabilities, attempts to refute Anthropic's claims, and what it means for the future of AI

Anthropic is not going to release its new most capable model, Claude Mythos, to the public any time soon.

2026-03-09
Quick thread on electronic warfare and how conflicts proliferating all over the world — including Iran — have quickly become ALL our problems, because electromagnetic waves do not respect borders:  —  1. GPS Is Becoming a Casualty of War - Here's What Comes Next  —  🎁🔗 …
2026-03-09 View on X
Wall Street Journal

As cheap, powerful GPS jammers proliferate, a look at some alternatives to GPS, including using supersensitive, quantum-based magnetic sensors

2026-03-08
Quick thread on electronic warfare and how conflicts proliferating all over the world — including Iran — have quickly become ALL our problems, because electromagnetic waves do not respect borders:  —  1. GPS Is Becoming a Casualty of War - Here's What Comes Next  —  🎁🔗 …
2026-03-08 View on X
Wall Street Journal

As cheap, powerful GPS jammers proliferate, a look at some alternatives to GPS, including using supersensitive, quantum-based magnetic sensors

The proliferation of cheap, powerful GPS jammers has airline operators, shipping firms and militaries alike scrambling for navigation alternatives

2026-02-25
AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations  —  Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases  —  www.newscientist.com/article/ 2516...
2026-02-25 View on X
New Scientist

A study finds GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash deployed tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of 21 simulated war game scenarios, and never surrendered

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

2026-02-24
this essay has been going around and lemme just say it's an amazing piece of hard science fiction — like, it almost redefines the genre into something that includes financial projection — but that's all it is  —  we are in an era when AI panic porn is widespread and less than helpful [embedded post]
2026-02-24 View on X
Citrini Research

Imagining an AI-driven “2028 Global Intelligence Crisis”: as white-collar layoffs grow, the human-centric consumer economy withers and the social fabric frays

A Thought Exercise in Financial History, from the Future  —  Preface  —  What if our AI bullishness continues to be right …

this essay has been going around and lemme just say it's an amazing piece of hard science fiction — like, it almost redefines the genre into something that includes financial projection — but that's all it is  —  we are in an era when AI panic porn is widespread and less than helpful [embedded post]
2026-02-24 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Software stocks like AppLovin and CrowdStrike extended their weeks-long selloff; several of the biggest decliners were discussed in Citrini Research's post

The weeks-long selloff in software stocks deepened Monday amid general unease about the threat posed by AI.  —  Software-makers AppLovin, CrowdStrike …

2026-02-23
I cannot emphasize this enough: The AI doomer narrative (it's going to wake up and kill us all) is, whether its adherents intend it or not, pure marketing for AI companies  —  It's one reason their CEOs have even, on occasion, leaned into it [embedded post]
2026-02-23 View on X
New York Times

In recent interviews, Sam Altman said AI's adoption faces more resistance than he expected, while Jensen Huang warned the “doomer narrative” may be winning

Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public's underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence.LinkedIn:Bridget FahrlandandDaron Y...

2026-02-12
1. Tim Cook issues first-ever guarded criticism of Trump admin over Minneapolis  —  2. Apple Music sponsors Bad Bunny halftime show  —  3. FTC sends stern letter to Apple about supposed bias in Apple News  —  www.ft.com/content/0c25...
2026-02-12 View on X
Financial Times

US FTC chair asks Tim Cook to review Apple News' ToS and curation, citing allegations that it promotes “left-wing” outlets and suppresses conservative sources

US regulator issues warning to iPhone maker about its News platform following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show

“In a letter to chief executive Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited recent press coverage of a report from conservative media watchdog Media Research Center which claimed that Apple has promoted “leftist outlets” in its news feed.”  —  www.ft.com/content/0c25...
2026-02-12 View on X
Financial Times

US FTC chair asks Tim Cook to review Apple News' ToS and curation, citing allegations that it promotes “left-wing” outlets and suppresses conservative sources

US regulator issues warning to iPhone maker about its News platform following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show

2026-01-22
“41 percent of Grok's images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women... including more than 23,000 of children.”  [embedded post]
2026-01-22 View on X
New York Times

NYT and CCDH analysis: Grok created and shared 1.8M+ sexualized images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X

Over nine days, Elon Musk's Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women.

2026-01-21
I guess I should have expected this crossover of ideologies and yet still, somehow, I am surprised [embedded post]
2026-01-21 View on X
Bloomberg

World Economic Forum panel: Palantir CEO Alex Karp says AI-driven job displacement will “make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration”

2026-01-20
I guess I should have expected this crossover of ideologies and yet still, somehow, I am surprised [embedded post]
2026-01-20 View on X
New York Times

The World Economic Forum in Davos is now dominated by tech giants, whose interests shunt aside topics like climate change, as Trump and AI take center stage

I guess I should have expected this crossover of ideologies and yet still, somehow, I am surprised [embedded post]
2026-01-20 View on X
Bloomberg

World Economic Forum panel: Palantir CEO Alex Karp says AI-driven job displacement will “make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration”

Is that what we want?  Because that doesn't sound very America first and would undermine our technological dominance.Forums:r/worldnews:Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Imm...

2025-12-22
in AI speak this is what we call an out of distribution event [embedded post]
2025-12-22 View on X
CNBC

Waymo resumes its robotaxi service in SF after suspending it during a blackout, and says most trips finished before vehicles returned to depots or pulled over

Alphabet-owned Waymo has resumed its driverless ride-hail service in the San Francisco Bay Area after a temporary pause during blackouts …

2025-12-21
in AI speak this is what we call an out of distribution event [embedded post]
2025-12-21 View on X
Mission Local

Waymo says it temporarily suspended its ride-hailing service in San Francisco during a citywide blackout, as downed traffic lights appeared to halt its vehicles

Waymo said Saturday that it was stopping service across San Francisco after numerous online videos showed its autonomous vehicles …

2025-11-26
I just want to point out that there is a lane for someone to start a small media company whose express mission statement is “nothing we put on the internet was made by AI” & every time a category gets overrun like this, they branch out [embedded post]
2025-11-26 View on X
Bloomberg

Some food bloggers warn Google's AI Overviews and AI food pictures are burying their real, tested recipes, setting home cooks up for disaster this Thanksgiving

Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures  —  Eb Gargano has been writing recipes …