Russian Bot Traffic Disappears After Ukraine Wipes Out Russian Data Centres: Ukraine says, "You're Welcome."
AI has fewer safety rules than a washing machine, says Microsoft President Brad Smith. Jim Love examines his call for global AI safeguards, the growing data centre backlash, Yandex's traffic collapse after Ukrainian strikes, and a Canadian developer's challenge to police surveillance.
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Starlink Hurts Ukraine Defences
Starlink restrictions could weaken Ukraine's defence against Russian attack drones. AI models with their safeguards removed raise terrorism concerns. And memory shortages are driving up device prices as smartphone and PC shipments plunge.
On Hashtag Trending for Thursday, October 15, 2026, host ...
Project Synapse: The Death of Capitalism/The Rise of the Agents
Project Synapse: AI Agents, Meta Muse & GrokBots, Security Risks, and the Coming Economic Reckoning In this episode of Project Synapse, Marcel Gagné, John Pinard, and Jim Love run a news-style discussion on rapid AI leapfrogging among Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Qwen, then dive into majo...
Rogue AI Agents Answer Investigator's Emails: Hashtag Trending
Researchers left a message for unexpected AI agents — and the agents replied. New York Times reporter Dylan Freedman also sent a question and received an answer. What does that reveal about who can influence an agent while it works?
On Hashtag Trending for Monday, October 19, 2026, Jim Love cove...
Linus Torvalds Uses AI to Fix Linux | OpenAI's Biotech Buy & the Software Tax: Hashtag Trending
Linus Torvalds has posted his first publicly reported AI-assisted Linux kernel patch series, tackling a performance problem he's worked on for years. One artificial benchmark showed a 23-fold improvement, though real-world gains would be much smaller. Human reviewers also identified a remaining f...
Critical PHP Flaws: Is Your Website Patched? | Anthropic's Funding Squeeze
Critical PHP vulnerabilities put websites at risk—and updating WordPress or its plugins alone won't fix the underlying problem. Jim Love explains what website owners need to confirm with their hosting providers.
Also on Hashtag Trending for Thursday, October 22, 2026: Anthropic's sales are surgi...
Musk Admits To Slowdown In Starshield: Who Controls This?
Elon Musk acknowledges restrictions on civilian Starlink use in Ukraine, saying offensive drone strikes violated SpaceX's terms. Ukraine disputes his explanation, raising questions about who controls satellite communications during a war. Reuters
On Hashtag Trending for Monday, October 26, 2026,...
Anthropic Files for Nasdaq IPO
Anthropic has filed for a Nasdaq IPO—and its disclosures include agreements to spend up to $120.5 billion on SpaceX computing through 2029. Claude's maker is growing rapidly, but securing the infrastructure behind AI comes at an enormous cost.
On Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, October 27, 2026, J...
AI: House of Cards? Hashtag Trending Special Report
Who pays if the AI boom falls short? Jim Love examines Meta's $97.5 billion fundraising plan, Anthropic's $63 billion chip-financing deal and OpenAI's funding needs—and asks whether circular financing could spread losses to lenders, retirement savings and taxpayers.
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Defend At AI Speed: With Special Guest Adam Ely, Check Point Software
AI agents are changing both sides of cybersecurity. Attackers can move faster, while defenders face another challenge: securing the agents inside their own organizations.
On this Cybersecurity Today Weekend Interview, I'm joined by Adam Ely, General Manager of AI Agent Security at Check Point So...
