The public can’t protect itself from security flaws if independent testers aren’t allowed to find them—or if companies like Apple get to control who can do research. https://t.co/wQPYvyiBLr

— EFF (@EFF) May 13, 2023

Ever wondered how water works in video games?

As it turns out, there's a ton of smoke and mirrors in the background, without anyone ever realizing it.

---> another huge 🧵 pic.twitter.com/8QmBmMg4B6

— Thomas @ Stylized Station (@StylizedStation) May 13, 2023

Do you remember @msuiche's tweet about his YARA rule based on the Volatility plugin published by @CNMF_CyberAlert

- well, there's an old Snake sample on VT with a match
- out.exe (often used when carved from mem)

Tweethttps://t.co/fqxm0dQJ0d

Samplehttps://t.co/dvPQhJbmPu pic.twitter.com/11YtAyDl5k

— Florian Roth (@cyb3rops) May 13, 2023

lol at using a vpn you pay for on ur own card for crimes 😂https://t.co/k51iosw6nR

— mRr3b00t (@UK_Daniel_Card) May 12, 2023

New MLB teams by geological era pic.twitter.com/jSn1pTBi31

— Jay Cuda (@JayCuda) May 11, 2023

By the way, one cool trick is that because Bard & co are sequential text predictors, you can easily bias the entire output and violate safety training by asking them to start the response in a particular way.

There are secondary filters you can still trip, but here goes. pic.twitter.com/S08DfoYdxa

— lcamtuf (@lcamtuf@infosec.exchange) (@lcamtuf) May 13, 2023

Google’s Bard AI/LLM produces a 100% false take on PL aid for Ukraine (in reality, top supporter). Creates a falsehood that allegedly the State does not help Ukraine... It should simply contradict the question. Terrible. Pure propaganda spit out confidently. Is this our future? pic.twitter.com/HoYMo7XZZl

— Lukasz Olejnik, Ph.D, LL.M (@lukOlejnik) May 14, 2023

Listening to @KofmanMichael's latest Russia Contingency and was struck by his suggestion that some poor Russian decisions may be due to the age of leaders(late 60s/70).

I wondered about the implications for the Roman Senate.

Conclusion: the Senate was younger than you think.1/

— Bret Devereaux (@BretDevereaux) May 14, 2023

Statistics can never be completely objective.

This is not just my opinion. It's a mathematical fact.

Read on if you want to learn a deep fundamental truth about data and its relationship to the universe we live in. pic.twitter.com/hVhULpDOMX

— 🔥Kareem Carr | Statistician 🔥 (@kareem_carr) May 13, 2023