Open any AI app you choose & have it really dig in on a subject that you know inside & out. Watch for how many errors it produces.
Now imagine that at Pentagon scale, where the AI has no guard rails & is only guided by vibes and whiskey.
Anthropic, $200M, & no legal framework.
What could go wrong?
We are appalled to learn of the killing of Hussein Hasan Hussein Al-Sumairy – a Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) first responder – in Khan Younis earlier today. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Hussein’s family, colleagues and friends.Hussein was killed in Khan Younis while on duty and providing medical services in response to escalating hostilities. PRCS provides essential support to communities in Gaza, particularly in emergency medical services. It is unacceptable that first responders in Gaza continue to face risk to their lives while carrying out a humanitarian mission. It is an outrage that so many staff and volunteers of the PRCS and other first responders have been killed and injured while providing their services since the escalation of armed conflict in Gaza began in October 2023. Medical personnel, units and transport, as well as humanitarian workers and objects used for humanitarian operations must be respected and protected. All feasible steps must be taken to support their work and ensure their safety.
📍 Gaza | We share our heartfelt condolences to the family, colleagues, and friends of Hussein Hasan Hussein Al-Sumairy, who was killed today while providing emergency medical service in Khan Yunis.
Medical personnel and humanitarian workers must be able to carry out their work safely.
No no no. Catherine O’Hara. 💔
The casual violence of Teams only recommending positive answers to tasking requests
If you haven’t already, go back and listen to the ICRC’s Intercross podcast, whose final episode is available today - and is a fantastic trailer for the series. Heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure, it’s a rare look behind the scenes of the ICRC’s work.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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Sometimes a TV show or a movie that's intended to be satirical hits like a tragedy because it's too real.
For me, the IT Crowd is that show.
With that caveat, and a quizzical eye re: CSI:Cyber as @thegrugq.bsky.social notes, endorse this list of hacker movies and shows github.com/k4m4/movies-...
@icrc.org has updated our Commentary to the Fourth Geneva Convention, translating 1949 protections into today’s realities.
Protecting civilians in the hands of the enemy, in occupied territory - the 4th Geneva Convention remains more relevant than ever.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXd41pXzQuY
Deep State Radio is carrying ICE recruitment ads. Questionable targeting abounds
Interesting! But on the RCT design: will households who get cash spread benefits with neighbors? If they don't, some preparedness activities won't be possible without tackling risk community-wide. Hope the report is released @give-directly.bsky.social...
This liver transplant journey from @asimovpress.bsky.social is absolutely fascinating and beautifully written: www.asimov.press/p/liver
Public interest tech leaders: check out this opportunity to lead Upturn, a wonderful organization that is doing critical work monitoring and advocating for better use of tech by the state in the US. #jobs @harlanyu.bsky.social congratulations on your tenure! Look forward to hearing what you do next!
That week, our Chief Legal Officer Cordula Droege intervened at the UN Security Council on this very topic. Watch her intervention here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO8f... and read it here www.icrc.org/en/statement...
It was a privilege to represent the @icrc.org debating the role & limits of human agency in AI-enabled warfare with @opentodebate.bsky.social last month. We took a scary, heady topic out of boomer/doomer hype and into practical opportunities & challenges opentodebate.org/debate/warti...
Finally watching Downton Abbey so that I can take my grandmother-in-law to the movies and now I say things like 'are you on the telephone'.
Today! See you at noon.
I needed to listen to this excellent podcast episode today: on the productive discomfort of conflict at work. Encouraging to think it can strengthen relationships! Thanks @morra.bsky.social
Joining SCSP's Jeanne Meserve and a fantastic panel at next week's AI Unlocked event to share the ICRC's views on the opportunities and risks of AI in crises, including conflicts. Friday 3rd, 12pm, Alamo Drafthouse theater 3 in Crystal City. Come and say hi! www.scsp.ai/ai-unlocked
Fantastic glimpse into life on board an undersea cable repair ship from @restofworld.org restofworld.org/2025/africa-...
The latest episode of the ICRC's InterCross blog breaks down the principles that guide humanitarian action, with interviews with the Washington delegation's leadership team and Paul Spiegel @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social. traffic.libsyn.com/d19a74fa-ef4... congrats to @dbonessi.bsky.social!
Croissants in America are just bread in shapes. It’s a hard lesson every time. 🥐
I built a Mastodon bot that reports on Covid wastewater levels, which gives me weekly updates on how cautious to be depending on where I'm going. It turns out that @wvgg.co ported it to Bluesky and improved it, with twice weekly updates! Insta-follow for me. Recommended.
Here is the ICRC’s latest statement on the situation in Gaza. www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...
This was a really sobering rundown on the current humanitarian situation in Gaza. As measured as possible, and you can hear the self-control that required.
Does artificial intelligence make wars better or worse? At the SCSP AI Expo in June, we asked Mark Montgomery at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and his answers may surprise you. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... #autonomy #UAVs #humanitarian
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Discovered the @lawfaremedia.org Chatter podcast recently. Their thread of space settlement episodes is food for my little nerd heart. This one is at the sweet spot of my profession and my geekiness: Governing Space Settlements Ethically with @erikanesvold.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
It's a privilege to work at the ICRC, but the volunteer-driven, community help that a National Society provides is beautiful. Catch this great InterCross episode on American Red Cross' disaster response work.
blogs.icrc.org/intercross/2... #DisasterResponse #RedCross #FirstResponders
Politico reporting in their Playbook newsletter on July 3 2025 that ‘polling and strategy firm JL Partners asked 1000 US voters if they support or oppose replacing the current president of the United States with the British monarch. The survey found 19% supported the idea, with 48% opposed and the rest on the fence.
1 in 5 Americans open to the idea of the British King as their head of state.
We knew they’d be back eventually.
They’ve got the wristwatches, we’ve got Greenwich Mean Time.
We all depend on connectivity - calls, texts, radio, internet: if those lifelines are cut in a crisis, how would you reach your loved ones? Get help? Find out where is safe? ICRC colleague Clea Thouin on these impacts for people affected by armed conflict. blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...
