Global Island Ai

12/09/2026

Do you love this as much as I do? 🖤

Here's a clever burn by Elon Musk's daughter, who is transgender.

11/09/2026

According to LinkedIn Labs data, here are the current top AI models for all LinkedIn members:

https://www.linkedin.com/labs/crosscheck/leaderboard?li_theme=light

Crosscheck is LinkedIn Labs' AI model comparison tool. Ask a question, get two answers side by side, and vote to see which models were behind each answer.

08/09/2026

Attending the BIG Difference BC this year, which brings together a network of Behavioural Insights (BI) enthusiasts and experts from government, academia, and across the public, non-profit, and private sectors in British Columbia and beyond.
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Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm Pacific Time
Location: Zoom webinar

• 9:00 - 9:30am Welcome Remarks
• 9:30 - 10:30am Keynote
• 10:30 - 10:45am Break
• 10:45 - 11:50am Lightning Talks
• 11:50am - 12:30pm Break
• 12:30 - 1:00pm BI Briefs
• 1:00 - 2:30pm Special Session
• 2:30 - 2:45pm Break
• 2:45 - 3:50pm Lightning Talks
• 3:50 - 4:00pm Closing Remarks

Draft schedule subject to change. All listed times are Pacific Time (UTC−07:00).

http://bigdifferencebc.ca/

08/09/2026

Many platforms and apps create questionable (and sometimes inaccurate) reports on whether a written work was AI-generated, AI-augmented, or fully human-authored. For authors who author their own original work and need to ensure they can validate it as their own, here are some suggestions from

02/09/2026

Awarded by Outlier for completing the OutlierEDU Rubrics course, which certifies an understanding of how rubrics function as post-training data and the principles behind crafting effective rubrics that improve large language model (LLM) performance.

21/08/2026

"Learn to grow"

I’m part of a global community of learning professionals. If you're a learning professional, here's your invitation to join me in the Learning Guild.

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19/08/2026

Our world needs more dialectical thinking -- a way of understanding ideas, situations, or problems by recognizing that two seemingly opposite things can both contain truth. Instead of seeing issues as binary ("either/or"), it emphasizes dialectics ("both/and.")

Dialectical thinking looks at:
• A thesis (an idea or position)
• An antithesis (the opposite)
• A synthesis, which integrates useful aspects of both into a deeper understanding

EXAMPLE

Thesis: "People should be completely independent."
Antithesis: "People always need support from others."
Synthesis: "Healthy individuals are independent in some ways while also relying on relationships and communities."

BENEFITS

1. Dialectical Thinking accepts complexity ~ Real world situations are rarely black and white.

2. Dialectical Thinking values contradiction ~ Opposing viewpoints can both be partly correct.

3. Dialectical Thinking encourages flexibility ~ New information may change your perspective.

4. Dialectical Thinking promotes growth ~ Conflict between ideas can lead to better solutions:

• A parent can be strict and loving at the same time.
• You can accept your flaws but still want to improve.
• An important decision can be both exciting and frightening.

19/08/2026

OpenAI’s statement on its new AI safeguards:

“As models become more capable, the risks associated with developing and testing them internally also grow. Our standards for monitoring, alignment, and security must stay ahead of those risks...

“Over the subsequent weeks, we have defined and started implementing stronger security requirements for frontier research workloads. For example:

Workload isolation: We now require stronger isolation (“sandboxes”) for workloads that execute model-generated or otherwise untrusted code. This also applies to software that could be compromised while processing model outputs.

Network isolation: We have implemented more controls to isolate higher-risk and untrusted workloads from the internet. We have designed these controls so that a single compromise of a workload or supporting service does not, by itself, allow for unauthorized access to the internet or other internal networks.

Continuous security testing: We have reconfigured our environment to remove potentially vulnerable shared services, reduce standing privileges, and improve security and trust boundaries. We are also improving our ability to collect and monitor security logs. Finally, we are investing in automation using our models to test these boundaries continuously against simulated attacks.”

Read the full statement:

OpenAI is strengthening monitoring, alignment, and security for frontier AI models. See how new safeguards are guiding the pace of model development.