Shaanan Cohney
Computer Security, Privacy, and Public Policy. Deputy Head of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne. Former Fellow for Sen. Ron Wyden.
Likes teaching. Likes research. Likes Singing.
https://cohney.info
- OpenAI blasts DeepSeek for “inappropriately” copying ChatGPT—but is it a case of innovation or infringement? My colleague Lea Frermann and I provide a lay-summary on DeepSeek’s new R1 model, its resourceful approach, and the AI-battles unfolding. Read more: theconversation.com/openai-says-...
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- I was on NPR with @bobbyallyn.bsky.social re Australia’s teen social media ban. Tests by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology found that age algorithms are off by an average of 5yrs for West Africans–discriminating in practice. 🎧 Take a listen! www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
- Parliamentary Hearing for the Australian social media ban lasts only three hours—two days after 77 submissions were filed (and presumably not read). This is making a mockery of the legislative process! Sources say MPs are getting cold feet but told to hold the party line. #auspol
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