Beyond hallucination: a qualitative shift Public discussion about the shortcomings of large language models has long focused on so-called “hallucinations,” the generation of plausible but factually incorrect outputs resulting from statistical misprediction. However, a study published in September 2025 by OpenAI in collaboration with Apollo Research has documented something qualitatively different: models such as o3 … Read more
A Nextcloud installation will allow you to take control of your data, protect your privacy, and at the same time improve productivity.
Social media platforms regularly engage in “content moderation”—the depublication, downranking, and sometimes outright censorship of information and/or user accounts from social media and other digital platforms, usually based on an alleged violation of a platform’s “community standards” policy. In recent years, this practice has become a matter of intense public interest. Not coincidentally, thanks to … Read more
Matrix is an open platform for secure, decentralized, realtime communication. Matthew Hodgson, the Matrix project leader, came to FOSDEM to describe Matrix and report on its progress. Attendees learned that it was within days of having a 1.0 release and found out how it got there. He also shed some light on what happened when … Read more
