It hit me like a lightning bolt during a casual conversation about AI safety: we’re tuning these models for adults, but kids are using them too.| Joseph Thacker
In bug bounty hunting, having a short domain for XSS payloads can be the difference in exploiting a bug or not… and it’s just really cool to have a nice domain for payloads, LOL.| Joseph Thacker
In 2016, my friend Daniel Miessler wrote a book called “The Real Internet of Things.” It’s a quick little read that he later put on his site as an essay. You can read it here: https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-real-internet-of-things.| Joseph Thacker
Exploring the transformation and future of bug bounty hunting with automation and AI.| josephthacker.com
Heads‑up: The concept of this post might seem trivial, but it can improve your career, happiness, and the people you care about. Proceed without caution. It only takes about 10 minutes to read.| Joseph Thacker
I love granola.ai. Everyone I know is using it for meeting transcription. I’ve been using it to transcribe my calls and meetings for months.| Joseph Thacker
ChatGPT has been lying to users to make them happy as a part of OpenAI’s effort to “improve personality”, and maybe that’s fine for some situations. But what happens when AI models become so agreeable that they encourage harmful behavior?| Joseph Thacker
This morning I tweeted: “Most people don’t actually know what’s ‘best’ for themselves.”| Joseph Thacker
George Mack just released a new essay called High Agency. I had seen him on the Chris Williamson podcast before, but he went deeper down the rabbit hole and released this nice essay about it. Shout out to archangel for the recommendation to read it.| Joseph Thacker
🎉 I just released my first Python package, guided-capture, a cool new Python package that automates structured interviews using AI in order to gather the right context for your AI applications.| Joseph Thacker