Researcher trying to shape AI towards positive outcomes. ML & Ethics +birds. Generally trying to do the right thing. TIME 100 | TED speaker | Senate testimony provider | Navigating public life as a recluse. Former: Google, Microsoft; Current: Hugging Facehttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mselb4mtjc2yIf you are at @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social, remember to check out the Trust AI Workshop! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mselb4mtjc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mrsey7dpb22oWe @hf.co made an interactive visual of the actual hack from the Hugging Face side: the attack chain across trust boundaries, phase activity, and the commands as they were recorded. Key #transparency . https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline Massive props to Hugo, Adrien, Raphael, Christophe for making this.29 Jul 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsey7dpb22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mrj3gcohrc2wPeople not in tech have been interested in what happened with the Open AI agent/Hugging Face hack. So, I "Explain it Like I'm 5"-ed it and made a cartoon in 8 panels. Apologies for some anthro-ing. 🫤 https://m-mitchell.com/HF-hack-cartoon/ 1/826 Jul 2026 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrj3gcohrc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mpylks3txs2rIf you haven't read this piece on language use in around AI, you definitely should. Great work from @emilymbender.bsky.social , @nannainie.bsky.social and Peter Zukerman, with solutions for what to call things we backoff to just anthropomorphising. https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/14366/1216506 Jul 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpylks3txs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mphgqxpkqc2zI am beyond honored to have been selected to give a keynote at Deep Learning Indaba: 4.August, Lagos. I will be cutting into some of the deepest issues I see in AI (hint: it's not alignment) and what I think we can do solve them.29 Jun 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphgqxpkqc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mp252fpcyk2r🧊 PSA: if you’re in a heat wave, consider putting ice out in bowls/bird baths for the birds. A lot of them will die otherwise. 😔 🪶24 Jun 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp252fpcyk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mo43e6w65225So apparently KPMG wrote a report describing the successful use of AI by businesses. But the case studies turned out to be AI hallucinations. https://www.ft.com/content/b3828e92-4961-4b39-84f0-c42f33be3c3f https://www.ft.com/content/b3828e92-4961-4b39-84f0-c42f33be3c3f?sharetype=blocked12 Jun 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo43e6w65225https://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mny7b3seb22z🌱 My fantastic blue-purple Delphinium is rapidly blooming, and today this pretty yellow butterfly was chilling on it, and it was glorious. I just thought you all should know.11 Jun 2026 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mny7b3seb22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mnxj3fwssc2uhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2529849-fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time/10 Jun 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxj3fwssc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mnv4dadoek2wCome join us to socialize, virtually! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnv4dadoek2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mnej4wzjic2c🪶 www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8s8cepR/ So good! Also appreciate the eagle/red-tailed hawk call-out: “You’ve been lied to!” https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8s8cepR/03 Jun 2026 06:45 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnej4wzjic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mn7ota3kx22p📣 Announcing the release of the 🕊️ Annotated Encyclical 🕊️ from the ethics & society folks at @hf.co. Includes citations to relevant academic work. Very much a WIP. Please add work we haven't added yet! https://huggingface.co/spaces/society-ethics/annotated-encyclical01 Jun 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7ota3kx22phttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mmwqwkm5ss2t🪶 If you’re in Europe and have ice, consider putting some out in bowls/bird baths.28 May 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwqwkm5ss2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mmc6jzekss27Instead of finding content you need, you get to have an interactive AI *experience*. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmc6jzekss27https://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mma73pfooc2kAgainst the constant pressure of *genAI, genAI, genAI*, I am really appreciating @ai2.bsky.social 's work on creating tools for critical needs -- like crop maps and forest loss analysis. They just did a nice release on @hf.co. https://huggingface.co/blog/allenai/olmoearth-v1-119 May 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma73pfooc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mma6jdwanc2fGmail's automatically generated responses (which can appear whether or not you ask for them) cement human anchoring bias: The tendency for people to heavily rely on what they have already seen. The effects are insidious, subconsciously influencing what we believe.19 May 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma6jdwanc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mlsruufank2wThe “instrumental convergence” theory posits an AI that, in its quest for a narrow goal, uses all of the earth’s resources. If that theory pans out, it will not be at the level of a single AI system, but rather at the level of the AI industry. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:3tmaleaxipegsectvamyrkyi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsruufank2w