FIeld guide. Quartermaster. Associate Professor and Research Dean at UVA School of Data Science. Views my own. Web: https://datascience.virginia.edu/people/stephen-turner Newsletter: https://blog.stephenturner.ushttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.ushttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mvo7tyi35k2jReimagining research papers as interactive and reliable AI agents https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11044-y16 Sep 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo7tyi35k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mvnd274jcc27Forever Jung, I want to be forever Jung 🎤 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnd274jcc27https://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mvncwmny4s27I love reading these reports. https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA5105-1.html16 Sep 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvncwmny4s27https://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mvlprbec3k2xlook at does eyes15 Sep 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlprbec3k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mvl4xq5sik2mJust dictated a text message to my wife that came out something something "Chad GPT" something something.15 Sep 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl4xq5sik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mvknducnhs2rJust heard “AIxBio uplift” on a NYT podcast for the first time #biosecurity https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-matt-sheehan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BVE.vFGt.dEh87Iz17CLs&smid=nytcore-ios-share15 Sep 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvknducnhs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mvkcuvskfk2gOpen-Weight AI Models May Increase Biological Misuse Risks https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA5112-1.html15 Sep 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkcuvskfk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mvizr3nmas2oPreamble to the BWC: "such use would be repugnant to the conscience of mankind and that no effort should be spared to minimise this risk" treaties.unoda.org/t/bwc https://treaties.unoda.org/t/bwc14 Sep 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvizr3nmas2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mviuagpto22hTalk about a title that'll make me click https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7453440 🤔 "Universities are multi-sided markets whose strategic asset is a credible warrant of quality over a credence good and AI is the first technology to disrupt this core function."14 Sep 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviuagpto22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mvimenrrys24Read past the headline and click the links. This isn't asking Grok for a ketamine prescription. ARPA-H is doing some really great work in this space. E.g. https://arpa-h.gov/explore-funding/programs/advocate [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvimenrrys24https://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mvff5bqnok2sNewsletter: CEPH, CEU, and why Utah reference samples have a French name https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/ceph-ceu-coriell13 Sep 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvff5bqnok2shttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mv75vqlmds2kGood weekend to be headed to Washington for the Global Challenges Project biosecurity workshop 😬 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/politics/anthropic-ai-biological-weapons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AFE.N4qf.WidIFdGTbtua&smid=nytcore-ios-share10 Sep 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv75vqlmds2khttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mv6wo53fjs2n2026 🎯 https://github.com/nftechie/stonkfly10 Sep 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6wo53fjs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mv6tkuqai22fNew definition of "zero-shot" in AI: when a single prompt chews through an entire session limit before getting responding and returns nothing. #astra #fable10 Sep 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6tkuqai22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mv5oyd5wrc2r"At the individual level, it means coders ... may have to switch to jobs like electrician and nurse, which are less exposed to AI." https://www.anthropic.com/institute/econ-scenarios10 Sep 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5oyd5wrc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mv43nfdea22k"Egg sharing". https://www.wired.com/story/egg-freezing-startup-cofertility-weirder-than-you-could-imagine/09 Sep 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv43nfdea22khttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3mv3isv52e226i'm dead 💀 opusfived.dev https://opusfived.dev/09 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3isv52e226https://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3muzlitklos2uReviewer 2: ‘The potential applications remain unclear.’ Researchers: https://www.wired.com/story/cyborg-cockroaches-disaster-response/08 Sep 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzlitklos2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3muzkhodl7k2sOne of the absolute best newsletters for deep reporting and essays in biology is back www.asimov.press/p/back https://www.asimov.press/p/back08 Sep 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzkhodl7k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3muzfpbosqc2jVery cool. Free API (NC). https://deepmind.google/blog/alphagenome-atlas-a-predictive-map-of-every-possible-dna-letter-change-in-the-human-genome/08 Sep 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzfpbosqc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3muxk3nvluk2mWe're ready for either La Vuelta or Halloween07 Sep 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxk3nvluk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3muwqx5h3kk23I'm getting an extra 5-hour session by automating an early morning prompt to Claude Code using a MacOS launch agent (i.e. cron) https://doi.org/10.59350/tetv4-ynb1607 Sep 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwqx5h3kk23https://bsky.app/profile/stephenturner.us/post/3muwpzt4lvk2tHow contemporary academic structures constrain scientific creativity and hold back early-career researchers: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02575-5 🔓 rdcu.be/F4xbQcesvGya07 Sep 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:ppvxhapnptcy5v6cih3ynmzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwpzt4lvk2t