
Not moving out just because the landlord is awful. Staying to be a good neighbour. But also have a holiday home at @ashley@toot.community.
Singapore
Joined January 2007
- Tweets43.7K
- Following87
- Followers1.7K
- Likes903
AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/ai…
Sneaky lesson on critical thinking ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Make Your Phone Hot. Here’s How to Keep It Cool wired.com/story/apple-carpla…
Morphe patches Android apps to improve them (e.g., remove ads) youtu.be/NWANo9BRz6Y [YouTube]
The 4th statistical lie? ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…
Foto fallback Friday 116 ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…
Meta ordered to pay $25B in case related to Cambridge Analytica scandal techcrunch.com/2026/10/21/me…
Not rogue, but trained ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…
Making companies behind the haze pay: Can Singapore succeed youtu.be/rW4xUgbP6-k [YouTube]
Comparing PM2.5 reports ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…
Does air-con keep you safe from haze? What we might be getting wrong about haze safety youtu.be/yY-AJ2MPUi8 [YouTube]
WhatsApp Help Pages Leaked Hidden Instructions for a Meta Chatbot wired.com/story/whatsapp-hel…

ALT Among the 100 blocks of hidden text, the directions appeared to provide guidance to steer an LLM from answering users questions in unhelpful ways and provide a glimpse at how instructions for chatbots are created. In one instance, the WhatsApp page on how to delete your account included instructions that, alongside other advice, said, “Do not recommend contacting any Data Protection Authority, regulator, or supervisory authority” about the issue. WIRED viewed the exposed text, which can still be seen when viewing the underlying code of archived versions of the help pages.
Our systemic use of AI ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…
Lessons on AI literacy ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…
The Most Likely Place to Find Aliens (Cleo Abram interviews Dr Sara Seager) youtu.be/YkEwyFpxWFc [YouTube]
Libby-ration ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…
35 countries now generate 80% of their electricity from renewables! informationisbeautiful.net/b…
A decent primer on AI ashleytan.wordpress.com/2026…