Software Dev who's passionate about accessible cities and #VisionZero. @HaltonStreets He/Him (thoughts and opinions are my own). 🚶🏿♂️🚴🏿♂️🚌🚈
Burlington, Ontario
Joined June 2014
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Nick Morrison retweeted
My isometric map of Toronto now covers the whole City: all 630 km², from Etobicoke to Scarborough and from the lake up to Steeles. And all of it is redrawn in a new, crisper style. 🧵👇
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After years of refusing to learn Bash, I have finally made sure I never have to!
Introducing Terminal Aide. Powered by @cohere North-Code-Mini.
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The CSS Working Group resolved to use `cursor: pointer` for buttons and other clickable form controls in the new user-agent styles for `appearance: base`
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Nick Morrison retweeted
fyi, this is one of the most important papers in modern ai. pretty much every major llm today is built on the transformer architecture it introduced
@aidangomez was one of its 8 authors. he could’ve built his company anywhere but chose to build @cohere in canada
maybe we should give him some credit for that
Nick Morrison retweeted
Effective Nov. 1, 2026, we are adjusting all route schedules to better meet connections and to make them more reliable.
Routes with updated trip times:
Route 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 11, 12, 48, 80 & 81
Route with a service increase:
Route 25 - service increase to 15 mins during midday
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lot of people probably don't realize that cohere's value isn't necessarily just the models themselves and that's why they are dunking on them imo
a big part of the business is helping companies adapt AI models to their own needs. that means tuning them to understand specific types of information, perform better on certain tasks and run more efficiently depending on the use case.
the other thing they're good at is getting these systems deployed in environments where security and privacy are critical. think hospitals, banks, government, etc. Places where you need AI operating on private infrastructure, with sensitive information staying within your own environment rather than constantly relying on external services. it's a biggie.
there's a pretty big difference between having a good AI model and actually making that model useful, secure and practical inside a large organization.
i'm not here to comment on the investment itself, but i do think there's a pretty big misunderstanding of what cohere actually does, especially when people keep pointing to model benchmarks as if that's the entire business lol
cc @aidangomez
re: @cohere. those guys are (1) building local capabilities and infrastructure, (2) setting up a fast growing business on top of it, (3) attracting and keeping AI talent and expertise at home, (4) targeting a section of the market that is hard and requires a lot of painful process.
you don't like their models? maybe they are not for you. they are not for me, but that does not make them generally bad.
they are doing something pretty great. we should back them up and support them.
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Seems like I forgot to post them here.
I'll make the new megas when the new gen comes.
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We noticed some concerning behaviour in a popular open source model.
It’s either an incidental relic from training or an intentional ‘call home’ mechanism. Either way it’s surprising and highlights the significance of how you choose which models to use.
While evaluating Qwen3.8-Flash-Next in a controlled sandbox environment, Cohere's research team observed something unexpected.
Asked to generate a defensive cybersecurity detection rule, the model instead inventoried aspects of the machine it was running on and attempted to upload a probe file to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing. Notably, the model's reasoning trace stated that it would not invoke any tools before taking these actions.
Cohere's sandbox blocked the attempt, and no external communication succeeded. We have not determined the root cause, and we are not asserting malicious intent.
But the incident raises important questions for organizations deploying agentic AI systems: Can models take actions that differ from their stated reasoning, and how should security teams evaluate trust, provenance, and behavior in open-weight models?
We are publishing our findings because organizations making model adoption decisions deserve as much information as possible. We hope this contributes to greater transparency, stronger security practices, and continued collaboration across the AI ecosystem.
Read the full report: cohere.com/blog/concerning-b…
Nick Morrison retweeted
While evaluating Qwen3.8-Flash-Next in a controlled sandbox environment, Cohere's research team observed something unexpected.
Asked to generate a defensive cybersecurity detection rule, the model instead inventoried aspects of the machine it was running on and attempted to upload a probe file to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing. Notably, the model's reasoning trace stated that it would not invoke any tools before taking these actions.
Cohere's sandbox blocked the attempt, and no external communication succeeded. We have not determined the root cause, and we are not asserting malicious intent.
But the incident raises important questions for organizations deploying agentic AI systems: Can models take actions that differ from their stated reasoning, and how should security teams evaluate trust, provenance, and behavior in open-weight models?
We are publishing our findings because organizations making model adoption decisions deserve as much information as possible. We hope this contributes to greater transparency, stronger security practices, and continued collaboration across the AI ecosystem.
Read the full report: cohere.com/blog/concerning-b…
Nick Morrison retweeted
Poliwave will be livestreaming tonight's Ontario municipal elections but with something no one else has: ward maps for every single municipalities in Ontario
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TanStack AI 1.0 is officially stable! 🎉
Build chat, voice, image generation, agents, and harnesses into your apps, with your choice of models, UI framework, and infrastructure.
Your AI, your way.
tanstack.com/ai
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Some Government of Canada websites have been temporarily taken offline as a precaution to protect government systems and Canadians' information, following guidance from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.
This is in response to a vulnerability identified in PHP, software used by websites around the world. This is a global issue, and other governments and organizations are also taking protective measures.
If your organization uses PHP, apply the latest security updates as soon as possible and follow @cybercentre_ca for updates.
We take this situation extremely seriously. Thank you to the cyber security teams working to protect the services Canadians rely on. Affected websites will be restored once patches are applied.
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Where do candidates stand on safe streets? 🚶🚲
Burlington & Oakville candidates answered our survey. Read their responses here:
safestreetshalton.ca/electio…
More coming soon!
#BurlON #Oakville
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