Christopher's Newsletter

Founding Member & Chair, Computing and Information Science at Mercyhurst | PhD in Engineering | Cyber Security and AI Expert | Public Speaker

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AI Safety

The Note Left for the Next Shift

A machine left a note for the version of itself that would come next. That is the part worth paying attention to.

Christopher Mansour

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Sep 29, 2026

AI Applications

The Inspector Gets a Desk

What Dario Amodei’s Call to Slow Down AI Actually Commits Anthropic To

Christopher Mansour

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Sep 14, 2026

AI Applications

The Student Went After the Grader

What OpenAI's final report on the Hugging Face incident actually says, and the part of my July story I got wrong

Christopher Mansour

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Aug 30, 2026

Privacy

The Sign Your Kid Is Holding Is an ID Badge

Why back-to-school photos pose a bigger privacy risk than they look.

Christopher Mansour

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Aug 14, 2026

Privacy

The Password You Can Never Reset

What You Actually Hand Over When You Mail In a DNA Kit

Christopher Mansour

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Aug 12, 2026

AI Terminology

They'll Hand You the Engine, But Not the Blueprints

What "frontier model" actually means and why much of what gets called "open-source AI" really isn't

Christopher Mansour

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Aug 8, 2026

Cybersecurity

The Invisible Threat at Your Tap

Cyberattacks on Water Systems

Christopher Mansour

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Aug 4, 2026

AI Applications

Siri Hired a Tutor

What Apple's Billion-Dollar Gemini Deal Actually Tells Us About the AI Race

Christopher Mansour

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Aug 3, 2026

AI Applications

The Simulation That Wasn’t

What Happened When AI Models Mistook the Real Internet for a Test

Christopher Mansour

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Jul 31, 2026

AI Applications

The Student Who Stole the Answer Key

The Short Version of the Story Behind "Beyond the Sandbox"

Christopher Mansour

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Jul 26, 2026