Josh Baron

Former NSC, DARPA, RAND. All opinions are mine alone. Often distributed, rarely succinct.

[Ed Lavandera @edlavaCNN]

I’m speechless.
Lord knows I’ve consumed too much bread and Diet Coke in my life, but this is a masterpiece.

[Josh Baron @JoshuaWBaron]

Happy Passover / Chag Pesach Sameach to all who celebrate it

[Josh Baron @JoshuaWBaron]

A room in the historic Ellis Island hospital- with the Statue of Liberty reflected in the mirror (highly recommend the Hardhat Tour)

[National Cryptologic Museum @NatCryptoMuseum]

The Museum is Open! Step into the world of cryptography and discover the Bombe, the legendary WWII code-breaking machine that changed history!

The NCM is open Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

More: https://t.co/j32dmwgJQ9

[Josh Baron @JoshuaWBaron]

As we enter the week of the Super Bowl, I always think of this interview.

[Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy]

Fast fashion company Shein, search engine Baidu and more added to list of apps/tech banned for state employees in Texas, after a review by the governor's office.

https://t.co/t8ogsVPfvJ #txlege

[Josh Baron @JoshuaWBaron]

Happy eighth night of Channukah!

[Josh Baron @JoshuaWBaron]

Chag Chanukah Sameach!

[Department of State @StateDept]

As we light the Hanukkah candles, we honor the enduring strength, resilience, and hope of the Jewish people.

Especially in light of the terror attack in Australia, we stand in solidarity with Jewish communities worldwide.

[Elmo @elmo]

Happy Hanukkah, everybody! Elmo hopes you have a great festival of lights! ❤️

[Josh Baron @JoshuaWBaron]

@AlexKontorovich @abakus More proofs need to state “Behold”

[Timothy Gowers @wtgowers @wtgowers]

This sort of thing is interesting and nice, but calling it “new theorems” is slightly misleading when we’re talking about improved bounds discovered through a big search.

[Josh Baron @JoshuaWBaron]

A meaningful fast for those who observe it. G’mar v’chatima tova.

[DARPA @DARPA]

🗣📢 Announcing the 2026 Young Faculty Award Research Announcement! This year, we’re soliciting revolutionary proposals across 24 topic areas. For full details, click the YFA 2026 Research Announcement button at https://t.co/r8UWX3g7kC.
Executive Summaries due by Oct. 15.

[Josh Baron @JoshuaWBaron]

Shana Tovah to all who celebrate!

[DARPA @DARPA]

The DARPA AI Cyber Challenge was designed to advance cybersecurity technology and ensure that technology is applied to secure the code we all rely on. All seven finalist teams have released their competition cyber reasoning systems open source. https://t.co/zqVZ1AnxLv

[Dan Guido @dguido]

Here's our preview of the @DARPA AIxCC results! Learn more about the teams and their unique strategies to win.
https://t.co/WJkAV9idoa

[Naval Postgraduate School @NPS_Monterey]

Fresh off a 12-week @DARPA Service Chiefs Fellowship, NPS researcher Alexis Thoeny is eager to apply lessons learned to his own research on campus. @USNavy @USMC #agile #defense #innovation

Read more: https://t.co/T0MgsEb3qE

[Halvar Flake @halvarflake]

I wrote a short rant about what irks me when people anthropomorphize LLMs:

https://t.co/AkMbdmpdqL

[Ian Miers @secparam]

Google announced they will support privacy preserving age verification via zero-knowledge proofs.

You prove you have a signed digital copy of a drivers license and it says you are over 18 without revealing anything about you (name, birthdate, etc)
https://t.co/rnixcKKerq