Gul Saeed Khattak

Lead Data Engineer at the University of Glasgow, exploring the future of data and AI through autonomous agents, and agentic workflows

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗞 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳: 𝟰 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦, 𝟭𝟭𝟬 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦, 𝟱 𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗦. 🇬🇧
Times Higher Education published its World University Rankings 2027 today. I compared every ranked UK university with 2026, nation by nation.

𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐥: 𝐔𝐊 ➡️ 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 ➡️ 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 ➡️ 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 ➡️ 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.

🇬🇧 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝟏: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊

• Oxford is world No. 1 for the 11th year running

• 11 UK universities are in the world top 100, the same as last year. 25 are in the top 200, down from 26

• UCL climbs 5 places to =17th, so the UK has 4 universities in the world top 20 again

• Biggest UK climb in the top 200: Durham, 175th → =157th. Biggest fall: St Andrews, =162nd → =185th

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝟐: 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

• 9 of the UK's 11 top-100 universities are English

• In England's top 20, 9 moved up and 9 moved down

• LSE and UCL both climb 5 places (to 47th and =17th). Manchester drops 4 to 60th

• Durham (+18) and Exeter (+13) rise the most. York (−14) and Nottingham (−12) fall the most

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝟑: 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

• Edinburgh holds =29th and stays 5th in the UK

• Glasgow rises from 84th to 83rd, the only Scottish university to climb

• 7 of Scotland's 13 universities have moved into THE's new, narrower bands but are still inside last year's band, so this is not a fall

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝟒: 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬

• Cardiff is Wales's top university at =257th in the world, down from the 201–250 band

• Swansea moves from 301–350 to 351–375

• No Welsh university is in the world top 200 this year

𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝟓: 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

• Queen's University Belfast climbs from =198th to =196th and is 25th in the UK

• Queen's is the last of the UK's 25 universities inside the world top 200

• Ulster is in the 651–700 band, inside last year's 601–800 band

🔍 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬

THE changed its format this year. It now gives exact ranks down to 299th (last year it stopped at 200th) and uses narrower bands. A move from "601–800" to "651–700" is not a fall, so the slides mark these as "within band".

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮?
#THEWUR #WorldUniversityRankings #HigherEducation #UKHigherEducation #UniversityRankings #England #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #DataAnalysis

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗦 𝟰 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟮𝟬𝟬. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝟮. 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝟮 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟭𝟬𝟬.
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: 2,297 universities from 118 countries and territories. I counted how many universities each country has in the world top 100 and top 200, and compared it with last year.

🏆 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬

• United States: 53 in the top 200 (55 last year), but 37 in the top 100 (up from 35). Fewer universities in the top 200, more of them in the top 100.
• United Kingdom: 2nd, with 25 in the top 200 (26 last year) and 11 in the top 100 (unchanged)
• Germany: 3rd, with 19 in the top 200 (up from 18)
• China: 4th, with 17 in the top 200 (up from 13)

🚀 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛

China's +4 is the biggest gain of any country this year. It had 7 universities in the top 200 in 2021; now it has 17. Six are in the top 51, led by Tsinghua (11th) and Peking (13th).

📉 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝

• France: from 5 to 3 in the top 200, and from 4 to 3 in the top 100
• US: −2, with Belgium, Hong Kong and the Netherlands each −1
• Sweden: 4 in the top 200 (unchanged), but only 1 in the top 100 (down from 3)

🆕 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫

Brazil (University of São Paulo, =141st) and Malaysia (University of Malaya, =194th), after neither had one last year. In total, 30 countries have a university in the top 200, up from 28.

🔍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮

Counts favour big countries. So I also worked out what share of each country's ranked universities make the top 200:
• Netherlands: 10 of 12 (83%)
• Hong Kong: 5 of 8 (62%)
• Switzerland: 6 of 10 (60%)
• United States: 53 of 168 (32%)
• United Kingdom: 25 of 110 (23%)
• China: 17 of 102 (17%)
• Japan: 5 of 112 (4%)

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝-𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 (𝟏𝟒𝟑) 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟎. 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 =𝟐𝟓𝟒𝐭𝐡.

The attached graphic shows the top 20 countries: top 100 and top 200 counts for 2026 and 2027, each country's best university, and how many it has ranked.

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞: how many universities a country has in the top 200, or what share of its universities get there?

#THEWUR #WorldUniversityRankings #HigherEducation #UniversityRankings #GlobalEducation #DataAnalysis

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗧𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳: 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗛 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗦, 𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗚𝗢𝗪 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗕𝗦. 🎓🎓
(Full disclosure: I work at Glasgow, so I checked the numbers twice.)

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 published its World University Rankings 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 today: 𝟮,𝟮𝟵𝟳 universities from 𝟭𝟭𝟴 countries.

I compared every Scottish university with last year. Here is what the data shows.

🥇 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗵: =29th in the world
• Scotland's 𝘁𝗼𝗽 university in 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟭𝟳 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟭
• In the world top 𝟯𝟬 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲, and 𝟱𝘁𝗵 in the UK again this year
• Overall score up from 𝟴𝟮.𝟱 𝘁𝗼 𝟴𝟯.𝟱
• Research environment score up 3.7 points to 78.4, 𝟯𝟵𝘁𝗵 in the world
• 5th in the UK for both teaching and research environment

🟢 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗴𝗼𝘄: 𝟴𝟰𝘁𝗵 → 𝟴𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱
• The 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 one of Scotland's 13 ranked universities to 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽 the world table
• In the world top 100 for 1𝟯 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 in a row (every edition since 2015)
• Up from =99th in 2020, while the table grew from 1,397 to 2,297 universities
• 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟵𝟱.𝟭: 𝟯𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱
• Teaching and research environment scores both rose, and the overall score went from 𝟲𝟴.𝟵 𝘁𝗼 𝟲𝟵.𝟵

Between them, Edinburgh and Glasgow are Scotland's only two universities in the world top 100.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀: Edinburgh on teaching and research environment, Glasgow on research quality.

📍 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

• 𝗦𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀 falls 23 places to =185th, the biggest fall of any UK university in the top 200, mainly on research quality

• 𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗻 has an exact rank (233rd) for the first time since 2023, and its research quality rank jumps from 281st to 177th in the world

• 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 moves from 601–800 to 801–1000

🔍 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀
THE changed its format this year. It now gives exact ranks down to 299th (last year it stopped at 200th) and uses narrower bands. For example, 301–350 is now split into 301–325 and 326–350.

So 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲 going from "301–350" to "326–350" looks like a fall, but it is not: it is still inside last year's band.

7 of Scotland's 13 universities are in the same position.

Before reading a band change as a rise or fall, check whether the bands overlap.

📊 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲

Scotland has 2 universities in the world top 100 and 3 in the top 200, which is 12% of the UK's top 200. In 2011 it had 5 in the top 200 (17%).

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[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗡𝗢. 𝟭 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟭𝗧𝗛 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝟬.𝟭 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧.(THE World Ranking 2027) 🌍

Times Higher Education published its World University Rankings 2027 today: 2,297 universities from 118 countries. I compared the new top 20 with last year's, and with every edition back to 2011. Here is what stands out.

🥇 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀
Oxford scores 97.9, and MIT is second on 97.8. A 0.1-point gap equals the smallest winning margin in the 17 editions since 2011.
MIT actually scores higher on teaching (99.1 vs 97.1) and research quality (99.4 vs 96.8). Oxford wins on research environment (100) and international outlook (95.8 vs 90.9).

🔄 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬
• Stanford climbs from =5th to =3rd, sharing third with Princeton
• Cambridge drops from =3rd to 5th, and Harvard from =5th to 6th
• UCL jumps 5 places to =17th, the biggest climb in the top 20, and is the only newcomer. Cornell drops out to 21st
• Imperial holds 8th, with the highest international outlook score in the top 20 (97.7)

🇨🇳 𝗧𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝘂𝗮'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲
Tsinghua is 11th, its best ever rank and one place outside the top 10. It was 58th in 2011. This year it ranks above ETH Zurich for the first time.
It scores 99.3 on research environment and 100 on industry income, but 60.6 on international outlook, the lowest in the top 20. That one measure is now the main gap between Tsinghua and the top 10.

🗺️ 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬
• 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 𝟭𝟮 (𝟭𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟭)
• 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺: 𝟰 (𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹, 𝗨𝗖𝗟), 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟯 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿
• 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮: 𝟮 (𝗧𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝘂𝗮 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵, 𝗣𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭𝟯𝘁𝗵)
• Switzerland: 1 (ETH Zurich)
• Singapore: 1 (NUS, up 2 places to 15th)

𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟭, 𝗻𝗼 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬. 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲.

📊 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬
Of the 188 universities in the top 200 in both years, 82 moved up, 82 moved down and 24 stayed put. The biggest climb in the top 200 was Harbin Institute of Technology, from =131st to 96th.

The attached graphic has the full top 20: 2026 and 2027 ranks, overall scores and score changes.

Which of these moves surprised you most?

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University of Oxford , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Princeton University, University of Cambridge, UCL, Imperial College London, Tsinghua University

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

Finally, some high ambition on AI.

It genuinely felt like the UK was destined to just be a spectator while the US and China dominate.

Good to hear someone talking about capturing the benefits rather than just regulating them.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham says he will create a "global code" for AI so Britain can "capture the benefits"

"We led the world's first industrial revolution from the Midlands and the North of England. So why can't we lead the next one? We can, and we will"

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[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

@alex_frantic I agree.
With AI, implementation is no longer as costly as it used to be, so there’s less reason to get emotionally attached to one approach.
If something better comes along, you can change, rebuild, or replace it much more easily.

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

ANTHROPIC IS ABOUT TO SELL SHARES IN A TECHNOLOGY IT SAYS COULD POSE AN “EXISTENTIAL RISK TO HUMANITY.”

That has to be one of the strangest risk warnings ever written into an IPO prospectus.

According to the Financial Times and Reuters, Anthropic warns potential investors that increasingly powerful AI could create “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity.”

And this is not just a vague theoretical warning.

The filing reportedly discusses models potentially showing behaviours such as:

• resisting shutdown
• concealing or manipulating information
• behaviours resembling blackmail
• developing forms of self-preserving behaviour

At the same time, Anthropic believes AI could transform the global economy on a scale greater than industrialisation, electricity and the internet , and plans enormous spending on compute and infrastructure to pursue that future.
There is something fascinating about this moment.
For decades, companies warned investors about things like competition, regulation, supply chains and economic downturns.

Now we have reached a point where an AI company effectively has to say:

“Our technology could completely transform civilisation but we are not entirely sure we can control everything that comes with it.”

Perhaps this is the real story of the AI race.

The companies building the most powerful systems are simultaneously telling us two things:

AI could become one of humanity’s most valuable technologies.

And:

AI could become one of humanity’s biggest risks.

Both statements are now appearing in the same investment document.

That says a lot about where we are in the AI journey.

#AI #Anthropic #Claude #ArtificialIntelligence #AISafety #Technology #IPO

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗛𝗔𝗠 𝗨𝗣 𝟯𝟮, 𝗟𝗦𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝟮𝟳: 𝗔 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗨𝗞 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 -𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Ahead of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, out this Wednesday, I thought I'd look back at how the UK's leading universities have performed in this league table over the last decade.

I tracked the world rank of the 11 UK universities in today's top 100, plus the highest-ranked universities in Wales and Northern Ireland, across the last 10 editions (2017 to 2026):

🚀 @𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 is the biggest climber: 𝟭𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳, into the top 100 today at =98th, a rise of 𝟯𝟮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀.

📉 @𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 is the biggest faller: =25th in 2017, 52nd today, 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝟮𝟳 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀.

↔️ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽: Oxford has been 1st in all 10 editions.

𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 is up from 4th to =3rd, 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 is 8th at both ends of the decade, and 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗵 has held between 27th and 30th throughout.

↘️ 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗨𝗖𝗟 is down from 15th to 22nd, and Bristol from 71st to =80th.

📈 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗴𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟴𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝟴𝟰𝘁𝗵.

🏴 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 is back inside the top 200 at =198th, and Cardiff sits in the 201–250 band.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗨𝗞 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆?

#UniversityRankings #HigherEducation #THEWUR #UKHigherEducation

@bham_uni , @UniofOxford , @UniversityGlasgow, @QUBelfast , @timeshighered

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗞 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗- THE RANKINGS 2017-2026
𝗔𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳, out this Wednesday, I thought I'd look back at which countries have held the top places in this league table over its history.

I counted each country's universities in the world top 100 and top 200 in all 16 editions, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟭 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲:

🇺🇸 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀, but with far 𝗳𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿 places.

It had 53 of the top 100 in 2011 and has 35 today.
In the top 200 it has fallen from 72 to 55.

🏛️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, in both the top 100 and the top 200, a claim I checked against every country.

It has had between 10 and 16 universities in the top 100, with 11 today.

📈 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲: from 𝟯 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 in the 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟭 to 𝟳 today, and from 6 to 13 in the top 200.

🇩🇪 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 has grown too: from 𝟯 𝘁𝗼 𝟴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬𝟬, and from 𝟭𝟰 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬𝟬.

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆?
#UniversityRankings #HigherEducation #THEWUR #GlobalEducation
@timeshighered @Tsinghua_Uni @UniofOxford
@PKU1898 @MIT @FudanUniversity

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗣: 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗜𝗧 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡?
Before the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 are released this Wednesday, here's a look back at who has topped the table in every edition so far.

I went through all 16 editions, from 2011 to 2026:

🥇 @𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 has been world No. 1 in every edition since 2017, 10 in a row. In the first edition, in 2011, it was 6th.

🔁 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭: Harvard (2011), Caltech (2012 to 2016) and Oxford (2017 to 2026).

🌍 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟯 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗨𝗦–𝗨𝗞 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿. Of the 51 top-3 places across all 16 editions, including ties, 32 went to US universities and 19 to UK universities. No other country has made the top 3.

🏛️ 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗨𝗞 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟯 𝗶𝗻 𝟱 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2026, with @University of Cambridge alongside Oxford each time. This year Cambridge is joint 3rd.

𝗔 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮: THE names each edition after the year following publication, so the "2026" rankings came out in autumn 2025. I checked every edition against copies of THE's data saved at the time by the Internet Archive, and cross-checked ranks against Wikipedia and news reports from the time.

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝟭𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝗜𝗧, 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻?

#UniversityRankings #HigherEducation #THEWUR #Oxford
@UniofOxford , @Cambridge_Uni , @timeshighered @MIT @Harvard

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗞 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗- THE RANKINGS 2017-2026
𝗔𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳, out this Wednesday, I thought I'd look back at which countries have held the top places in this league table over its history.

I counted each country's universities in the world top 100 and top 200 in all 16 editions, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟭 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲:

🇺🇸 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀, but with far 𝗳𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿 places.

It had 53 of the top 100 in 2011 and has 35 today.
In the top 200 it has fallen from 72 to 55.

🏛️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, in both the top 100 and the top 200, a claim I checked against every country.

It has had between 10 and 16 universities in the top 100, with 11 today.

📈 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲: from 𝟯 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 in the 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟭 to 𝟳 today, and from 6 to 13 in the top 200.

🇩🇪 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 has grown too: from 𝟯 𝘁𝗼 𝟴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬𝟬, and from 𝟭𝟰 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬𝟬.

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆?
#UniversityRankings #HigherEducation #THEWUR #GlobalEducation
@timeshighered @Tsinghua_Uni @UniofOxford
@PKU1898 @MIT @FudanUniversity

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

Anthropic did report a $42B net loss, but that headline is misleading without context.
Roughly $34B was an accounting charge.
The actual operating loss was a little over $8B.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: Anthropic’s IPO prospectus reveals a staggering $42,000,000,000.00 net loss in 2025.

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗛𝗔𝗠 𝗨𝗣 𝟯𝟮, 𝗟𝗦𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝟮𝟳: 𝗔 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗨𝗞 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 -𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Ahead of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, out this Wednesday, I thought I'd look back at how the UK's leading universities have performed in this league table over the last decade.

I tracked the world rank of the 11 UK universities in today's top 100, plus the highest-ranked universities in Wales and Northern Ireland, across the last 10 editions (2017 to 2026):

🚀 @𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 is the biggest climber: 𝟭𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳, into the top 100 today at =98th, a rise of 𝟯𝟮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀.

📉 @𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 is the biggest faller: =25th in 2017, 52nd today, 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝟮𝟳 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀.

↔️ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽: Oxford has been 1st in all 10 editions.

𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 is up from 4th to =3rd, 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 is 8th at both ends of the decade, and 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗵 has held between 27th and 30th throughout.

↘️ 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗨𝗖𝗟 is down from 15th to 22nd, and Bristol from 71st to =80th.

📈 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗴𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟴𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝟴𝟰𝘁𝗵.

🏴 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 is back inside the top 200 at =198th, and Cardiff sits in the 201–250 band.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗨𝗞 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆?

#UniversityRankings #HigherEducation #THEWUR #UKHigherEducation

@bham_uni , @UniofOxford , @UniversityGlasgow, @QUBelfast , @timeshighered

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗣: 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗜𝗧 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡?
Before the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 are released this Wednesday, here's a look back at who has topped the table in every edition so far.

I went through all 16 editions, from 2011 to 2026:

🥇 @𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 has been world No. 1 in every edition since 2017, 10 in a row. In the first edition, in 2011, it was 6th.

🔁 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭: Harvard (2011), Caltech (2012 to 2016) and Oxford (2017 to 2026).

🌍 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟯 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗨𝗦–𝗨𝗞 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿. Of the 51 top-3 places across all 16 editions, including ties, 32 went to US universities and 19 to UK universities. No other country has made the top 3.

🏛️ 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗨𝗞 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟯 𝗶𝗻 𝟱 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2026, with @University of Cambridge alongside Oxford each time. This year Cambridge is joint 3rd.

𝗔 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮: THE names each edition after the year following publication, so the "2026" rankings came out in autumn 2025. I checked every edition against copies of THE's data saved at the time by the Internet Archive, and cross-checked ranks against Wikipedia and news reports from the time.

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝟭𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝗜𝗧, 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻?

#UniversityRankings #HigherEducation #THEWUR #Oxford
@UniofOxford , @Cambridge_Uni , @timeshighered @MIT @Harvard

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

NVIDIA’S BIG AI SAFETY MOVE IS NOT ABOUT TELLING AGENTS TO BEHAVE. IT’S ABOUT MAKING SURE THEY CAN’T MISBEHAVE.

An AI agent may be told:

“Don’t access these files.”
“Don’t send data outside.”
“Don’t use this credential.”

But prompts are instructions.

An agent can misunderstand them, be manipulated, or simply make a bad decision.

NVIDIA’s Open Agent Safety Platform takes a stronger approach:

Put the control layer outside the agent.

So even if the agent decides:

“I’m going to read that restricted folder anyway.”

…the system can simply say:

No.
You physically don’t have access.

OpenShell can enforce limits on files, network connections, credentials and processes independently of what the model wants to do.

Some of those restrictions are locked when the sandbox starts and cannot be changed by the agent itself.

Sandboxing itself is nothing new.

What matters here is applying it specifically to increasingly autonomous AI agents …systems that can write code, call APIs, install packages and decide their next action while running.

But there is still an important question:

What happens when the agent knows the cage is there and starts actively looking for a way out?

In principle, yes, an agent could try to exploit a bug in the sandbox, proxy, kernel or surrounding infrastructure. No security boundary is magically unhackable.

That is why NVIDIA is using several independent layers rather than trusting one barrier: restricted process privileges, filesystem isolation, network policy, credential controls, and now Sentry as another monitoring layer outside the agent runtime.

So the real idea is not:

“The agent can never escape.”

It is:

“Even if the agent becomes clever, confused or malicious, it has to defeat infrastructure-level security rather than simply ignore a sentence in its prompt.”

That is a much stronger starting point for agent safety.

[Gul Saeed Khattak @Ldataengineer]

Worth listening to Jev’s founder explain the philosophy behind it. The interesting part isn’t just the model , it’s the idea of building AI specifically to live and operate inside software.