Diogo Mónica
Portuguese security engineer and investor; co-founder and executive chairman of Anchorage Digital and a general partner at Haun Ventures. Previously led security at Docker and platform security at Square. Writes a blog on AI, crypto and venture investing.
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AI model escapes are more a result of incompetent containment than rogue intelligence.
the escapes are real. They are also basically the palm tree scene all over again. The models behaved like drunk pirates. They were loud: Hugging Face reconstructed roughly 17,600 actions over four and a half days, one every twenty seconds, in view of the cameras.
blog.diogomonica.comSaid 28 Sept 2026This on korrents
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Unicorn status is often a marketing event, and the money that follows is often of lower quality.
The conclusion matches what we already intuitively knew: unicorn status is in many cases a marketing event, and the money that shows up afterward is often of lower quality.
blog.diogomonica.comSaid 31 Aug 2026This on korrents
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AI model escapes are more a result of incompetent containment than rogue intelligence.
the escapes are real. They are also basically the palm tree scene all over again. The models behaved like drunk pirates. They were loud: Hugging Face reconstructed roughly 17,600 actions over four and a half days, one every twenty seconds, in view of the cameras.
Skip to content Said 28 Sept 2026
With models, abstract objectives can become fully adaptive attack campaigns without human involvement.
With models, abstract objectives can now become fully adaptive attack campaigns without human involvement.
Skip to content Said 28 Sept 2026
Every security update will lead to a spike in n-day exploits in the wild because models are good at reverse engineering.
We also have to contend with the fact that these models are amazing at reverse engineering. This means that every security update will now always lead to a spike in n-day exploits in the wild.
Skip to content Said 28 Sept 2026
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Unicorn status is often a marketing event, and the money that follows is often of lower quality.
The conclusion matches what we already intuitively knew: unicorn status is in many cases a marketing event, and the money that shows up afterward is often of lower quality.
Skip to content Said 31 Aug 2026
Perfect global coordination to suppress stablecoins is highly unlikely.
Perfect global coordination to suppress stablecoins is highly unlikely.
Skip to content Said 12 Nov 2024
Dollar-backed stablecoins may reinforce U.S. dollar hegemony.
For the United States specifically, dollar-backed stablecoins-which constitute almost the entirety of the market today-may actually reinforce U.S. dollar hegemony, extending the reach of the dollar into previously inaccessible corners of the global economy and bringing more activity under the purview of U.S. regulators and law enforcement.
Skip to content Said 12 Nov 2024
Stablecoin transactions have the potential to be highly traceable.
Unlike the opaque world of correspondent banking and the eurodollar market, stablecoin transactions have the potential to be highly traceable, whether because transactions are recorded on public blockchains or because of cryptographic technology like ZK.
Skip to content Said 12 Nov 2024
Leadership-based approaches are not necessarily more effective than pure command.
Leadership-based approaches are not necessarily more effective than pure command.
Skip to content Said 18 Feb 2019
Any framework distinguishing leaders from commanders by the actions they take is wrong.
Any framework using the model "Leaders do 'A,' while commanders do 'B,'" is wrong. If they are any good, both leaders and commanders will do the exact same things: the right ones.
Skip to content Said 18 Feb 2019
Neither leadership nor command is inherently better than the other.
Furthermore, neither way is better than the other. Both may work or fail in different contexts and at different times. There are times for leadership, and there are times for command.
Skip to content Said 18 Feb 2019
Storing secrets in environment variables is a bad practice that will lead to the eventual leak of secrets.
Overall, secrets in ENV variables break the principle of least surprise, are a bad practice, and will lead to the eventual leak of secrets.
Skip to content Said 27 Mar 2017
An easy-to-use, secure-by-default secret distribution mechanism is what developers and ops need to solve the secrets management problem once and for all.
Having an easy-to-use, secure-by-default secret distribution mechanism is exactly what developers and ops need to solve the secrets management problem once and for all.
Skip to content Said 27 Mar 2017
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Where they publish
Site diogomonica.com Bio, patents, papers, talks and his latest blog posts
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Blog blog.diogomonica.com Essays on AI safety, stablecoins, startup media and notes on Haun Ventures investments
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x.com @diogomonica Posts on crypto, AI and venture capital
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LinkedIn Diogo Mónica Career history and occasional posts
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