Simon Tomes | Activities
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Cool to see you featured on the MoTaverse homepage. 🤩
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"Hi Bug! 👋"
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During Adam Davis session Testing what you can’t control, bug made an appearance... on our phones!!Adam presented a short demo-led session where the audience became part of the test.
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A bug appeared on our phones!
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A bug appeared on our phones!
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A bug appeared on our phones!
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A bug appeared on our phones!
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Walk through the door, don't just open it
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Walk through the door, don't just open it
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Walk through the door, don't just open it
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Do Engineering Managers hold all the power?
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Walk through the door, don't just open it
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Walk through the door, don't just open it
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Walk through the door, don't just open it
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Walk through the door, don't just open it
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Do Engineering Managers hold all the power?
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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Gold in a live Masterclass chat about AI Guardrails
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AI Guardrails Masterclass 🧡🚀
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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Identify, test and improve AI guardrails through a structured, scenario-based framework that addresses common implementation failures and attack patterns.
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A tester’s guide to AI guardrails
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A tester’s guide to AI guardrails
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A tester’s guide to AI guardrails
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A tester’s guide to AI guardrails
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Thanks to your Masterclass we now have more entries in the Glossary.
Context poisoning
Stochastic system
PII masking
Reversal curse
Multi-turn escalation
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Multi-turn escalation
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Definitions of Multi-turn escalation
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PII masking
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Definitions of PII masking
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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AI Guardrails Masterclass 🧡🚀
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Thanks for accepting the challenge to voice record an answer to a Micro Call for Insights question. 🙌🏻
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As we build the MoTaverse, how we do things will continue to be tweaked and improved.Professional Membership is required to submit suggestions to contribute. A big part of our shift is doubling dow...
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How to contribute to the MoTaverse
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How to contribute to the MoTaverse
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Most teams ship AI without ever testing their guardrails.
Don't be like them. Learn Guardrails.Game link: Testing Titbits - Playground
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Guardrails Matter - Playground
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Guardrails Matter - Playground
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Guardrails Matter - Playground
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James Thomas gives a talk at Munich Chapter on the challenge of testing a software that never stops changing.
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Infinite Loop * Infinite Space
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Infinite Loop * Infinite Space
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Infinite Loop * Infinite Space
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Infinite Loop * Infinite Space
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Thank you to everyone who joined my AI masterclass yesterday!Loved the engagement, energy, and enthusiasm that you all brought.Of course, always grateful for the opportunities like these.Than...
Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
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