Mario
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Elon Musk says X plans to introduce ads in Grok’s responses
Elon Musk says X plans to introduce ads in Grok's responses | TechCrunch
The move would help power X's struggling ads business following the departure of former CEO Linda Yaccarino.
techcrunch.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Elon Musk says X plans to introduce ads in Grok’s responses
💡 checks & balances:
Who issues legislative proposals v who makes (non binding) opinions on them;
Who negotiates data transfers agreements v
who adjudicates on complaints from citizens;
Who issues admin decisions on data sharing etc v
who as DPA checks
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crookedtimber.org/2025/06/20/o...
Who issues legislative proposals v who makes (non binding) opinions on them;
Who negotiates data transfers agreements v
who adjudicates on complaints from citizens;
Who issues admin decisions on data sharing etc v
who as DPA checks
⬇️
crookedtimber.org/2025/06/20/o...
Open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the skewed selection process for head of European Data Protection Supervisor — Crooked Timber
crookedtimber.org
June 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
💡 checks & balances:
Who issues legislative proposals v who makes (non binding) opinions on them;
Who negotiates data transfers agreements v
who adjudicates on complaints from citizens;
Who issues admin decisions on data sharing etc v
who as DPA checks
⬇️
crookedtimber.org/2025/06/20/o...
Who issues legislative proposals v who makes (non binding) opinions on them;
Who negotiates data transfers agreements v
who adjudicates on complaints from citizens;
Who issues admin decisions on data sharing etc v
who as DPA checks
⬇️
crookedtimber.org/2025/06/20/o...
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Leading AI models most closely represent the values of people in Western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic countries.
Our new blog post examines why models have cultural bias and provides actionable steps towards greater cultural alignment.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/cultura...
Our new blog post examines why models have cultural bias and provides actionable steps towards greater cultural alignment.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/cultura...
Tokenising culture: causes and consequences of cultural misalignment in large language models
How do AI systems embed cultural values and what risks does this imply?
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
June 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Leading AI models most closely represent the values of people in Western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic countries.
Our new blog post examines why models have cultural bias and provides actionable steps towards greater cultural alignment.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/cultura...
Our new blog post examines why models have cultural bias and provides actionable steps towards greater cultural alignment.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/cultura...
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This would be a tragedy for fundamental rights in the #eu.
It is also ironic that weaker candidate is a long-term European Commission official -- laughable, given who the #edps supervises.
Mr Giancarelli led the drive to enable Europeans' personal data to continue to flow unimpeded (sorry […]
It is also ironic that weaker candidate is a long-term European Commission official -- laughable, given who the #edps supervises.
Mr Giancarelli led the drive to enable Europeans' personal data to continue to flow unimpeded (sorry […]
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June 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Given the (excellent) incumbent is Polish -- already the chosen candidate of the Council of the European Union -- this suggests the centre-right block hashtag#EPP (by a small number, the must numerous party in the European Parliament) is gaining ground in imposing a weaker candidate, who will […]
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eupolicy.social
June 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Given the (excellent) incumbent is Polish -- already the chosen candidate of the Council of the European Union -- this suggests the centre-right block hashtag#EPP (by a small number, the must numerous party in the European Parliament) is gaining ground in imposing a weaker candidate, who will […]
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I hear from impeccable sources that the race for the next European Data Protection Supervisor is still almost a dead heat, and that a decision will now probably come after the conclusion of the Polish presidency of the EU. [1/3]
#Dataprotection #oecd #dpf #cfr #tfeu #adequacy #CJEU #SchremsIII […]
#Dataprotection #oecd #dpf #cfr #tfeu #adequacy #CJEU #SchremsIII […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
June 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I hear from impeccable sources that the race for the next European Data Protection Supervisor is still almost a dead heat, and that a decision will now probably come after the conclusion of the Polish presidency of the EU. [1/3]
#Dataprotection #oecd #dpf #cfr #tfeu #adequacy #CJEU #SchremsIII […]
#Dataprotection #oecd #dpf #cfr #tfeu #adequacy #CJEU #SchremsIII […]
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So much waste and harm could be avoided if we just treated these as fragile, dangerous tools suited for very specialized use cases, like we do with lasers and circular saws, and not as magic thinking beans
Cutting-edge AI models ‘collapse’ in face of complex problems, Apple study finds
Cutting-edge AI models ‘collapse’ in face of complex problems, Apple study finds
‘Pretty devastating’ paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which systems match human intelligence
Apple researchers have found “fundamental limitations” in cutting-edge artificial intelligence models, in a paper raising doubts about the technology industry’s race to develop ever more powerful systems.
Apple claimed in a paper published at the weekend that large reasoning models (LRMs) – an advanced form of AI – faced a “complete accuracy collapse” when presented with highly complex problems. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
So much waste and harm could be avoided if we just treated these as fragile, dangerous tools suited for very specialized use cases, like we do with lasers and circular saws, and not as magic thinking beans
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It may not be a household name, but Palantir is now one of the world's most valuable companies. Its "spy tech" is set to gain more government and military work in the Trump administration.
How Palantir, the secretive tech company, is rising in the Trump era
It may not be a household name, but Palantir is now one of the world's most valuable companies. Its "spy tech" is set to gain more government and military work in the Trump administration.
www.npr.org
May 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It may not be a household name, but Palantir is now one of the world's most valuable companies. Its "spy tech" is set to gain more government and military work in the Trump administration.
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Fascism is now in the algorithms, the neural pathways, the social interactions. How did we fail to see all this? “We wanted to see Trump in terms of his absences, so that our way of seeing the world would go unchallenged,” Timothy Snyder writes.
What Does It Mean That Donald Trump Is a Fascist?
Trump takes the tools of dictators and adapts them for the Internet. We should expect him to try to cling to power until death, and create a cult of January 6th martyrs.
www.newyorker.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fascism is now in the algorithms, the neural pathways, the social interactions. How did we fail to see all this? “We wanted to see Trump in terms of his absences, so that our way of seeing the world would go unchallenged,” Timothy Snyder writes.
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After being falsely accused of social fraud as the result of a biased algorithm her sons were placed into care, now that she has finally been cleared of fraud she has lost everything #rhizomaticharms #AI www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Toen ze eindelijk de brief met ‘U bent géén fraudeur’ kreeg, was alles al kapot
Uithuisplaatsingen: Deze donderdag verschijnt een onafhankelijk onderzoek naar de rol van de Toeslagenaffaire bij uithuisplaatsingen. Dit is het verhaal van Nadine Tavares Monteiro, die onterecht kind...
www.nrc.nl
March 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
After being falsely accused of social fraud as the result of a biased algorithm her sons were placed into care, now that she has finally been cleared of fraud she has lost everything #rhizomaticharms #AI www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Jesus H Christ! The US government is planning to use AI to make all sorts of decisions, from how much tax people play to military attacks.
Norwegian man asks data protection authority to apply GDPR against OpenAI after ChatGPT falsely claims that he killed his children www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Norwegian files complaint after ChatGPT falsely said he had murdered his children
Arve Hjalmar Holmen, who has never been accused of or convicted of a crime, says chatbot’s response to prompt was defamatory
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Jesus H Christ! The US government is planning to use AI to make all sorts of decisions, from how much tax people play to military attacks.
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How might the CJEU rule on the Italy/Albania deal on asylum seekers? Comments on the recent hearing before the Court, by Matteo Zamboni -
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
The Italy-Albania protocol before the Court of Justice of the European Union – hearing of the CJEU
Matteo Zamboni (human rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a partner to the Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Golds...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
How might the CJEU rule on the Italy/Albania deal on asylum seekers? Comments on the recent hearing before the Court, by Matteo Zamboni -
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
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Coming later today - Commission proposal to replace EU Returns Directive on irregular migration (and legislation on mutual recognition of expulsion decisions) - will take the form of a Regulation
March 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Coming later today - Commission proposal to replace EU Returns Directive on irregular migration (and legislation on mutual recognition of expulsion decisions) - will take the form of a Regulation
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Leaked EU Return Regulation - concept of "return hubs" - nb this is different (for now) from the "safe third country" rules for asylum-seekers
March 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Leaked EU Return Regulation - concept of "return hubs" - nb this is different (for now) from the "safe third country" rules for asylum-seekers
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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
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Musk's "terrifying vision" manifests the fascistic solutionism I wrote about in 'Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence' bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai. The entanglements go much deeper than bias and propaganda...
February 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Musk's "terrifying vision" manifests the fascistic solutionism I wrote about in 'Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence' bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai. The entanglements go much deeper than bias and propaganda...
for democratic nations outside the US, this power shift threatens their very ability to govern digital spaces. The mechanism is simple but effective: bilateral trade agreements will be wielded to override local attempts at tech regulation and enforcement.
datasociety.net/points/what-...
datasociety.net/points/what-...
What Does Silicon Valley Want?
In a personal reflection, Brian J. Chen offers some lines of inquiry, directions, and tentative explanations for understanding and engaging on matters of tech policy in this moment.
datasociety.net
February 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
for democratic nations outside the US, this power shift threatens their very ability to govern digital spaces. The mechanism is simple but effective: bilateral trade agreements will be wielded to override local attempts at tech regulation and enforcement.
datasociety.net/points/what-...
datasociety.net/points/what-...
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Friends, for something to be open source, we need to see
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
January 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Friends, for something to be open source, we need to see
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
The recklessness of Trump’s latest cash grab is surely a sign of things to come, too, as the president rolls back regulations on crypto that protect investors and keep traditional banking somewhat sheltered from the chaos of the crypto industry.
t.co/O2hg7QrxEZ
t.co/O2hg7QrxEZ
https://www.vox.com/technology/396352/trumps-coin-crypto-bitcoin-regulation?mc_cid=51e7fc2edb&mc_eid=ceff4c8226
t.co
January 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The recklessness of Trump’s latest cash grab is surely a sign of things to come, too, as the president rolls back regulations on crypto that protect investors and keep traditional banking somewhat sheltered from the chaos of the crypto industry.
t.co/O2hg7QrxEZ
t.co/O2hg7QrxEZ
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A very rare case of cheering on the Council? But come on... do people in EU institutions not want to rid themselves of Microsoft? 😆 If this won't force them, nothing will.
January 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A very rare case of cheering on the Council? But come on... do people in EU institutions not want to rid themselves of Microsoft? 😆 If this won't force them, nothing will.
Viewing AI as part of a data ecosystem and not anthropomorphized as intelligence can help counter harmful and oversimplified AI narratives.
globalvoices.org/2024/12/23/a...
globalvoices.org/2024/12/23/a...
Artificial Intelligence Narratives: A Global Voices Report
Our Data Narratives research delves into discourse about data and artificial intelligence in five countries: Sudan, El Salvador, India, Brazil, and Turkey.
globalvoices.org
January 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Viewing AI as part of a data ecosystem and not anthropomorphized as intelligence can help counter harmful and oversimplified AI narratives.
globalvoices.org/2024/12/23/a...
globalvoices.org/2024/12/23/a...
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🔓 UNLOCKED: Our premium interview with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social from the Data Vampires series is now available to everyone!
How does the growth of AI make us more dependent on major cloud providers and increase the power of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google?
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/257_...
How does the growth of AI make us more dependent on major cloud providers and increase the power of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google?
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/257_...
January 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🔓 UNLOCKED: Our premium interview with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social from the Data Vampires series is now available to everyone!
How does the growth of AI make us more dependent on major cloud providers and increase the power of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google?
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/257_...
How does the growth of AI make us more dependent on major cloud providers and increase the power of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google?
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/257_...