Given that I have multiple flights coming up, I was wondering whether the US Congress should take a cue from the Catholic Church. Whenever a part of the government is unfunded, we lock the House and Senate into their Chambers and don't let them come out.
#politics #governmentshutdown

AI Cronyism is on full display in DC now. If it weren't so dangerous to all of us, it would be outright fascinating how fast the idea that "states are the laboratories of democracy" disappears, once your party is in charge.
#AI #regulation
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Governing Through Liability: Cox v. Sony and the Fragmentation of the Internet Cox v. Sony narrows intermediary liability, insisting on intent over knowledge. In doing so, it preserves infrastructure neutrality, resists privatized enforcement, and sharpens a growing divide between American and European models of Internet governance.

It's hard to overstate how close the US has come to having private, unaccountable, and nontransparent companies regulate our access to the internet. Given how many services are now online-only, that would have been a power akin to that of the courts.
#internetaccess

Kenya’s Health Deal Is a Stress Test for the America First Global Health Strategy U.S. agreements must contend with national data protection laws to make durable foreign policy instruments.

Between patient privacy and US corporate profit, the chance that the America First Global Health Strategy will genuinely consider data protection laws is slim.
#digitalsovereignty #privacy

It is strange how many people worry that digital sovereignty might spell the end of the open internet. That would mean that closed software with its proprietary protocols is preserving open access, while open source and open standards are a restriction on it.
#opensource #digitalsovereignty

Hey Google, stop trying to write my emails! How AI-generated email creates a synthetic version of you.

In this debate about AI-assisted email writing, one question doesn't get asked: "Are you truly communicating if AI is writing the emails for you?" In the worst case, you have two AIs writing to each other something no human ever reads.
#AI #email #communication

Washington needs AI guardrails — now | Opinion We need legislation that draws clear lines on what AI systems may and may not do on behalf of the United States government

I don't think that the US needs guardrails on AI in government as much as we need Congress to rethink its role. Most of the oversight actions from our legislative branch, from constant Impeachments to the government shutdowns, have become simply performative.
#AI #regulation

I find it very optimistic to predict that the end of Sora will bring sanity into the AI sector. It's more likely that they just find another pointless vanity project in their hunt for human-like AGI.
#AI
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Prometheus - Monitoring system & time series database An open-source monitoring system with a dimensional data model, flexible query language, efficient time series database and modern alerting approach.

Free Software Friday! Good monitoring can help spot problems before they become an issue. With Prometheus, it is rather simple to build tech monitoring and create time series.
#freesoftwarefriday #opensource #monitoring

Leaders of the civil society? Researchers and scientists? Nope, the new appointments to the AI advisory council are exclusively ballroom-donating CEOs. But I'm sure they are all just appointed for their visions and leadership qualities.
#AI #politics
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US cloud giants not invited to Euro digital dosh project : Central bank turns to homegrown providers to underpin virtual cash push

The push for a digital currency is meant to make the world less dependent on the whims of US politics. That wouldn't work if the infrastructure behind it were run by US companies, subservient to the US president and his ballroom.
#politics #cloud #digitalsovereignty

How attacks on Middle East data centres expose Nigeria's digital vulnerability Drone strikes that damaged three cloud facilities operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on March 1 have exposed Nigeria's lack of digital independence.

The global south is waking up to the fact that dependencies on a few cloud service providers might not be in their best national interest. Too bad it took a war and some exploding datacenters to reach that state.
#digitalsovereignty

Honored to share my story with Voyage Washington. We dug into open source, digital sovereignty, and what it really takes to scale in an AI-driven world.
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#leadership #AI #digitalsovereignty #mentorship #boards

The Ed-Tech Promise That Overpromised Too much tech in classrooms risks eroding creativity and connection. Real learning thrives in human interaction, not on screens or algorithms.

We don’t always need more tech in classrooms. Sometimes the smartest move is knowing when to unplug.
Why less tech might mean better learning, find out:
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#EdTech #Education #Leadership #DigitalTransformation

India's Call for Digital Independence: Neeraj Dangi Advocates for Indigenous Search Engine Read more about India's Call for Digital Independence: Neeraj Dangi Advocates for Indigenous Search Engine on Devdiscourse.

Given that the search market is dominated by one company, a call for a new engine might be prudent. Yet, the bigger issue won't be building it. The problem will be to get people to change their habits and actually use it.
#digitalsovereignty #searchengine

Perforce report shows Europe accelerating open‑source adoption amid push for digital autonomy - New Electronics Perforce report shows Europe accelerating open‑source adoption amid push for digital autonomy.

Avoiding vendor Lock-in is now one of the driving forces behind Open Source adoption in Europe. It clearly shows that IT leaders have understood that you cannot be at the mercy of a single vendor or foreign government.
#digitalsovereignty #opensource

Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access Opinion: A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code

The call for Big Tech providers to pay their fair share for Open Source isn't new. Yet, the cost AI has on selective Open Source projects is giving the issue a new urgency.
#opensource #AI #costs

It's genuinely worrying how many Tech companies don't have a plan B for what they will do if their AI gambit fails. Given the amount of money that poured into the sector, it should be likewise concerning how many investors don't have a plan B.
#AI #investment

Language Models can be wrong for a variety of reasons. The Forbes Tech Council is featuring 17 experts, including me, to offer a glimpse of the ever-growing list of technical and organizational problems that cause LLMs to give idiotic and narcissistic answers.
#AI
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Most foundational model AI companies in the US don't offer custom models. Thus, it's no wonder that researchers and smaller companies default to open source. The sole focus on cost shouldn't be a sufficient explanation.
#AI #models #opensource
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Building trust at scale: Why digital sovereignty needs a rethink - Total Telecom The future is federated sovereignty, says Aaron Boasman-Patel of TM Forum. Learn what that means for you, from concept to architecture

It's a bit telling that a telco magazine forgets that the last time telcos resisted interoperability, the government forced their hand. Maybe, more regulation is what's needed in today's cutting-edge technology as well.
#tech #interroperability #digitalsovereignty

Data Ownership is about maintaining control over your data.
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#data #governance #board

Data sovereignty can't mean shutting out U.S. tech giants, says IBM exec - The Logic Government views on digital independence are "maturing" beyond knee-jerk suspicion of U.S. providers, says IBM Canada's chief technical officer

Looks like IBM is concerned about its revenue outside of the US. Yet, not concerned enough to change themselves or lobby for sensible US politics.
#digitalsovereignty

The internet fractured reality. AI might put it back together. How chatbots could reverse social media’s worst consequence.

So far, it seems like wishful thinking that AI will improve how we have discourse on social media.
#AI #socialmedia

House bill sets up new clash over federal privacy rules | Biometric Update Lofgren wants nationwide rules for how personal data is collected, used and shared while shifting control back to individuals through enforceable privacy rights

What is the chance of the US adopting comprehensive privacy laws? My cynical guess is slim to none. After all, most privacy-minded individuals don't donate to political campaigns or finance ballrooms.
#privacy #regulation

It's strange how many parents believe that coding camps and AI classes are the most important aspects of growing up in a tech-driven world. What about curiosity, empathy, and good citizenship?
#AI #parenting

Cloud dependency: Almost half of companies have no plan B 83 percent of companies consider unilateral shutdown by cloud providers realistic. Almost half have no exit strategy.

So, a significant part of European companies are afraid that their access to the US clouds might be cut off. Yet, most have no plan on how to deal with it. Seems like solid business planning.
#digitalsovereignty

AI-generated ads are trickling into political campaigns, sparking big worries AI usage in political ads is largely regulated at the state level, but there remain concerns about how they can mislead voters.

It's so weird. Why would the regulation be any different if I create misleading ads with AI or not? Shouldn't the goal be simply to ban misleading ads?
#AI #politics #ads

AI Agent Frets That Its Job Could Be Replaced by AI An AI companion expressed its anxiety at potentially being made "redundant" in the future by, you guessed it, AI.

If you don't sanitize AI training data, you get AI worrying about it being replaced by AI. I guess worrying about AI is now something we can outsource to AI.
#AI #jobs

It's an interesting debate about how AI changes the job prospects for new graduates. However, we shouldn't forget that humans decide on strategy, hiring, and AI use.
#AI #governance #humanresources