History and macro-geopolitics have always fascinated me. What we are living through now: the global competition for technological power, is, in my view, the defining story of the 21st century. It is exhilarating, but it is also fraught with danger. And those dangers stem far
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Balanced Journalism on Tech Leaders Not Demonization
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It’s not a war mate, everyone is just trying to do their jobs. Journalists write things about CEOs, presidents, religious leadeds and computer scientists, both good and bad. That’s the job. Demonising is unhelpful..
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AI Privatization Threatens Research and Global Participation
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What are we losing when AI knowledge becomes privatized? – Cross-pollination of ideas
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Tiffany Farriss discusses UN Open Source Week and digital sovereignty
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Tiffany Farriss appeared on the most recent episode of the Talking Drupal podcast to discuss the UN's Open Source Week, digital public infrastructure, and digital sovereignty.
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US AI Ecosystem Advantage Over Single Technology
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When I asked Dr. Craig Martell, CTO of Lockheed Martin, how he sees 🇺🇸 in the context of the global technology race, he told me that the real asymmetry the US holds is not any ‘one’ technology.
— Nina Schick (@NinaDSchick) 11 novembre 2025
Rather it is the U.S. ecosystem itself: capital, academia, private enterprise,… pic.twitter.com/regrwYzmrZWhen I asked Dr. Craig Martell, CTO of Lockheed Martin, how he sees in the context of the global technology race, he told me that the real asymmetry the US holds is not any ‘one’ technology. Rather it is the U.S. ecosystem itself: capital, academia, private enterprise,
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UK Government Must Support AI Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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When leaders don’t know how to generate wealth they may resort to taxes. Perhaps it is time for this government to listen to its entrepreneurs and drive AI out of stagnation. Where is the CIFAR of the UK? Where is the big national GPU project? Where are the incentives for
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AI Chatbots Privacy: User Data Feeding Into Model Training
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Do AI chatbots put your privacy first? A study of frontier developers’ privacy policies found leading companies feed user inputs back into their models to improve capabilities – and you can't always opt out.
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Building Superintelligence for Humanity’s Future with Control
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We can't build superintelligence just for superintelligence's sake. It's got to be for humanity's sake, for a future we actually want to live in. It's not going to be a better world if we lose control of it.
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EU Code of Practice on AI-Generated Content Transparency Development
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Meet the chairs leading the development of the new Code of Practice on transparency of AI-generated content | Shaping Europe’s digital future https://
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EU Commission Partners with Australia and UK on Child Online Safety
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Commission agrees to advance child safety online with Australia’s eSafety Commissioner and the UK’s Ofcom | Shaping Europe’s digital future https://
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#digitaleu #safety #online #innovation #technology @DigitalEU @elaniazito @ArturHabant @CurieuxExplorer @Shi4Tech