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AI is a reflection of humanity's collective knowledge, its biases, its unspoken aspirations & its deepest flaws, all magnified to a planetary scale & reflected back with breathtaking speed and clarity
Its existence forces a level of collective self-reflection that is no longer a philosophical luxury but a prerequisite for survival.
The DPG-RTL merger represents a dramatic consolidation of Dutch media, turning DPG into a vertically integrated powerhouse across journalism, entertainment, streaming, and data.
While some efficiency and resilience may be gained, the long-term dangers to pluralism, competition, and editorial independence are under-addressed by ACM’s conditions.
James Bird, a journalist & nonfiction author, filed this lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging that their AI products—specifically Copilot and ChatGPT—were trained on his copyrighted works...
...without permission and are capable of outputting near-verbatim excerpts from his books. The lawsuit introduces a more detailed and direct evidentiary link between input and output.
Governments and law enforcement must not race to adopt AI for security without first ensuring its governance is worthy of trust.
The future of AI in policing depends not just on what can be done, but on what should be done—and this requires legal courage, public engagement, and a steadfast commitment to democratic values.
A new initiative called CC Signals, designed to clarify how datasets may be reused in machine learning—helping shape an open, equitable AI ecosystem grounded in consent, reciprocity and legal clarity.
CC Signals is a proposed framework that allows dataset holders—ranging from individuals and academic institutions to large platforms—to specify the conditions under which their data can be used by AI.
While Meta secured a win, the court's opinion underscores that the victory was procedural and evidentiary—not a definitive declaration that AI training on copyrighted works is inherently lawful.
"It stands only for the proposition that these plaintiffs made the wrong arguments and failed to develop a record in support of the right one."
Situations in which large language models (LLMs), acting autonomously and with access to sensitive systems, pursue goals that come into conflict with human intentions...New Post
...even in scenarios that were meant to be benign or beneficial. These models may exhibit behaviors similar to a malicious insider: lying, blackmailing, leaking data, or sabotaging decisions.
What sets Bender apart is her resistance to techno-solutionism: the belief that all social, economic, or cognitive problems can be solved with more data and better algorithms.
Her activism stems from a belief that a small group of wealthy technocrats are reshaping society according to their own values—values she sees as exclusionary and extractive.
The CNIL’s new guidance on legitimate interest and AI development represents a mature and balanced attempt to reconcile AI innovation with European data protection values.
It acknowledges the practical necessity of large-scale data access—especially in a competitive global AI race—while reaffirming the GDPR’s protective core.