It’s AI transparency day. From today 🇪🇺’s transparency rules apply so you know when you are dealing with an AI system Infographic: AP 🇳🇱
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Claes de Vreese
Профиль VivelyProfessor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || AlgoSoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff || 🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇺🏃🏼🧪☕️🍿🐶🟥🦋
Will X truly give needed researcher data access? Good piece focusing on the specifics of data scope, metadata, and data operations. “Six months from now, that should be the standard against which compliance is established” @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/what-xs-corr...
‘The ruling marks an important limit on the administration’s anti-“censorship” campaign: The government cannot claim to defend free expression while using immigration law to punish researchers’ Great breakdown of the research win in @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/trump-cannot...
“This looks like a golden age for specific groups and likely for tech and venture capitalists” I spoke to @theverge.com about the new 🇺🇸 plans for funding science, undercutting universities, and prioritizing private interests #tech-broification of science. www.theverge.com/science/9705...
‘science for a golden age’ is cover for undermining research universities and funding the administration’s AI/ tech buddies @techpolicypress.bsky.social 🎯 www.techpolicy.press/ostp-vision-...
Even better 🎯 Trump threatens EU with tariffs because the EU requires US tech companies to abide by European market and democracy regulations www.ft.com/content/9b81...
The European Commission preliminary finds TikTok in breach of Digital Services Act #DSA for failing to ensure safe accounts for minors. Based on an in-depth investigation of TikTok's interface, internal data, documents and expert interviews. TikTok may now respond. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
The US accuses the EU for causing unstable transatlantic relations. Because the EU is enforcing the DSA and DMA. Which the US and companies knew forever would be implemented and enforced. This line “real dialogue can only take place during a ceasefire” 👀 The audacity. ustr.gov/about/policy...
This report is required summer reading for university leadership and anyone engaged in higher education and research. Europe's answer must be an explicit commitment to and more investment in strong research universities.
Claes de VreeseComing after defunding agencies, cutting grants, and bullying universities, the new plan for science in the 🇺🇸 is ‘interesting’ … It will reduce the role of universities and center on AI, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in a new model for science. www.whitehouse.gov/science/
The European Commission fines Google €890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Coming after defunding agencies, cutting grants, and bullying universities, the new plan for science in the 🇺🇸 is ‘interesting’ … It will reduce the role of universities and center on AI, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in a new model for science. www.whitehouse.gov/science/
This story credits Member of the European Parliament @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org to call on Costa to "convene a special European Council summit dedicated to artificial intelligence as soon as possible." www.politico.eu/article/euro...
“The company behind ChatGPT said Hugging Face had detected and contained the agent” AI agents should *not* be described as human-like. They are not. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...