📄 New White Paper: "Beyond AI & Copyright: Funding a Sustainable Information Ecosystem." @paulk.bsky.social examines how AI impacts information control, argues for public AI models, and proposes a levy system on commercial AI services to support the digital commons. openfuture.eu/publication/...

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Great intervention by @pablovalerio.bsky.social from @eetimes.bsky.social on the geopolitics of @riscv.org.web.brid.gy and chips manufacturing. m.youtube.com/watch?v=e5XD...

This great piece from Benjamin Braun and Cedric Durand, on the factions competing over the White House through the mess of US decline, has given me some of the greatest clarity on what is going on right now. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ame...

The Last Currency: On Crypto and the Banality of Extinction thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-last-cur... #ClimateChange #Crypto #LIbertarianism #Musk via @mitpress.bsky.social

"La justice allemande a, cependant, reconnu le principe d’une responsabilité mondiale des énergéticiens dans les dommages liés au changement climatique, où qu’ils se produisent, ce qui constitue un précédent juridique d’ampleur selon les défenseurs de l’environnement." www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

The EU’s 3% Digital Services Tax (DST) proposal stalled in 2018, but with rising financing needs, could it be revived? Our new report finds a renewed DST could generate EUR 37.5 billion by 2026, or 19% of the EU’s 2025 budget. LEARN MORE 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...

The Anti-Capitalist Case for Standards thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-anti-cap... #Capitalism #EssentialKnowledge #Standards via @mitpress.bsky.social

They deserve some kind of award at Bloomberg for making these excellent visualizations of monopolization tendencies in the AI supply chain.

Let's hit Trump's Tech Bros with that EU Digital Services Tax finally

🛠️ Key takeaway from @ngicommons.bsky.social “Public Policies for Digital Commons” webinar: Open source software (OSS) is critical infrastructure, like roads & bridges. Read more and watch the discussion: openfuture.eu/event/public...

Northvolt, once hailed as Europe’s homegrown battery champion that could rival Chinese dominance, has officially gone bankrupt.

Les seuils de pollution de l’air préconisés par l’OMS sont dépassés dans la quasi-totalité des pays, dont la France, d'après une étude d'IQAir. Seuls 12 territoires sur 138 évalués ne dépassent pas les normes de particules fines. Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/ist

The EU's next budget needs rethinking: current spending is too dispersed, overly focused on “disruptive” tech rather than infrastructure. Read Zuzanna Warso's analysis on why we need a more practical, needs-based approach. Published at @tspbackground.bsky.social (in German).

There’s a discussion brewing in Brussels – a discussion about whether European public authorities should be forced to buy part of their digital needs from European companies. #EU #EuropeanUnion #digitalsovereignty #eurostack

The @ec.europa.eu proposed the policy agenda for the European Research Area for 2025-2027, containing many key steps to unlock #research and #science in Europe in line with our ideas for a #DigitalKnowledgeAct. Our take on the proposal: communia-association.org/2025/03/10/e...

Chat-based search apps are often "confidently wrong" in attributing and citing news stories... particularly Grok, which performs abysmally. Terrific study from CJR: www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

For anyone trying to make sense of the current mess in the transatlantic alliance — and how, after years of fueling the divide between the EU and Russia, parts of US diplomacy brutally switched to playing directly for Putin’s interests — I can highly recommend a recent French documentary movie.

Tell me you are a Nazi without telling me you are a Nazi.

The EU must fund and govern digital commons as part of long-term public infrastructure to escape a cycle of dependency on US or Chinese tech firms, writes Jan Krewer. www.techpolicy.press/looking-for-...

The EU must fund and govern digital commons as part of long-term public infrastructure to escape a cycle of dependency on US or Chinese tech firms, writes Jan Krewer.

The EU: "We need the European Telcos to build alternatives to US Big Tech in line with our values and rules". The EU Telcos: "We need to do exactly what Big Tech is doing in the US". www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Von der Leyen has just announced the Commission's "Rearm Europe" plan. The most important parts target national fiscal space: The Commission will activate the national escape clauses in the fiscal rules and put a new loans-based instrument on the table. Here is what it means:

"How the EU distorts data to justify green deregulation" via @euobserver.com euobserver.com/green-econom...

"Calls for boycotting US products spread in northern Europe3 via @lemonde-en.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

🔍 Join us on March 5, 13:30 CET, for the "Public Policies for #DigitalCommons" in Europe webinar, organized by @ngicommons.bsky.social. With @jankrewer.bsky.social , Felix Reda, Emma Ghariani, @diegonaranjo.bsky.social & @paulk.bsky.social. 🎟️ Register free: ti.to/ngi-commons/... #EUTechPolicy

🚨 The EP’s ITRE Committee will release a report on technological sovereignty—coordinated by far-right MEP Sarah Knafo (Reconquête!). While echoing the EU’s industrial agenda, it also fuels a deregulation push. 👉 Read our take: openfuture.eu/blog/own-ini...

Join @ngicommons.bsky.social webinar: Public Policies for Digital Commons–March 5 (13:30 CET). With @jankrewer.bsky.social, Felix Reda, Emma Ghariani, @diegonaranjo.bsky.social and @paulk.bsky.social on the evolution of digital commons policies and their future. 🎟️ Register: ti.to/ngi-commons/...

In my latest, I track the genealogy of "digital public infrastructure", showing all that has been excised from the concept to make it convenient for IOs, funders and govts. "Digital public infrastructure" has captured the imagination but it must be reinvigorated if it is to be worth its name.

🇪🇺 The #EuroStack report drops today. From chips to cloud, this is the most ambitious plan yet for European tech sovereignty. But can a single fund tackle it all? Our analysis, written by @jankrewer.bsky.social, explores the opportunities and challenges ahead: openfuture.eu/blog/eurosta...

Petition to automatically replace "we need less bureaucracy and more free innovation" by "the people should mind their own business and let rich men decide what is good for the future" everywhere whenever it appears. #aisummit #competitivenesscompass

Incredible: Chinese researchers using *domestic* chips and software optimization techniques get a ten-fold (!) boost over Nvidia's GPUs www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

The #EuroStack Report is out! It is about building a European alternative, to empower citizens, workers, industries to reclaim control of their digital future. Read the report! www.euro-stack.info @bertelsmannst.bsky.social @ucl-iipp.bsky.social @ceps.eu @stiftungmercator.bsky.social

🆕 Check out CommonsDB, an @ec.europa.eu-funded project creating a prototype registry for public domain and open-licensed works. We are working with @liccium.com, @europeana.bsky.social, @wikimediase.bsky.social and @ivir-uva.bsky.social to strengthen #DigitalCommons. openfuture.eu/blog/open-fu...

How do you define #DigitalCommons and their relationship with #PublicDigitalInfrastructure? 📹 Watch this video presentation from @ngicommons.bsky.social at #FOSDEM: video.ngi.eu/w/8Je6q94Ugp... 📖 If you'd like to learn more, download @jankrewer.bsky.social 's report: openfuture.eu/publication/...

🇪🇺A bold vision for Europe’s digital future. In a recent column, @martinsandbu.ft.com draws on the forthcoming 'EuroStack' report, led by IIPP Prof @francescabria.bsky.social. ✍️Read the column here: https://buff.ly/3EyxpyP 🔗Read the report executive summary here: https://buff.ly/42QFMzQ

Open Source AI is eating closed-source’s lunch (again). Jim Zemlin explains why the community’s rapid-fire releases are outpacing the biggest players in the game. The speed of innovation is unreal:

📱 “Welcome to the harsh reality of money and politics!” Missed opportunities in #BigTech regulation have left crucial challenges unaddressed. Article by @avilarenata.bsky.social and @burcuno.bsky.social in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⬇️ www.techpolicy.press/ready-for-th... #DigitalRights

How does DeepSeek's hype reflect the AI industry, national strategies, and hidden human costs? In our new DiPLab policy memo, we offer recommendations for navigating inflated claims from tech giants, unaccountable governments, and ambitious startups. diplab.eu/diplab-relea...

⛓️‍💥How can Europe become less dependent on #BigTech? IIPP's @ceciliarikap.bsky.social recently published a new op-ed in @lemonde.fr together with @cedricdurand.bsky.social‬ , building on their recent paper on reclaiming digital sovereignty. ✍️Read more here: https://buff.ly/4ha2JBX

This impressive map of Africa's deposits of critical minerals (from today's Le Monde) makes it clear why America and China view it as a key battle ground

🇪🇺 From open access to collective governance of digital infrastructures. Find out more about the European policies that have supported #DigitalCommons over the past 20 years in our latest report for @ngicommons.bsky.social: openfuture.eu/publication/... #EU #digitalsovereignty #opensource #fosdem

Will you be in Paris for the AI Summit? Then join us on the 9th for an evening talking about @freeourfeeds.com and the future of social! lu.ma/cyybgppx?loc...

“we can’t innovate as well as the chinese so we need the government to stop them from beating us”

As 🇪🇺redefines its industrial strategy amidst rising geopolitical tensions and external interference [email protected] research paper highlights how commons-based approaches can support innovation and autonomy.#digitalsovereignty #opensource @openfuture.bsky.social @jankrewer.bsky.social

OpenAI right now

Our latest report explores 20 years of EU policies supporting #digitalcommons and the shift from open access to collective governance of key digital infrastructures. 🛋️ Read more here: openfuture.eu/publication/... Cc: @ngicommons.bsky.social @jankrewer.bsky.social

🔧 Global chip shortages during COVID-19 led to massive investments to secure semiconductor supply chains. As geopolitical tensions rise, the EU and China explore #OpenSourceHardware as a path to digital sovereignty. Read Jan Krewer's analysis: openfuture.eu/blog/free-ch... #DigitalCommons