The addict is telling everyone that addiction isn't a problem. I guess most of it isn't his money, so there is little to lose. #AI #business #bubble

Gartner estimates that by 2030, 75% of all companies outside the US will incorporate Digital Sovereignty into their business strategy. Given the increasing use of data for AI and espionage, we should move more quickly. #Digitalsovereignty

We often talk about digital sovereignty as a national or organizational goal—but shouldn’t it also apply to individuals? What good is collective control if we can’t exercise our own digital rights? Does digital sovereignty begin with governments, or with us? #digitalsovereignty #privacy

The way AI companies are behaving, it is a wonder that people aren't yet pitchforking executives. It isn't just about trust; it's a fundamental matter of behavior and hubris. #AI #morals

The funny thing about lamenting the "hidden-fragility" of open-source is that the same issues apply to proprietary software. Except in the case of closed-source, you are forced to trust the developers and don't have a way to verify or fix it. #opensource #digitalsovereignty

We do not need AI Morals. We need human oversight, human morals, and sustainable corporate cultures. Everything else is abdicating a fundamental part of our humanity to a computer. #AI #morals

Open-Source isn't just about money, but about staying in control of our digital life. www.korte.co/kani #opensource #digitalsovereignty

If push comes to shove, the US can SCA, enhanced by the Cloud ACT, compel Microsoft to disclose data in the EU and UK, potentially subjecting executives to fines and prison time. No promise made about "Data staying in the EU" will change that. #digitalsovereignty

The more Microsoft and others are pushing AI, the more we must acknowledge that only Open-Source can protect us from an AI overload. After all, even if a developer is going for AI integration, a fork can quickly remove it. (Just look at Firefox and Librewolf) #AI #opensource

It appears to be a global trend that privacy and individual liberties are being sacrificed at the altar of AI. To fight back, we must elect politicians who understand the importance of civil rights and use companies that respect privacy. #AI #surveillance #digitalsovereignty

Open-source is a requirement to defend the knowledge and freedom. Unless you know what is happening in your digital systems, you cannot trust any data they store or generate. #digitalsovereignty #opensource

If you wonder how big the push for Digital Sovereignty in Europe is, UBS has now identified it as an investment opportunity. #digitalsovereignty #europe #investment

Enhancing the privacy of your digital life is a must in today's hyper-surveillance and AI-driven world. IT'S FOSS has a great guide with some simple actions you can take today. Most of them work independently of your OS, but of course, Linux is the best basis! #privacy #foss

No need to worry about what happens if the US cuts off a nation from Google, ChatGPT, or Facebook. Instead, worry about what happens if they cut off AWS and Azure. The latest outages really show our dependencies on these hyper-scalers. #cloud #dependency #digitalsovereignty

I had a fantastic experience at Best Buy yesterday. I turned in a printer for recycling, and the employee asked whether I had wiped and reset it to ensure no personal data remained on it. I hope all employees ask that! #cybersecurity #data

Ghana is developing its own homegrown AI to counter digital colonialism. 80% of Africa's data flows to the US for processing, creating jobs on this side of the Atlantic while extracting cash from and devaluing education in developing countries. #digitalsovereignty

Wait, these shitty Flock AI cameras only become a privacy concern when someone who is not the police wants to look at them? They are the wet dream of any dictator and surveillance state, yet they seem to be more common than candy on Halloween. #surveillance #camera #freedom

It was acceptable when AI was just an excuse to lay off regular workers, but now AI is being used to lay off people on Wall Street! We have to stop this madness! Well, I guess any revolution truly eats its children. #AI #revolution #jobloss

For the past year, I've been getting a constant stream of offers to optimize my website and blog for search engines. Yet over the past week, it has changed, and now my inbox and comment section are filled with people offering to optimize my blog so it can be better digested by AI. #AI #optimization

Big Tech and the US Government are putting the EU under pressure to weaken its digital policies. I think that's an excellent reason to hold the line and for US states like California to consider similar regulations. #AI #regulations #tradewar

Microsoft's play on Digital Sovereignty is nothing but smoke and mirrors. The US Cloud Act can compel Microsoft to exfiltrate data at any point or install backdoors to facilitate such action. Only open-source guarantees freedom. #digitalsovereignty #opensource

While many Web Hosters are becoming big tech resellers, Ionos and Nextcloud just released an alternative to GSuite and M365. It's built entirely on open-source software and is even cheaper than most of its competitors. #opensource #office

Free Software Friday! LLMs come with their own specific set of cybersecurity risks. Garak can help you scan for these vulnerabilities and harden your models against prompt injection, data extraction, and other risks. #opensource #AI #freesoftwarefriday #cybersecurity

Moving Co-pilot's processing to local datacenters is nothing but an empty promise. First of all, verification is not possible with proprietary software. Second, Microsoft is still bound by the US Cloud Act and might have to exfiltrate the data #digitalsovereignty #opensource

Digital sovereignty and open-source adoption are global projects. For example, Kenia has just unveiled its new government office on open-source. #DigitalSovereignty #opensource

Everyone knows the answer to the valuation questions for Big AI companies. Yet, saying them out loud would immediately burst the bubble and thus the CEO's pay packages. #AI #bubble

Open source powers digital sovereignty worldwide! 🌍 Boost transparency, cut costs, and enhance security with open-source solutions. Discover why the ICC and others are making the switch. #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #TechForGood #Innovation #Cybersecurity

504 plans and IEPs are personalized learning plans that outline how teachers and schools support students with special needs. Yet, it seems that educators are using AI shortcuts to create the plans. #AI #education #specialneeds

Let's be real, the only problem Amazon has with perplexity shopping on Amazon on a user's behalf is that it isn't their browser, but one built by someone else. #AI #browser #amazon

Canada is building the illusion of a sovereign cloud. The US tech companies, and thus the US Cloud Act, continue to control the data of the Canadian Government and its citizens. #digitalsovereignty #cloud

Digital sovereignty means more than data center locations. It’s about true control over our digital lives. Open source & transparency empower us to own our data, avoid vendor lock-in, and shape a tech future aligned with our values. Control your data or risk losing it. #DigitalSovereignty

When I was at the prime gaming age, it was a technological challenge to get anything but the handful of open-source games to run on Linux. Now, SteamOS is nearing a 5% adoption rate, and the Windows 10 sunset might help it surpass that mark. #linux #gaming

It seems that OpenAI's approach to strategic partnerships is the same one it uses for generating revenue. Chaos and Backstabbing. What is the chance that this deal leads to the same pain as their partnership with Microsoft? #AI #openAI #businessstrategy

AI-powered attacks are evolving fast, but so should our defenses. Traditional training isn’t enough anymore. We need adaptive security training to beat sophisticated threats. Learn how to future-proof your team’s resilience. #Cybersecurity #AI #SecurityTraining

Halloween is over! Let's leave Zombie Accounts behind as well. www.korte.co/otuw #Cybersecurity #idm

Alphabet is raising money to make its own core product obsolete. So far, they have little to show for except making their search and marketing products worse and a collection of diverse nazi images. #AI #capital

The EU's new digital sovereignty scorecard will make it harder for US Companies to compete on the market. Let's hope that the US takes that as a hint to rethink its global espionage initiative. Yet, the chances are low. #digitalsovereignty #espionage

AI indeed risks us turning our world into a copy of Wall-E, where few of us think, and our planet is covered in layers of garbage. The only problem is that we are likely unable to build the giant spaceship. #AI #problems

Take one quick Action for Cybersecurity today: Review which cloud services own your data and control your life. #quickwin #cybersecurity #dataprivacy

In a clean room, it is impossible to distinguish AI-generated music from human compositions. Yet, in the real world, the feelings we associate with the music create significantly different reactions. #AI #music

Why are we trying to build humanoid robots? Most of us want something to iron and fold our laundry, not a bunch of avatars turning city centers into caricatures of the metaverse. #robots

Quest of the day: find a barely working app and make it worse by adding crypto and AI. The Winner: Elon Musk with X Chat

It's strange how many once-in-a-decade stock opportunities people have pitched me lately or written about online. Maybe I'm getting so old that I don't remember the decades that have passed in the last 7 days. #AI #stocks

It's strange how the convenience of things like our bookmarks or passwords keeps us tied to devices and software, even if we know we should have long abandoned them. Thankfully, there are open-source tools that can migrate you to better alternatives. #opensource #convenience

First AWS, then Azure. This week has truly shown the fragility of the centralized, hyper-connected cloud. It's especially fascinating, given that most of the old underlying tech was designed to survive a nuclear war. #outage #opensource #digitalsovereignty

It's fascinating that, a bit over a year ago, CrowdStrike brought down almost 9 million Windows computers due to shoddy engineering practices. Yet, today they are still trusted in AI and Cybersecurity. #cybersecurity #outage

For the Last 6 days, I've been trying a startup app that "uses AI to heal ailments through the power of focus and positive reinforcement." After trying it to fix my receding hairline, I'm now utterly convinced of the idea. They will be able to find enough idiots to pay $4.99/month for it. #AI

LLM Verification is nice, yet a bit pointless unless you know the training data. Right now, it's like guarding your drink from someone adding something, while not seeing what the bartender and dishwasher actually do. #LLM #verification

It certainly looks like Big Tech has a gambling problem. "Just one more GPU, and we will reach the big GenAI breakthrough!" Yet, none of these moonshots can answer how this breakthrough will actually help humanity (or at the very least win customers) #AI #gambling

You have to admire the confidence of the cybercriminals to release the HikvisionExploiter as open-source. They put their name on the line on the assumption that most users will never update their IoT cameras. Unfortunately, it is likely a safe bet. #cybersecurity #iot