Uitstekend opiniestuk van Alain Platel: waarom de beslissing van het Gent Festival van Vlaanderen om het optreden van Lahav Shani te schrappen legitiem is. www.demorgen.be/meningen/dat...

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 📣 We evaluated public accountability and regulatory expectations for AI in journalism. We conducted focus groups with Dutch citizens. Some results 👇🧵 Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

My first podcast appearance-and what a great company to appear in–I'm floored. I was very happy to chat w @themaybe.org on how the hidden costs of digital sovereignty play out in the Greek context coorganised with @laurensnaudts.bsky.social & @plixavra.bsky.social www.themaybe.org/podcast/afte...

Next week our annual summer course on Privacy Law and Policy is starting with great lecturers lined up for 8 sessions during the week. On Wednesday we have @laurensnaudts.bsky.social & Charlotte Ducuing doing a session on Social Justice and AI:

Where do we stand, and how did we get here. Excellent opening panel AoIR Flashpoint Symposium with @natalihelberger.bsky.social - how regulation shapes online spaces: risk-based frameworks strive toward safety, but do not incentivise social innovation

Sinds Draghi wordt de regeldruk in Europa gezien als hét probleem van dit moment. Vandaag staan @rodeeconoom.bsky.social en ik in het @fd.nl. Wij plaatsen kanttekeningen bij dit verhaal. Want in Europa liggen de winsten hoger, is de regeldruk lager en zijn uitkomsten beter dan in de VS. 🧵(1/8)

Als je Meta gebruikt, zal Meta vanaf morgen je data gebruiken voor ontwikkelen van AI. Dat is een slecht idee. Teken vandaag dan ook bezwaar aan tegen deze actie. In @devolkskrant.bsky.social leg ik uit waarom @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social (afbeelding) legt uit hoe www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

🎯 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 🎯 We explored how audiences perceive rights and accountability in the context of AI disclosures. We share insights from group interviews in the Netherlands. @aimediademlab.bsky.social 📄 Full preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...

Handy little thread re: all the inevitable "we've heard a lot of critique, what about the benefits?!"-comments at the @algosoc.org conference. 👇

Get ready and get creative for the upcoming edition of GiKii "Technology in its villain era?" bringing together law, technology and popular culture from angles you never thought of before. Happening in Amsterdam (hybrid also possible) on 11-12/09/25! www.gikii.org/gikii-2025-a...

Centering society and it’s needs in AI is critical in current challenges. Keynote by @natalihelberger.bsky.social #AlgoSoc2025

In de plaats wil Orban intrek nemen in de fascisme eregalerij. www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/h...

"Jongeren steeds minder tolerant tegenover lgbtq+: ‘Homofobie wordt genormaliseerd’" www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/j...

another normal day in the White House

The "Literally Hitler" counter-protester (video linked in article) should work a bit more on his German accent www.wired.com/story/proud-...

@demorgen.be : er lijkt binnen dit artikel wel enig bewustzijn dat de diefstal van OpenAI - hoewel juridisch in een schemerzone - toch moreel laakbaar is. Waarom dan die boel als krant legitimeren door een man die De Morgen leest af te beelden in Ghibli stijl? www.demorgen.be/nieuws/u-zag...

Alarmerend evolutie risico aanpak AI Act aangaande grote modellen: Discriminatie "mogelijk" een systeemrisico, maar eerder een "ander" type risico. Discriminatie is een structureel, maatschappelijk probleem: het IS een systeemrisico, ALTIJD al geweest www.techpolicy.press/human-rights...

Zware twijfel over de rechtmatigheid van de beoogde bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs: en dat wist de minister zelf ook, maar hij negeerde interne stukken van zijn eigen ministerie... www.ad.nl/politiek/int... ...>

How courageous.

“Utopian or dystopian, both forms of AI hype are united in one sense: they respond to the only vision of a future anybody is offering at all.”

Given everything going on, I thought it might be useful to repost my 2022 research article on Elon Musk's management by celebrity... 1/5 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

These "federal agents" abducted a student at Tufts University in Somerville Massachusetts, covering their faces with black cloth. What are the mayor, governor, other politicians, Tufts leadership, doing? www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuFI...

As EU-US relations change Europe must stand firm for the DSA The DSA is imperfect, it cannot fix everything. But the DSA is a shield to defend European democracy. @dscheykopp.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social and I argue this in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⬇️ www.techpolicy.press/will-europe-...

This is why: a) people need strong privacy protection and b) must be made aware as to why they need strong privacy protection, and why they should maintain some caution toward companies trading in genetic data. www.404media.co/dna-of-15-mi...

Tomorrow, we're discussing my book on mass data surveillance (e.g. PNR, AML and ECS data retention schemes) and its intersection with predictive policing at the @iipp-ucl.bsky.social in person and online! Join us via the link below 👇

Of niet. Dit soort verhalen nemen we maar beter met een serieuze korrel zout en @eryk.bsky.social legt in Tech Policy Press uitstekend uit waarom: www.techpolicy.press/most-researc...

Well ...this fund is funded with existing funding from the science foundation (no additional funding) so that money cannot be spent elsewhere (zero sum game). And the 'we value science and talent' political rhetoric comes amidst huge budget cuts in higher ed and research nltimes.nl/2025/03/20/n...

One thing about the budget cuts in Dutch higher education should be crystal clear by now: this was never about the money. The government has the funds to support higher education, but *chooses* to harm institutions that don’t align with right-wing orthodoxy. www.dutchnews.nl/2025/03/dutc...

Het lijkt er toch steeds meer op dat Eppo Bruins de meest incompetente en opportunistische minister van OCW is die Nederland in mensenheugenis heeft gehad. Eerst een sector helemaal in crisis storten, en dan, terwijl er een miljard bezuinigd wordt, >

Next month in Internet Policy Review: an article on 'Gaming the System-as-a-service' (GaaS) I wrote together with my colleague Hao Wang. We explore how platforms -- which often decry regulation because of alleged gaming the system risks -- introduce and monetize exploitative pay-to-win-esque GaaS.

Most researchers don’t believe AGI is coming any time soon. But policy makers are steering policy toward AGI anyway. In this article for Tech Policy Press, a look at the distortions the AGI Frame introduces to policymaking. #ai #criticalai #aipolicy In @techpolicypress.bsky.social

Meanwhile in the EU: budget cuts in higher education/research (eg NL), scarce job opportunities in EU academia, low wages (esp. compared to private sector) and precarious contracts, housing crises across major cities and crazy living costs. Address the issues or risk worsening the asymmetries.

Verbijsterend dit. Jarenlang ging het (terecht) over het probleem van bias in AI-modellen. En nu zegt het instituut NIST onder druk van Trump: fuck AI Safety en AI Fairness. AI hoeft niet eerlijk te zijn, als het maar Amerikaans, groot en powerfull is.

New piece in Tech Policy Press builds on the collective work from the “AGI Should Not Be The North Star Goal of AI Research” paper with my own argument — that AGI frames also distort the perspective of policymakers shaping AI regulation. www.techpolicy.press/most-researc... #aipolicy

Idee van FTC was altijd dat de toezichthouder onafhankelijk was. Is niet meer zo: Trump ontslaat de twee Democratische leden. Ook delete de FTC ruim 300 blogs van de techkritische oud-voorzitter Khan. Plaveit allemaal de weg naar een non-kritische waakhond www.volkskrant.nl/tech/trump-m...

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

Thanks 5000 students and colleagues who come out in ☀️ Amsterdam today to protest cuts in higher education and science. #DoeHetNiet #stopthecuts @woinactie.bsky.social First strikes were in Leiden, Utrecht, Nijmegen. After Amsterdam, Groningen is next 💪🏽

During the festivities of Ramadan that is. The goal is to eradicate Palestinian life and remove it from its native land. They know they won’t achieve neither, so they are determined to making Palestinians’ life a living hell. We have to keep pushing our institutions to BDS the last apartheid state.

During a workshop on 30-31 January, we critically examined #digitalsovereignty through a #feminist lens. Our collective writing exercise resulted in a blog post just published on Critical Legal Thinking. It is available via the link below! criticallegalthinking.com/2025/03/18/t...

Lest we forget: we (rightfully) condemn Trump's fascist policies, but they not fringe. The EU's longstanding rise of the right will take its opportunity to curb fundamental freedoms, through budget cuts, or in the case of Hungary, prohibiting pride. www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/t...

For self proclaimed free speech warriors, the administration and the #bigtech alliance is doing a remarkable job at - oppressing free press; - denying journalists' rights; - departing from fact checking; - defunding independent journalism designed to counter propaganda www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

I keep thinking of all the nephrology patients who have been scheduled on Dr. Alawieh’s calendar for months who are about to get a political education they never expected. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...

Gaming has strayed too far from what it once was. We need to go back to our roots. Bring back big head modes and cheat codes that unlock silly costumes

Extreem problematisch indien de enige optie effectief "verbergen" zou zijn: dan is het mensen zonder toestemming inschrijven in een systeem van menselijk en planetaire uitbuiting.

This should terrify every person in this country. The use of machine learning systems to approximate an individuals views on war and then, if they are here lawfully on a visa, tag them for deportation is about as sci-fi dystopian as it gets. www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...

Belangrijk! 🚨 Vrijwel alle data van burgers & de overheid staan opgeslagen op servers van Amerikaanse techbedrijven als Microsoft, Google & Amazon. Daarmee is Europa niet alleen militair, maar ook digitaal zeer afhankelijk van de US. Inzichten v oa @natalihelberger.bsky.social nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...