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“The problem is that our rules assume technology is either a product (regulated for physical safety), a service (regulated for speech), or an app (governed through platforms). Embodied AI is all three, but no single regulatory agency or statute can oversee the full picture,” writes Matt Steinberg.

"US Tiktok users would be asked to shift to new app" controlled by Trump friends Oracle and Andreessen Horowitz. Good fuckin' luck with that.

Let me guess: it involves selling TikTok's U.S. domestic operations to the right wing Ellison family and Oracle, who'll combine CBS/Paramount/Time Warner/CNN with TikTok to create one of the most effective right wing propaganda machines ever constructed?

One of the first public signs the Korean govt is coming to grips with the new reality in the US. Fon Min Cho Hyun: “I could feel this is no longer the US which had really cooperated well with allies and friendly nations in the past.” 1/ www.joongang.co.kr/article/2536...

Tech keeps reshaping democracy In 🇦🇱, an Al avatar was appointed as Minister In Nepal, Gen Z protesters toppled the gov & elected a new head of state via Discord. In 🇺🇸, the bullet casings found related to the assassination of Charlie Kirk were inscribed with meme references. Substack link ⬇️

I had my first fight with a bot today. And noticed too late. It feels funny.

Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, one of our most-read stories was about the small talk that was accidentally caught by a mic and broadcast as the two leaders headed to the military parade in Beijing on.ft.com/4ga7rAz

Leaving typos in emails is the new verifier „this is not AI“ was not on my bingo list for now… but here we are.

New substack post ⬇️ On the hype that contrasts human intelligence & AI - a comparison that weakens our understanding of what makes human intelligence unique and valuable. And about systems being developed that don't solve problems but create dependency (Grok's Ani AI bot, Meta's sensual bot).

The Confederacy has invaded Washington DC.

"There is a name for the discrepancy between the strength of Trump’s radical political agenda and the inadequacy of the European response to it: “vassalisation heureuse” a sort of willing submission." www.ft.com/content/0fa0...

Er hat #Grundrechte und #Verfassung nicht verstanden, aber ist für die #Strafverfolgungsbehörden tätig und #Palantir sei "alternativlos" 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ "Der Landesvorsitzende der Gewerkschaft der #Polizei Bayern, Florian Leitner, sagte im Deutschlandfunk..." www.n-tv.de/politik/Just...

The Online Safety Act was not supposed to be used to suppress facts of public interest, even if uncomfortable. This trend is worrying when opaque rules are now applied to make these decisions, especially in the current political climate. My interview ‪@matt-murphy96.bsky.social‬ tinyurl.com/5fdwmzp5

The IDF reportedly uses Chinese commercial drones for its operations in Gaza: “Soldiers most commonly use EVO drones, produced by the Chinese company Autel, which are primarily intended for photography. However, with a military-issued attachment, a hand grenade can be affixed to the drone”

„Es geht nicht nur darum, wie schnell das zu erstellen ist (...), sondern dass jeder Zugang dazu hat“, so #KI- Expertin @katjamunoz.bsky.social im @zdfde.bsky.social -Morgenmagazin zum Thema Deepfakes. Zudem müsse man auch an die Social-Media-Plattformen herantreten. Zum Beitrag: buff.ly/RfTmYzQ

This is shattering, must-read journalism from @leloveluck.bsky.social, Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Siham Shamalakh, Miriam Berger and @cheesemanab.bsky.social. Glad it is getting the front-page treatment it merits. Gift link for non-subscribers is here: wapo.st/3GXPS9A

It strikes me that Germany has a similar illusion regarding its influence on Israeli policy making as it had on Russia, before the 2022 invasion. Some idea about a special relationship which gives it special access. It’s just that that doesn’t seem to have any impact in the real world.

New from 404 Media: LeBron James' lawyers send cease-and-desist to AI company making pregnant videos of him. Marks one of the first known times that a celebrity has threatened legal action against an AI company for enabling nonconsensual AI imagery of their likeness www.404media.co/lebron-james...

WSJ is not playing… gloves are more than off.

I mean look at this madness.

Latent Labs launches web-based AI model to democratize protein design

Deutschlands digitalisierungsbemuhungen in a nutshell. Nicht alles ist schlimm, aber es gibt halt auch solche Fälle.

Faced with Trump's 30% tariff, the EU urgently needs a comprehensive map of its retaliatory options; ranging across goods, services, IP, digital, finance & people-to-people measures (including their cost to Europe). Fortunately, we @ecfr.eu have already published that map: ecfr.eu/publication/...

Der Fall Brosius-Geradorf ist der Beweis, dass orchestrierte Kampagnen demokratische Institutionen direkt beeinflussen können. Der perfekte use-case, der aufzeigt wie Desinfo-akteure erfolgreich alternative Realitäten in den parlamentarischen Raum projizierte. open.substack.com/pub/bravenew...

“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.” www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

NEW by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: Jack Dorsey launched his new "secure" peer-to-peer messaging app Bitchat this week. But now Dorsey says the app wasn't tested for security issues before its launch... and researchers are already finding bugs.

The newest *tweaks* to get Grok to be less woke has it spewing antisemitic garbage.

Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which includes a list of the top downloaded papers on #AI in Law for Q2 of 2025. Read More: http://spkl.io/63329ABA6R#blog#AI#LawSky #AICommunity

„(...) weil wir jetzt eigentlich schon fast dem Status ähnlich sind einer digitalen Kolonie“, sagt unsere Expertin @katjamunoz.bsky.social im „DLF: KI verstehen“- #Podcast mit Blick auf die 🇪🇺 Abhängigkeit von 🇺🇸-Tech-Giganten im Bereich Künstlicher Intelligenz #KI. buff.ly/1BMJacg

The hardest part of digital policy research isn't keeping up with the latest AI breakthrough or platform controversy. It's knowing when NOT to have an immediate opinion. My take in this in my new substack ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/bravenew...

Neue Folge ForeignTimes (Premium): Ich habe mich mit @katjamunoz.bsky.social über technologische Abhängigkeiten und KI-Manipulationen unterhalten. foreigntimes.de/2025/06/26/p...

Im Podcast von @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy spreche ich über: KI aus Europa und Auswege aus der Abhängigkeit von US-Tech-Giganten. Eine spannende Diskussion darüber, wie Europa seine digitale Zukunft selbst gestalten kann, statt nur Zuschauer zu bleiben www.deutschlandfunk.de/ki-europa-so...

I wouldn’t say it’s dead… but trust has relocated, from institutions (also media) to individuals (influencers/politicians, etc)

Will Zuckerberg's grand vision become reality & most of our interactions will be with Al? What will society look like, when some of its members will be artificial? What happens when relationships become algorithmic? My new Substack ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/bravenew...

Europeans thought handling the US might be the big problem at the NATO summit next week, but handling fellow Europeans might just be as challenging... www.politico.eu/article/nato...

Problem here is the MAGA Camp. They don’t like war - See Tucker Carlson, Matt Getz, Majore Taylor Green voicing protest.

BREAKING: President Trump delays the U.S. TikTok ban again.

What are the fundamental forces shaping social media? Understanding these forces could save democracy and is far more than just academic curiosity. It's strategic necessity. open.substack.com/pub/bravenew...

In einem Strategiepapier für den TUM Think Tank fordert unsere #Technologie -Expertin @katjamunoz.bsky.social gemeinsam mit Forscherkolleg*innen, „ (...) die Gunst der Stunde zu nutzen und übermäßige und einseitige technologischen Abhängigkeiten der EU abzubauen“.

What will be the impact of AI flooding Social Media? When AI content becomes indistinguishable from human-created content, technical regulation alone cannot solve the problem A return of digital primitivism emerges, where people are seeking 'hyper-human' spaces open.substack.com/pub/bravenew...

My depressing suspicion is that there is ultimately no stepping back, because Trump is avidly looking for a pretext to march troops into cities. If that’s baked in, and I think it is, then it might be better if it happens sooner rather than later.

AI is flooding social media and changing our perception of reality… We are at a critical inflection point where the lines between human & artificial influence are blurring faster than our ability to comprehend the implications for all of us. My new substack ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/bravenew...

"Meta – yep, Facebook Meta – is now a defense contractor" www.theregister.com/2025/05/30/m...

A reminder: there is no singular "algorithm" here. Just saw two separate posts of people falsely claiming "the algorithm" is suppressing certain types of content here. But things are different here. You get to choose your own damn algorithm. Or make your own. bsky.app/feeds

Last week, #MPIL and @dgap.org launched the DGAP–Max Planck International Law & Policy Dialogue Series with a roundtable on hybrid threats and emerging technologies — fostering exchange between international law and foreign policy communities in Berlin.

Panelists: – Dr. @epobjie.bsky.social (MPIL / DGAP) – Loyle Campbell (DGAP) – Dr. Christian Schultheiss (MPIL) – @erik.d-64.social (MPIL) – Dr. @katjamunoz.bsky.social (DGAP) – Dr. @alexanderwentker.bsky.social (MPIL / HU Berlin) Moderation: @kemmereralex.bsky.social (MPIL)

TIL: Als Trick, um politische Themen wie Black Lives Matter auf TikTok zu pushen, Lipgloss aus dem TikTok-Shop ins Video einbauen. (@katjamunoz.bsky.social auf der #rp25 über strategische Authentizität und Manipulation)