India blocks Telegram and passes on the cost of prevention

To prevent fraud relating to the retaking of the national entrance exam for medical degree programmes, the Indian government has suspended access to the platform even for users who are completely unconnected to the incident. This case illustrates the shift from cracking down on specific types of behaviour to the preventative and blanket restriction of communications: an approach that also sheds light on the controversial European initiatives on content moderation and the new British protocols for managing online crises by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica
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The Anthropic model freeze: why the AI race between the US and China hinges on technological dependence

The debate on artificial intelligence continues to be framed around the wrong question: who has the best model? It is a useful question for the market, for investors and for corporate communications, but it is not enough to understand the geopolitical dimension of the competition between the US and China by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net
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