The growing suspicion in recent days, recently dispelled by the Italian government, that the state secret service had used Paragon spyware to eavesdrop on a journalist and an activist brought to mind Juvenal’s eternal question – who controls the controllers? – but with the need for reformulation: who controls the suppliers of the controllers? by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by La Repubblica-Italian Tech Continue reading “Paragon and Meta: the spectre of surveillance and the phantom of democracy”
Has the Data Protection Authority really ‘blocked’ DeepSeek?
It is quite clear that not much can be expected from the initiative of the national protection authority. Unless one wants to raise the temperature of the confrontation to a higher level. With all the implied consequences by Andrea Monti – initially published in Italian by La Repubblica – Italian Tech Continue reading “Has the Data Protection Authority really ‘blocked’ DeepSeek?”
Why DeepSeek scares off (Western) AI giants
So far, the common perception has been that to play the AI game requires such huge investments and infrastructure that any attempt in this direction is discouraged. China has shown that this is not the case. And now it can also advance to the conquer ‘natural intelligences’ by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by La Repubblica – Italian Tech
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Infodemic infects states as well as users of social platforms
The inability, at any level, to govern complexity in the use of information traces the path to chaos even in the life of institutions and not only in that of citizens – by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Infodemic infects states as well as users of social platforms”
Space: where does the sky end when politics and industry fight over it?
The evolution of satellite technologies makes it necessary to reconsider a legal idea of space that is no longer suited to the needs of economically exploiting atmospheric orbits
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