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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Webscraping and AI Datasets: if the purpose is in the public interest there is no copyright infringement

“The creation of a dataset … which can form the basis for the training of artificial intelligence systems, can certainly be considered scientific research … Although the creation of the dataset as such may not be immediately associated with an increase in knowledge, it constitutes an essential step for the goal of using it to subsequently acquire the knowledge in question ’ – by Andrea Monti – originally published in Strategikon – Italian Tech-La Repubblica
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Foreign Cloud must block copyright-infringing access

Domestic Courts have jurisdiction over copyright infringements committed through a foreign-based cloud. With its 4 November 4, 2022 ruling, the XIV Section of the Milan Tribunale delle imprese (Business Court) marks a significant point – although still only of merit – in the fight against online piracy – by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by IlSole24Ore Continue reading “Foreign Cloud must block copyright-infringing access”

Regione Lazio, a ransomware and the Italian public policy about digital technology

The ransomware that hit the Regione Lazio infrastructure exposes once again the decades-old problem of the Italian public policy on technology. There has been a time when the Country had the chance to decide for the best. It did not by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Strategikon – an Italian Tech Blog. Continue reading “Regione Lazio, a ransomware and the Italian public policy about digital technology”