By adding new connected power inverters and advanced robotic devices manufactured abroad to the Covered List, Washington is turning technological dependence into a matter of national security. Applied consistently, this same criterion forces the European Union to question US control over the platforms and accounts on which its administrations, services and infrastructure depend initially published in Italian by La Repubblica-Italian Tech by Andrea Monti Continue reading “Why the US ban on Chinese robots also affects Europe”
The US Supreme Court May Call Data Exchanges with EU Countries into Question
The decision on the independence of the Federal Trade Commission does not directly concern the GDPR, but it may weaken one of the political and legal assumptions underpinning the EU-US Data Privacy Framework – By Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian on La Repubblica-Italian Tech
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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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Why ignoring China’s industrial progress in chip technology is dangerous for the EU
Huawei’s announcement of a new chip design philosophy for AI marks a further step towards Beijing’s decoupling from Western technologies, which risk remaining trapped by their structural limitations by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue reading “Why ignoring China’s industrial progress in chip technology is dangerous for the EU”
Hanta, Ebola and the forgotten lesson of Covid: why contact tracing remains a taboo
These new cases do not herald a pandemic, but they do raise a question that remained unresolved after 2020: to what extent can the protection of personal data and public health coexist? by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica Continue reading “Hanta, Ebola and the forgotten lesson of Covid: why contact tracing remains a taboo”