Meta wants to acquire the Chinese startup Manus AI; Beijing responds by barring the founders from leaving China. It is not just control over technology but control over individuals that represents the new frontier of strategic knowledge dominance. A reflection by Andrea Monti, professor of digital identity, privacy, and cybersecurity at Sapienza University of Rome – Originally published on Formiche.net Continue reading “Why Beijing Is Banning Manus AI Founders From Leaving the Country”
The Anthropic project that will give Big Tech (and the US) unprecedented power
Claude Mythos promises to revolutionise software security, but it increases the concentration of technological, economic and strategic power in the hands of Big Tech by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian on Italian Tech-La Repubblica Continue reading “The Anthropic project that will give Big Tech (and the US) unprecedented power”
Social media and ‘addiction’: the Los Angeles ruling raises more questions than it answers
To attribute responsibility for individual behaviour tout-court to product design can profoundly alter the boundary between technological neutrality and active intervention in users’ decision-making processes, with effects that may extend far beyond the individual court case by Andrea Monti Continue reading “Social media and ‘addiction’: the Los Angeles ruling raises more questions than it answers”
Anthropic isn’t exactly a saint. Not as they’d have us believe
For about a week now, the dispute between Anthropic and the US Department of Defence has been dominating international news. Much has been written on the subject, but the legal action announced and subsequently brought by the company provides concrete evidence for understanding the nature of the dispute and, more generally, the current challenges surrounding the use of AI (not only) in the military sector – Initially published in Italian by La Repubblica – Italian Tech. Continue reading “Anthropic isn’t exactly a saint. Not as they’d have us believe”
The (real) reason why Anthropic says no to autonomous weapons
The American company refuses to allow its technologies to be used by the military for fully autonomous systems. But the real problem, rather than an ethical one, concerns the reliability of artificial intelligence in warfare by Andrea Monti – initially published in Italian by La Repubblica-Italian Tech Continue reading “The (real) reason why Anthropic says no to autonomous weapons”