A US court has attributed responsibility for access carried out via Perplexity’s AI assistant to the user, but has not ruled on a key issue: the liability of those who design software capable of operating on third-party infrastructure against the owner’s will by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian by Italian Tech – La Repubblica
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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”
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”
The agreement between Trump and Xi on TikTok: China remains in the American joint venture
The US president’s executive order ends the battle over the platform’s future. But between exemptions, Chinese quotas and political controls, doubts remain about the real scope of the decision by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by La Repubblica – Italian Tech Continue reading “The agreement between Trump and Xi on TikTok: China remains in the American joint venture”


