Good opinion piece, I wholeheartedly agree with the author on the topic. Like it or not, politics happen in organizations. Ignoring this fact is an enabler for bad decision making.
The European Commission plans are indeed short sighted... Hopefully they'll come to their senses and prioritize funds for FOSS.
When the European tech regulations encounter the changing geopolitical landscape... can we expect sparkles or the European Commission will cave in? I honestly hope it's the former.
It won't disappear that easily... Clearly the most radical supporters and architects of the Chat Control proposal won't let go. They don't want to respect people privacy and freedoms. Keep fighting!
The full report is really chilling. The amount of shady practice around that surveillance apparatus is staggering. It's apparently becoming somewhat successful commercially too.
Se might have dodged a bullet here... Until next time. Thanks to the coalition of countries which opposed this bill.
Interesting point of view. We point to China's system, but it's of course already in Western countries too... we just like to lie about it.
The approach is good, the results are encouraging as well. Not much effort and a very visible change. We need more such initiatives.
The situation is still complicated for maintainers... And companies benefiting from their free labor don't get it. This leads to really stupid situations.
Looked like a very bad idea in theory... now everyone can see how bad it is in practice. It's disappointing that the UK government decided to go that path.
A change in culture and political will is indeed necessary. The relationship between organisations and US cloud providers isn't healthy.
An old paper which is still very relevant today. It's very much written in the context of the early women's liberation movement, and yet the lessons a much more broadly applicable.
A long but important report in my opinion. Reading the executive summary is a must. This gives a good overview of the AI industrial complex and the type of society it's leading us into. The report algo gives a political agenda to put us on a better path.
I'm really glad about this interview. I've been thinking that Machiavelli texts have been wrongly considered for a long time now. It's time to reconsider what Machiavellian should really mean.
Interesting research, this gives a few hints at building tools to ensure some more transparency at the ideologies pushed by models. They're not unbiased, that much we know, characterising the biases are thus important.
It definitely has a point. The code output isn't really what matters. It is necessary at the end, but without the whole process it's worthless and don't empower anyone... It embodies many risks instead. I think my preferred quote in this article is this:
"We are teaching people that they are not worth to have decent, well-made things."
They've been warned of this leak by GitGuardian weeks ago... and did nothing. For people manipulating such sensitive data their security practices are preposterous.
A reminder that reckless political decisions can have dire consequences for quite a few FOSS projects.
Reminder of why privacy matter and why we shouldn't collectively give in to the data vultures.
Are they really believing their own lies now? More likely they're trying to manipulate clueless lawmakers at this point. They can't afford to let the circus end.