Die neuen Kolonialmächte sind nicht mehr nur Staaten, sondern auch Firmen wie Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Huawei und DeepSeek.

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Großen Herausforderungen im Gesundheitswesen soll mittels Technik und Eigenverantwortung begegnet werden. Die Hoffnung: „KI“ und Digitali...

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There’s a lack of footage from the conflict and AI-generated content is filling the void.

A blog post by Patrick Brosset: How to convince your boss to sponsor Open Web Docs

Builder.ai, once a $1.5 billion 'AI' startup backed by Microsoft and QIA, is filing for bankruptcy. A lender seized $37M, crippling operations.

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I was on a panel on “AI” yesterday (was in German so I don’t link it i this post, specifics don’t matter too much) and a phrase came up that stuck with me on my way home (riding a bike is just the best thing for thinking). That phrase was AI systems are just tools […]

Wer die Dominanz von Microsoft, Google und Co beklagt, muss auch sagen, wie es dazu gekommen ist. Und dass es immer Alternativen gab. Was fehlte, war immer nur der politische Wille

AI's Legal and Ethical Challenges | Edition #184

Servo’s Technical Steering Committee is looking for feedback regarding our policy for contributions made with generative AI. The current policy, adopted in June 2024, is documented in the Servo boo...

This week, Bluesky hid accounts in for users in Turkey after a government order. I take a closer look at government censorship and ATProto, how geographic moderation labelers work, and the impact on t...

Cloud-Dienste und Plattformen kommen aus den USA, Mikrochips aus Taiwan, Seltene Erden aus China. Die Digitalisierung hat zu massiven Abhängigkeiten geführt, von denen Europa sich spätestens seit Dona...

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In a capitalist world, the often-overlooked systems of technical standards offer a rare example of economic collaboration that prioritizes the public good over profit.

How Silicon Valley got entangled in geopolitics—and lost.

Since the beginning of 2024, the demand for the content created by the Wikimedia volunteer community – especially for the 144 million images, videos, and other files on Wikimedia Commons – has grow…

It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.

Hayao Miyasaki is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a Japanese animation studio known worldwide for their stunning, emotional, beautiful stories and movies. At the core of Studio Ghibli’s work is a deep engagement with questions of humanity. About what it means to be a human, about how to care for one another and the world […]

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Der Bundesrat will, dass die Polizei bundesweit Palantir als Software einsetzt. Das Unternehmen gehört dem rechten Milliardär und Strippenzieher Peter Thiel. Diesem Feind der Demokratie Geld und Daten...

Die Musikindustrie geht mit horrenden Schadensersatzforderungen gegen das Internet Archive vor, weil dieses Schellackplatten digitalisiert hat. Musiker:innen und das Archiv wehren sich gegen die Klage...

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