Europeans need to recognise that the US is descending into fascism, and any security guarantees the US promise to Ukraine, and NATO article 5, are not worth the paper they are written on. When we do, only then will we realise our best course of action is to join the war and comprehensively defeat Russia in Ukraine.

Controversial Opinion: there is #corruption everywhere. When politicians are being arrested and there are consequences, then that means the system is working. When no-one is arrested for corruption, it doesn't mean there is no corruption, it means the system is not punishing it.

Euractiv

Welcome to the jungle: Raids, arrests, and a crisis of EU credibility | Euractiv

As far-right parties hammer Brussels over corruption, the EU’s own investigators may be proving them right

#EUpol

Privacy and Security is a selling point for Europe. It is disappointing to see that undermined, and for use to lose excellent projects' presence. View quoted note →

Almost half a century later, IBM's internal training documents from the late 70s are specifically valuable in the era of #AI.

The EPP at the next election when their vote share shrinks further as the far-right gobble up their voters:

In Brussels, the far right can no longer be ignored   – POLITICO

I want to make it clear: this is not a victory. They will still get to charge developers who don't even distribute on their app store, just like Apple do. #Sideloading #DMA #Android

The Verge

Google will let ‘experienced users’ keep sideloading Android apps

It’s up to you to “accept the risks.”

The Council don't want it. The Parliament doesn't want it. The people don't want it. The Danish presidency is still flogging a dead horse. It's time to go back to the drawing board and find solutions that don't infringe on citizens' rights. During my time working in the EP, I proposed a series of ideas, all rejected. Check them out here:

Karen Melchior

ChatControl is illegal, so what can we do to protect kids? - Karen Melchior

We don’t have to spy on our children to keep them safe, and digital filters and flagging aren’t a magic wand we can wave to make societies’ p...

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It has been years since the #AIbubble began. As of now, neither Anthropic's Claude, nor OpenAI's ChatGPT are anywhere near profitability, in fact, they are losing money on their paid tiers. They are burning billions to train models with only incremental performance improvements. Meanwhile, over 90% of deployments of AI in companies are failing. It is a bubble, and we need to back away from it, not lean into it. #EUpol View quoted note →

I can only agree: the Democrats have scored an enormous own-goal at a time when Americans want them to stand up to Trump. View quoted note →