Nicolas Zahn

White Mirror - Artificial Intentions In the "White Mirror" series I talk about positive ideas for using digital technologies in a way that can improve our lives. The title is a reaction to the popular "Black Mirror" series of often dysto...

Why sacrifice #privacy for artificial intentions when we have the #technology to take back control and declare our own intentions directly?

That's the vision I explore in my new issue of my newsletter #WhiteMirror

nicolas-zahn.ghost.io/white-mirror...

The only thing standing between you and generational wealth is, apparently, your level of shamelessness

Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing Why do software failures persist despite soaring IT budgets? Dive into the complexities that keep success elusive.

Shots fired: spectrum.ieee.org/it-managemen...
Why the #IT community must do better and how it can do so

How ‘sovereignty-as-a-service’ became a pillar of modern warfare Big Tech has assumed quasi-sovereign state functions: storing state secrets, enabling command-and-control communications, and defending cyberspace

Great piece in @bindinghook.bsky.social on the #DigitalAge, where everything - including #sovereignty comes as a service...

bindinghook.com/how-sovereig...

Everything is entirely too stupid and I need it to stop #SmartenUp

I just noticed my typo here but I think it's all the more evidence (!) for why a "two cultures" approach to AI is not very useful - sociotechnical impacts need to be understood hand-in-hand with technological possibility and vice versa - there needs to be a more complete approach to development

Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption

At the risk of repeating myself: getting #AI into your organization is about more than #technology
Only the ones that transform and change their processes will see the real benefits:

www.economist.com/finance-and-...

This presents an interesting opportunity for #Europe to step up it's game with a different vision for building #technology

MAGA is divided over the promise and perils of AI A user’s guide to the battle between techno-optimists and neo-Luddites

Resistance and criticism of #AI and the companies behind it is mounting in the US (see also www.economist.com/united-state...)

Finally some recognition for a conflict that has been brewing for a while and has been noted early on by social scientists: the political ramifications of #DigitalTechnolgies are long overdue for a reckoning.

Or put more simply: #BigTech got too greedy and it will blow up in their faces.

The Politics of AI Are About to Explode Get ready for datacenters to dominate the election.

"The #Politics of #AI are about to explode"

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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PS: mehr zum Thema #Technologie und #Politik an meiner Vorlesung nächsten Dienstag an der @bfh-ch.bsky.social

Es braucht in der Schweiz DRINGEND eine aktivere Debatte um #Digitalpolitik die auch endlich aus dem reaktiven Modus herauskommt und versucht, Entwicklungen proaktiv zu antizipieren!

y two cents: wie leider so oft in der Schweiz, lieber spät als gar nicht. Aber es ist schon bedenklich, dass der Bericht ende 2025 erscheint in Antwort auf ein Postulat von 2022 während ich und viele andere bereits 2019 auf die Bedeutung des Themas hingewiesen haben (und das war schon spät).

Allerdings fehlt es an Risikoanalysen und geeigneten Massnahmen identifizierte Risiken zu managen. Diese sollen nu durch eine interdepartementale Arbeitsgruppe erarbeitet werden.

Neben einer Definition für Digitale Souveränität - angelehnt an internationale Debatten und kompatibel mit dem Whitepaper der Swiss Data Alliance - hält der Bericht positiv fest, dass man eine gute Übersicht über genutzte und angebotene Ressourcen habe.

Soeben wurde der lange erwartete Bericht zum Thema #DigitaleSouveränität der #Schweiz veröffentlicht:
www.news.admin.ch/de/newnsb/2V... 🧵

How Washington Is Losing the AI Race No One Is Tracking Spain — a NATO ally and founding member of the European Union — chose a Chinese company to manage its law enforcement wiretap systems. The €12.3 million

Superior AI tech means nothing if U.S. firms can’t legally compete. Once allies choose a compliant rival, the opportunity can disappear for a decade.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Bundesamt entwickelt Cybersicherheits-Methode Das Bacs stellt dem etablierten IKT-Minimalstandard und der ISO-Norm 27001 eine eigene Methode an die Seite, mit der sich Cybersicherheit und Resilienz in Unternehmen stärken lässt.

Das Bundesamt für Cybersicherheit leisten mit der Cyber Security and Resilience Method (CSRM) einen Beitrag zur Stärkung der Informationssicherheit in Unternehmen.

Kanton Zürich öffnet Tür zur biometrischen Massenüberwachung - Digitale Gesellschaft

Der Zürcher Kantonsrat auf Abwegen: Erstmals entscheidet ein Parlament in der Schweiz, dass der Staat biometrische #Gesichtserkennung zur Überwachung der Bevölkerung einsetzen darf. Der Zürcher Regierungsrat soll die Kompetenz für Pilotversuche erhalten.

www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch/2025/11/25/k...

The message that OpenAI shows to people who have been using ChatGPT for many hours.

One of the changes that OpenAI has made to make ChatGPT safer is a "take a break" nudge. There's something quite interesting about the design here. Which thing does it make you want to click?

An Anatomy of the MAGA Mind Under Trump, post-liberal intellectuals have abandoned tradition for radicalism and scholarship for vulgarity.

www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

Just as we had zero tolerance policies in a bunch of fields, we should have a zero tolerance policy on intellectual dishonesty...

Antifragilität: Das vergessene Erfolgsrezept der Schweiz Die Schweiz war immer dann erfolgreich, wenn es auf der Welt turbulent zu und her ging. Der Grund: Das Land und seine Bewohner haben auf Krisen nie mit Erstarrung reagiert, sondern sind daran gewachse...

Spannender Beitrag von Avenir Suisse

Gerade in turbulenten Zeiten müssen Nationen #antifragil bleiben (man könnte auch sagen: #agil bleiben).

Wichtig, dass die Schweiz das beherzigt

www.nzz.ch/nzz-am-sonnt...

The surprising issue driving a wedge between Trump and his MAGA base President Donald Trump’s attempt to block states from regulating AI sparked pushback from Republicans concerned the tech will displace workers and harm kids.

President Trump faces an unexpected rift in the MAGA movement as Republican officials warn his embrace of the tech industry’s artificial intelligence boom risks undermining Americans’ economic security and exposing their children to new harms.

Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.

"That rot appears in journalists in different forms: debasing themselves at the feet of power because it’s rewarded; allowing themselves to be debased by the powerful to maintain status and access; and identifying more with their powerful subjects than regular people"

Wie Rechtspopulisten weltweit die Medienfreiheit unter Druck setzen – und wie wir dagegenhalten können – darüber sprechen wir am 27. November im PROGR Bern mit: Luzia Tschirky, Renato Beck, Valentin Rubin und Sanija Ameti. Sichere dir ein Ticket. www.operation-libero.ch/de/shop/tick...

AI in Cybersecurity Toolkit - Virtual Routes This toolkit was developed by Virtual Routes as part of the Cybersecurity Seminars Programme supported by Google.org, to provide teachers and students with resources in a constantly evolving field. It...

Great new resource by Virtual Routes for #AI in #Cybersecurity

Check out the #Toolkit!

virtual-routes.org/ai-in-cybers...