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Germany's Interior Ministry has analyzed how much access US intelligence agencies have to data stored in cloud services and data centers outside the US. You might just as well post your company's internals and most private data on a public website.
#digitalsovereignty
Who owns what AI does?
We can’t keep treating AI failures as “glitches.” Accountability has to run across developers, deployers, regulators, and communities. Otherwise, minor harms will scale.
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#AI #Accountability #leadership #governance
Enhanced privacy and the protection of civil liberties are two of the central outcomes of pushing for digital sovereignty.
#privacy #civilliberties #digitalsovergeinty
IT doesn’t need another “grind harder” speech. It needs real community.
In my latest Forbes Tech Council article, I share why the antidote to burnout isn’t constant crunch time, but shared ownership, better on-call design, and teams that have each other’s backs.
#it #burnout
Our development team at Univention has released a new update for UCS. One highlight is the preview of the new delegative administration, which allows designated administrators only to manage specific subsets of users.
#release #opensource
In the coming decades, control over data, digital identities, and AI will be strategic imperatives for organizations and nations. In this battle for sovereignty, open-source ecosystems are the most powerful tools available.
#DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource
China's open-ish AI models are currently driving adoption. It's the mix of having models that are modifiable, well-supported, and runnable on your own hardware that drives customers away from cloud services.
#AI #opensource
HDMI is a good example of how proprietary standards are a risk to open-source. Open-source requires open standards to guarantee interoperability and innovation.
#opensource
Microsoft had to admit under oath in France that just building a data center isn't enough to protect digital sovereignty. Yet, they are trying again and again to play the same marketing spiel. Let's hope Canadians don't fall for it.
#digitalsovereignty
Understanding shifts discussions from hype to reality, in AI and everywhere.
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#AI #AIliteracy #financialliteracy
Why does the new White House announcement make me think of The Lord Of The Rings:
"One Executive Order to rule them all, One Executive Order to find them, One Executive Order to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them."
#AI #regulation
The biggest hurdle in getting customers to migrate to Open-Source is often that customers fear the migration and training costs are too high. The German State of Schleswig-Holstein has now released a number that refutes this argument.
#opensource #costs
The end of the world only looks profitable if you belong to the few percent that actually own stock and will be able to afford such luxuries as drinkable water and clean air. For everyone else, it's looking pretty bleak out there.
#AI #future #profit #governance
Free Software can help us build a world where communities choose open-source tools, governments and organizations reclaim control over their infrastructure, and individuals use technology to learn, create, and connect.
#opensource #freesoftware #freedom
Switzerland is currently testing Open-Desk to become independent from Microsoft. Let's hope it turns into another win for digital sovereignty and open-source.
#digitalsovereignty #opensource #opendesk
Amazon delivers countless examples of how algorithmic manipulation can harm the public. For instance, they overcharge school districts and teachers, then try to avoid the blame as if they hadn't created the algorithm.
#Algorithm #cloudservice #manipulation
The fact that OpenAI continues to release products that don't manage to address the problem of how AI erodes mental health should, in theory, be enough to make it lose in the court of public opinion. Yet, we continue to treat tech bros as gods.
#AI #mentalhealth
Strangely, people brag about using AI for finding Christmas gifts for their friends and family. Why do you need to give a gift to someone, you apparently don't know well?
#AI #gift
Aplause for the Greek digital governance minister. The idea of building simple, effective, and practical AIs eludes far too many political and corporate leaders.
#AI #effective
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While others have built products that users want to use, OpenAI is still trying to reach for the impossible. Yet, like Icarus flying towards the sun, there is a good chance they will burn and crash.
#AI #openAI #product #hybris
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Translation: We let neither laws nor employee well-being stand in the way of inflating the AI bubble!
#AI #bubble #aisovereignty
Why would I want AI headphones that enhance the experience of listening to music? Artists and sound engineers spent countless hours building a good experience. I highly doubt that technology can create something better.
#AI #music
By now, I would have hoped that our society, through our legislatures, had come up with a fair way for AI to use content. Yet, it seems that we push it off to the courts to handle.
#AI #copyright
It took the combination of AI, digital sovereignty, and a good helping of Chaos from Microsoft to move Linux desktop adoption past the 10% mark. Let's look forward to how this trend continues in 2026.
#linux #desktop
The interesting part of BT's announcement on digital sovereignty is that they explicitly mention support staff. Too often do we forget the critical role frontline tech supporters play in keeping us running and secure.
#digitalsovereignty #support
Free Software Friday! PDFs are still a significant (pain) point of the workday for most office workers. With Okular, you can get a modern PDF and document reader that is open-source and respects your privacy.
#pdf #freesoftwarefriday #opensource
The US government is warning that AI might deliver substandard and discriminatory results when used in the housing market. It comes with a potent reminder that "AI did it" isn't an excuse if your product discriminates against users.
#AI
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While it is excellent, when governments support sovereign AI, the first step should be to define what sovereign actually means. Something like: "the ability to control, audit, and modify tech without vendor constraints." Otherwise, you create digital confusion.
#sovereignAI
