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One of the counterproductive tendencies on European data policies, clearly articulated.

Excited to finally share this project we have been cooking to shape the trajectory of European AI! Contains stellar contributors, data-driven analysis and critical perspectives to help develop the nascent AI industrial policy in Europe. A read worth your time.

Inspiroivaa tekoälypohdintaa Leevi Saari. Sekin on vain tekniikkaa. ”Eurooppalaisen elinkeinopolitiikan vakiotermien, kuten ”reilun pelikentän” ja ”selkeiden sääntöjen” kaiku on yhä ontompi, kun peli on vaihtunut tappeluksi ja katsomo on myyty polttopuiksi.”

🇪🇺Europe is on the verge of allocating billions to AI industrial policy. IIPP's Cecilia Rikap & Francesca Bria (@francescabria.bsky.social) contributed to the latest report by AI Now Institute which attempts to outline alternative pathways forward for the EU. 🔗Read the report here: ainowinstitute.org/redirecting-eu…

Great report further detailing the role of competition policy in shaping AI trajectories by Max von Thun Daniel Hanley Mozilla Open Markets Institute

Our research found a surprising source of funding dominates the EU AI startup ecosystem: American venture capital. Is this the digital future Europe wants? Read expert perspectives on Europe’s public investments in AI in our new report: ainowinstitute.org/redirecting-eu…

Concentrated power in AI as a feature, not a bug. Our new report presents a clear eyed picture of state of play for the market for large-scale AI in Europe: ainowinstitute.org/publication/i-… special h/t to Leevi Saari for the work that went into the data viz

A Northwell health pilot encouraged using LLMs for diagnostic purposes, including inputting sensitive patient data. Sarah Myers West warned Samantha Cole that these systems are often "a pretext for reducing patient facing staffing," leading to "real harms." 404media.co/northwell-heal…

Thanks Jeff Lawson for buying the Onion so we could get this great zoom in on electoral coverage. No other news source has gone to this level of detail.

🇪🇺Europe is on the verge of allocating billions to AI industrial policy. IIPP's Cecilia Rikap & Francesca Bria (@francescabria.bsky.social) contributed to the latest report by AI Now Institute which attempts to outline alternative pathways forward for the EU. 🔗Read the report here: ainowinstitute.org/redirecting-eu…

….which shows how broken the surveillance biz model powering the current centralized tech industry is. Signal is the nervous system of secure comms globally. We are innovating while big tech is stagnating. Yet we’re fundraising donations while boring apps white labeling big

New EU AI industrial policy newsletter on first 100 days of new Commission open.substack.com/pub/euaipolicy… AI Now Institute Leevi Saari

More on the curious phenomenon of AGI-in place of/as-business model in AI Now Institute’s v. soon to be public report by Brian Merchant - watch this space!

📢New study by FES Europa & FEPS Laws on #AI, platforms and data are not enough. The #EU needs a strategy to unite research, public procurement, and enforcement in the service of public interest tech and a thriving EU ecosystem. 📖Read here: shorturl.at/q5Vix

With the market & AI mythos reeling post-DeepSeek, it seems like a good time to reup this year-old paper, on the perils of the "bigger is better" approach to AI, coauthored with Sasha Luccioni, PhD 🦋🌎✨🤗 + Gael Varoquaux 🦋 arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160

Last week, AI Now's EU Policy Fellow Leevi Saari spoke at European Parliament about the competition landscape of AI markets in Europe. At the event organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Leevi drew upon our industrial policy report: ainowinstitute.org/publication/i-…