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Eric Maugendre

Alexandre Roure of the Computer & Communications Industry Association, whose members include many Big Tech groups, says the debate about blunt market access restrictions for non-EU tech companies “only distracts policymakers from the real task: finally delivering a functioning digital single market with clear, simple and practical rules”.

In private conversations, several Big Tech lobbyists and executives also express confidence in their ability to continue dominating the European market given the paucity of homegrown alternatives and the lack of urgency among many consumers.

by Barbara Moens for FT: archive.is/20250725082920/http via @Ruth_Mottram 🧵

#techSovereignty#digitalSovereignty#decoupling
Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Since Mark Carney arrived on the political scene, he’s made AI adoption a cornerstone of his policy program, based on the view that the technology can serve as an essential tool in boosting productivity and addressing the government’s budget deficit. His federal election platform contained plans to increase funding for AI projects, create incentives for workers and businesses to adopt it, and cut “red tape” around the construction of infrastructure like data centres.

Carney’s excitement about AI isn’t new. In his 2021 book Values(s), he outlined his belief that AI, big data, and increases in computing power meant that “smarter machines are already replacing a broader range of human activities than before.” Now, when asked tough questions about government finances, military procurement, and the state of the economy, he often throws out AI as an obvious solution that doesn’t require further detail.

But there’s ample reason to be worried about the consequences of the government’s optimistic embrace of AI at any cost."

breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys-ai

#Canada#AI#BigTech
Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Alright, I’ve officially spent too much time reading Trump’s 28-page AI Action Plan, his three new AI executive orders, listening to his speech on the subject, and reading coverage of the event. I’ll put it bluntly: The vibes are bad. Worse than I expected, somehow.

Broadly speaking, the plan is that the Trump administration will help Silicon Valley put the pedal down on AI, delivering customers, data centers and power, as long as it operates in accordance with Trump’s ideological frameworks; i.e., as long as the AI is anti-woke.

More specifically, the plan aims to further deregulate the tech industry, penalize US states that pass AI laws, speed adoption of AI in the federal government and beyond, fast-track data center development, fast-track nuclear and fossil fuel power to run them, move to limit China’s influence in AI, and restrict speech in AI and the frameworks governing them by making terms like diversity, inclusion, misinformation, and climate change forbidden. There’s also a section on American workers that’s presented as protecting them from AI, but in reality seeks to give employers more power over them. It all portends a much darker future than I thought we’d see in this thing."

bloodinthemachine.com/p/trumps

Blood in the Machine · Trump's AI Action Plan is a blueprint for dystopiaAv Brian Merchant
#USA#Trump#AI
Miguel Afonso Caetano

"[I]t appears that SoftBank may not be able to — or want to — proceed with any of these initiatives other than funding OpenAI's current round, and evidence suggests that even if it intends to, SoftBank may not be able to afford investing in OpenAI further.

I believe that SoftBank and OpenAI's relationship is an elaborate ruse, one created to give SoftBank the appearance of innovation, and OpenAI the appearance of a long-term partnership with a major financial institution that, from my research, is incapable of meeting the commitments it has made.

In simpler terms, OpenAI and SoftBank are bullshitting everyone.

I can find no tangible proof that SoftBank ever intended to seriously invest money in Stargate, and have evidence from its earnings calls that suggests SoftBank has no idea — or real strategy — behind its supposed $3-billion-a-year deployment of OpenAI software.

In fact, other than the $7.5 billion that SoftBank invested earlier in the year, I don't see a single dollar actually earmarked for anything to do with OpenAI at all.

SoftBank is allegedly going to send upwards of $20 billion to OpenAI by December 31 2025, and doesn't appear to have started any of the processes necessary to do so, or shown any signs it will. This is not a good situation for anybody involved."

wheresyoured.at/softbank-opena

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At · Is SoftBank Still Backing OpenAI?Earlier in the week, the Wall Street Journal reported that SoftBank and OpenAI's "$500 billion" "AI Project" was now setting a "more modest goal of building a small data center by year-end." To quote: A $500 billion effort unveiled at the White House to supercharge the U.S.’s artificial-intelligence
#AI#GenerativeAI#OpenAI
Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Consider AI Overviews, the algorithm-generated blurbs that often now appear front and centre when users ask questions. Fears that these would reduce the value of search-adjacent ads haven’t come to pass. On the contrary, Google says AI Overviews are driving 10 per cent more queries in searches where they appear and haven’t dented revenue. Paid clicks were up 4 per cent year on year, the company said in a call with analysts on Wednesday.

But as AI yields more, it costs more. Google’s capital expenditure on data centres and such trappings this year will now be about $85bn, versus its prior estimate of $75bn. That’s almost quadruple what the company spent in 2020, when AI was a glimmer in Silicon Valley’s eye. It’s also 22 per cent of the company’s expected revenue this year, according to LSEG, the highest annual level since 2006."

ft.com/content/7589393d-e562-4

Financial Times · Google earnings keep Silicon Valley’s AI flywheel spinningCapital expenditure on data centres and such trappings this year will now be about $85bn, versus its prior estimate of $75bn
#Google#BIgTech#SiliconValley
Metin Seven 🎨

Uncle Google's next privacy nightmare trick…

𝙏𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚: 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨

heise.de/en/news/Google-Shoppi

heise online · Google Shopping: Alert and virtual AI requestAv Eva-Maria Weiß
#google#shopping#photo
Miguel Afonso Caetano

"I do not think it will shock anyone to learn that big tech is aggressively pushing AI products. But the extent to which they have done so might. The sheer ubiquity of AI means that we take for ground the countless ways, many invisible, that these products and features are foisted on us—and how Silicon Valley companies have systematically designed and deployed AI products onto their existing platforms in an effort to accelerate adoption.

It also happens to be the subject of a new study by design scholars Nolwenn Maudet, Anaëlle Beignon, and Thomas Thibault, who looked at hundreds of instances of how AI has been deployed, highlighted, and advertised by Google, Meta, Adobe, SnapChat, and others, and analyzed them for a study called “Imposing AI: Deceptive design patterns against sustainability.” They also present the results in a handy guide, with illustrated examples called, aptly: “How tech companies are pushing us to use AI.” (It’s translated from the French, hence the sometimes awkward phrasings.)

The study is a stark reminder that AI has reached ubiquity not necessarily because users around the globe are demanding AI products, but for reasons often closer to the opposite."

bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-bi

Blood in the Machine · How big tech is force-feeding us AIAv Brian Merchant
#AI#GenerativeAI#BigTech
Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Companies and business groups are rushing to influence Washington’s artificial intelligence policies as the industry booms and Donald Trump’s administration seeks to encourage the powerful technology in the US.

More than 500 organisations lobbied the White House and Congress on AI between January and June, according to a Financial Times analysis of federal disclosures released this week. The figure is on a par with the first half of last year but has nearly doubled since 2023.

The lobbying boom over the past two years highlights how the AI industry, which is backed by Big Tech companies and deep-pocketed investors, is looking to shape policy at a time of intense debate about the technology.

“The US government is not only a gigantic potential customer but also a public validator of new technology approaches,” said Tony Samp, head of AI policy at law firm DLA Piper and a lobbyist for OpenAI, Boston Dynamics and other companies. “Unlike in years past when the government was often viewed as a hindrance, the business community increasingly views the US government as a key partner.”"

#USA #Trump #AI #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #Anthropic #AIHype #Lobbying #BigTech #AIPolicy ft.com/content/df01dcf8-dbc4-4

Financial Times · Companies increase lobbying to try to shape Washington’s AI policyAv Alex Rogers
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