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Per Strömbäck

I Have Not Been Manipulated by Algorithms, but You Have

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    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 3 hours

    And that was all from OpenAIs crawler alone?!

    Techmeme

    Cloudflare says it mitigated a record-breaking 7.3Tbps DDoS attack in mid-May, which delivered 37.4TB of junk traffic to the target in just 45 seconds (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

    Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 10 hours

    🚨 The AI Act was meant to empower creators & protect Europe’s cultural heart.

    But weak implementation risks gutting its purpose.

    So EU policymakers: uphold transparency, consent & creator rights — don’t let the AI Act become an empty promise. #AIAct #CreatorsRights

    Federation of European Publishers

    Visit staytruetotheact.eu to know more

    @ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @consilium.europa.eu @ecsa.bsky.social @efjeurope.bsky.social @fsescreenwriters.bsky.social @screendirectors.eu @saabrussels.bsky.social @egair.eu @impforum.bsky.social

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    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 1 day

    The AI Brain drain

    Jen Mercieca

    "While LLMs offer immediate convenience, our findings highlight potential cognitive costs...LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance." arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

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    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 1 day

    This is illegal under EU law.
    YouTube was built on unlicensed content.
    🎯 Veo 3 going the same way?

    "Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train Gemini and Veo 3; Google says it only uses a subset of videos for the training." www.cnbc.com/2025/06/19/g...

    Creators say they didn't know Google uses YouTube to train AI

    Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its AI models, including Gemini and the Veo 3 video and audio generator, CNBC has learned.

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    Federation of European Publishers @fep-fee.bsky.social 1 month

    We want the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct and to #StayTrueToTheArt!

    35+ EU associations representing the cultural & creative sectors call on the EU to ensure the AI Code of Practice:

    · PROTECTS Copyright & Innovation
    · ENSURES Transparency
    · ALLOWS Creative Markets & AI to grow together

Machine Usefulness – A Compass for Navigating the AI Revolution

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The Trilemma of European Big Tech Regulation

Book review: Werner Stengg, Digital Policy in the EU. Towards a Human-... »

Netopia Spotlight: Detlef Eckert – Escaping Digital Policy Déja Vu

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EU must protect its fundamental values online »

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Digital Myth: Copyright Stands in the Way of the Digital Revolution »

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