EU Parliament Votes to Control AI – but not to rescue those who lose their jobs to robots »

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17 February 2017 | Peter Warren

MEPs have approved rules for keeping humans firmly in charge of Artificial Intelligence (AI). They include ways to establish liability in law, for example where driverless cars cause accidents. They h... »

The Role of Intellectual Property in Europe’s Knowledge Economy »

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29 November 2016 | Netopia

In autumn, Netopia launched its report Immaterial Value Creation in Europe by Dr. Nima Sanandaji at the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU in Brussels. In the video posted by Ideas... »

Infographics – Why Digital Commissioner Ansip is Wrong about VPN Use? »

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26 October 2016 | netopia

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Silicon Valley Subsidy Babies »

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23 September 2016 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

A “subsidy baby” is a company set up to benefit from government support more than making money from its customers The success of the internet skyscrapers Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple is often... »

Cookie Conundrum »

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8 July 2016 | By Richard Beaumont, Governor Technology, @Richard_TCC

Now that the legislative juggernaut of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has reached its full, unstoppable momentum, attention in the EU has turned towards a makeover for its elder but sli... »

The Extended Mind »

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9 June 2016 | Peter Warren

There is a philosophical concept known as ‘the extended mind’ that the technology industry and governments are now acutely focused on. For most of us our memories are in our surroundings and in our me... »

Internet of Things – Blueprint for Action »

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24 May 2016 | Peter Warren, Michael Streeter and Jane Whyatt

The internet of things and the era of big data will bring great benefits. But many of those benefits risk being overshadowed if the real potential problems posed by this new technological revolution a... »

Putting Ethics into the Machine (Part 2) »

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23 May 2016 | Peter Warren, Michael Streeter and Jane Whyatt

ETHICAL DIALOGUE WITH THE MACHINES ‘It’s not a matter of there being a set of ethics for machines and another for human beings; we argue that there is just one thing called ethics. We want to make ... »

Putting Ethics into the Machine (Part 1) »

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| Peter Warren, Michael Streeter and Jane Whyatt

We have seen how the internet of things and the growing phenomenon of ‘big data’ will throw up major problems for consumers and citizens, problems that have as yet barely been grasped by most policy-m... »

Is the IoT acting in the Right Interest? »

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| Peter Warren, Michael Streeter and Jane Whyatt

Consumer rights A major concern for our rights as consumers is the way that machines direct us according to their interests and not ours. Experts such as Dr Jonathan Cave warn about the growing inf... »