Société Numérique — 26/02/2026

En tant que supporteur des logiciels libres et de la souveraineté qui les accompagne, voici un sujet qui m’inquiète : Google veut fermer sa plate-forme Android à toute application qui n'est pas signée par un développeur agréé par Google. Le sujet fait débat surtout en Europe, où Apple a dû ouvrir ses iPhones aux applications étrangères. Maintenant c'est au tour de Google d'essayer de fermer son écosystème, ce qui enlèvera le peu de liberté qu'on avait avec Android.

NewScientist — 25/02/2026

Even 3 years into the current AI hype, it is still difficult to differentiate between its true capabilities and salestalk. Hopefully military leaders have a more clear-eyed view of the technology, as it is clearly not ready to be deployed in high-stakes decision-making processes.

CNN — 25/02/2026

I always liked Anthropic's stance of doing the right thing and setting standards with regards to security and ethics in LLMs. Unfortunately, they budged and will now only define 'goals that we will openly grade our progress towards'. These goals will be non-binding, and future LLMs from Anthropic will blaze ahead even if they get bad grades. At least they stuck by their rules of 'no AI controlled weapons' and 'no mass domestic surveillance', although this has gotten them declared a 'supply chain risk' by the Department of War.

Rest of World — 19/02/2026

I found this article interesting because it highlights the tension between protecting children online — not just on social media, but also on shopping, gambling and adult sites — and preserving privacy. The challenge of enforcing age laws without collecting sensitive data remains, regardless of whether the burden is placed on users or platforms. eID could be a solution, but only if it is truly privacy-preserving and only minimal data is shared and no logs are retained. How it is implemented by the authorities is crucial here.

BBC — 18/02/2026

This article is quite unnerving: a twenty‑minute hack shows how data‑poisoning can make LLMs tell tall tales, turning sci‑fi fears into real business risk. It’s a wake‑up call to demand provenance, adversarial robustness assessment and scepticism—because trusting chatbots without checking is like relying on a smooth-talking oracle with a hidden agenda. Critical thinking remains your best plugin.