Tom's Hardware — 01/05/2026

This text is compelling because it confirms a core geopolitical truth that I often emphasise: digital sovereignty cannot exist without physical infrastructure. Remarkably, China has swiftly progressed from AI policy intent to fabrication plants, chips and deployment, initially for inference purposes, but already on a strategic scale. The export-clearance imbroglio also shows how regulation can be used as a form of industrial warfare. Above all, it shows China’s ability to coordinate at a state level. Let's hope Europe is able to catch up quickly, too.

noyb — 30/04/2026

Who watches the watchmen, indeed. The GDPR is, in principle, a useful tool for protecting the privacy of EU citizens, but only if it is enforced. Here, a user's complaint to a Data Protection Authority (DPA) was rejected - after five years of inaction! NOYB, Max Schrems' privacy rights organization, has now filed a lawsuit against the DPA. Better enforcement of tools like the GDPR is essential if we are serious about protecting people's privacy.

OtterSec — 30/04/2026

This is a very thorough description of a bug detected in a Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) library used by a blockchain. If you are interested in how modern ZKPs work, this article gives a condensed overview of what is happening in a ZKP, and what the security guarantees are. As always, the devil is in the details, and in this case, a missing verification allowed an attacker to prove anything they wanted. Which shows how fragile these systems are, and how important it is to have a thorough understanding before using them for security related tasks.

Proof — 28/04/2026

Talkspace has been using patients' therapy session data to train an AI chatbot, and undoubtedly, many of them have no idea. It is well documented that most users do not read terms of service closely enough to understand what they're actually consenting to. Even if they did, Talkspace's assurances that the data is "anonymized" are not the guarantee they sound like. Methods exist to re-identify anonymized data. This troubling story is a reminder that raising digital literacy across the board - in people, institutions, and decision-makers alike - is critical.

MIT Technology Review — 27/04/2026

I think this take on the state of AI adoption is spot on. Since ChatGPT made its public debut, we've been promised large-scale transformation of the workplace and society at large. But a little over three years in, apart from very specific tasks, we're still unclear what this supposed revolution will actually look like, and should an AI bubble burst, the economic damage could be large. To mitigate these risks, we need a more clear-eyed view of the actual capabilities of these models and how to apply them in the workplace, not more advertising promises.