Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺
@gibajaalberto.bsky.social
Tech, policy, democracy, politics. Working on tech because they are going to break the internet to break our democracies. Avgeek, madrileño, proud European. EN|ES|IT Here just my own opinions and rants.
I generally don’t agree on the hawkish takes on Chinese technology risks, but oh boy how much this raises all the red flags (pun non intended) to run outside and touch grass forever cohere.com/blog/concern...
Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model | Cohere
Discover how untrusted open-weight AI models can potentially leak data, even when self-hosted. Learn the security risks and how to protect your enterprise.
cohere.com
Le han dado el Balon de Oro a un jugador que no ha ganado el mundial, ni ha sido el mejor, ni una champions ni nada?
Also, on the victory of Lula in Brazil, from the timezone where I live (Europe) it is the first time in many years that I go to sleep without knowing the results of an election and wake up, and half-slept open the news and get a good new in front of me.
Vučić is out. Democracy wins. The hard day is tomorrow, but serbians deserve a celebration
I mean, they invented Pineapple on Pizza…
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoObama: "That well-known evil empire Canada. That historical adversary of ours. Canada! *laughs* It's your neighbor. It's a few minutes' drive over the bridge! These are the people who gave us Martin Short and maple syrup. They are the nicest people! And someone we've gotten them so mad."
Today elections in Serbia are as important as those in Brazil for three reasons: - A potential successful experiment in democracy: a protest movement forming a list but they are not running. - The realisation that backsliding is reversible - A defeat for Russia in the Western Balkans
This is indeed a nightmare scenario and this is why the Pall Mall Process is so important. Kudos to @citizenlab.ca, protecting us all as always www.wired.com/story/nightm...
‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads
Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.
wired.com
Ohhhh…seeing this right after a 11h flight in your screen Who said Star Wars Marathon?
This is very important evidence of what we mostly suspected: we can’t tell the difference between AI-generated and real content. As useuful and tools like SynthID are, the burden cannot be reduced laced on the final user (as we have learned from disinfo research).
Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 2w ago🚨🚨🚨Publication alert: We can't really tell what is real and what is AI. Our just published study shows that most people struggle to detect AI-generated images. We are approximately as good as ... chance... @madshovethy.bsky.social led a team effort ⬇️ #OpenAccess 🧵 [1/4] doi.org/10.1177/2056...
It should be routine thinking to consider digital infrastructure as critical. Yet, the ramifications of this idea are very deep. We don’t understand how vulnerable we are to a handful of companies, services and physical assets. Also, always, Slava Ukraini!
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2w agoYandex is Russia's leading IT giant;its cloud infrastructure supports not only the civilian sector but also business systems&government agencies,meaning the consequences of the attacks on it are systemic: Damage to data centers caused disruptions to over 80 of the company's services (including
"Hay que empezar a asomar la nariz para que te la rompan. Si no lo hacemos, no sé si pasaremos a la historia, pero pasaremos a la tumba como una mierda"
EL PAÍS@elpais.com · 3w ago"No tengo el coño para equidistancias en este momento. Hay que empezar a asomar la nariz para que te la rompan. Si no lo hacemos, no sé si pasaremos a la historia, pero pasaremos a la tumba como una mierda", dice Maruja Torres
Yo me tengo que llevar la convocatoria a lo mío: estas serán las elecciones de la injerencia extranjera www.democrata.es/politica/san...
Pedro Sánchez convoca elecciones el 29 de noviembre
El presidente lo ha anunciado desde el Complejo de La Moncloa
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Lo de Brazil es mucho peor de lo que pensamos, mucho peor. Y esto solo tiene una razón: la seguridad elpais.com/america/2026...
Bolsonaro vence a Lula en primera vuelta de las elecciones y acaricia el retorno de la ultraderecha al poder en Brasil
El senador, hijo del expresidente condenado por golpismo, logra el 47,1% de los votos frente al 45% del mandatario izquierdista. Ambos se medirán en la segunda vuelta del 25 de octubre
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Imprescindible @andrea-rizzi.bsky.social elpais.com/opinion/2026...
La crisis de la vivienda es un síntoma; la enfermedad es la ineficacia de las democracias
El fracaso de los sistemas democráticos para responder a los retos de esta época abre abismos en los que se hunden demasiados ciudadanos y de los que brotan monstruos políticos
elpais.com
Es el momento de: - Aglutinar en una plataforma política con una agenda muy muy limitada: vivienda, crisis del coste de la vida, desigualdad. - Y en estos temas, propuestas claras, reales y radicales - El resto lo podemos discutir luego, anclaje en el momento, mirada larga.
Puede que legalmente no hubiera alternativa, que mantener la “seguridad jurídica” sea fundamental, pero creo que hoy ha caido el gobierno
Can someone please explain to me how the Houthis, in sandals, are defeating the KSA army, which spends a sh*t lot of money on the fanciest American hardware and training? I know hardware is not the only thing, but wow...
Agents have entered the chat of foreign interference, but the defence remains the same: attack the underlying influence infrastructure, address algorithmic amplification, follow the money, offer a way out for communities living in alternative digital realities. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/t...
Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns
The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.
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I want to talk to you about an article @wired.com's @telliotter.bsky.social published yesterday that should be getting a LOT more attention than it currently is -- It's all about how the US Census Bureau is overrun with staffers from a notable MAGA think tank.
The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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Within 24 hours of September 11, 2001, Canada's Ambassador to NATO unflinchingly rallied to the aid of the United States, and invoked NATO's Article 5, the only time it's ever been used in NATO's history. "Hell, this is an Alliance," he said. "We've got Article 5." www.nato.int/docu/review/...
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Sobre el resultado de AfD, varias cosas pueden ser verdad y parecer contradictorias a la vez: 1. Esto es, ha sido, y siempre será sobre contener la pulsión autoritaria de la sociedad. Ha existido siempre, cuando dejamos de ser capaces de contenerla tenemos 1939, tenemos Gulags, tenemos a Bukele…
If we needed a “oh sh*t” moment on AI, this is it. It is not only about a slowdown, but a legislation that places people interest at the core of
Casey Newton@caseynewton.bsky.social · 2mo agoWrote about the crazy revelations in the METR report on Hugging Face (including one that corrected something I'd been getting wrong), and the growing industry push for a slowdown www.platformer.news/openai-huggi...
Am I the only one not surprised? ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox under Digital Services Act*
Today, the Commission has designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE), as well as Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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Today, International IDEA, @microsoft.com and the Swedish Election Authority, hosted a seminar at #Almedalsveckan on the impact of AI on democracy in the 2026 Swedish elections with @kevincasasz.bsky.social, Anna Nyqvist, Ginny Badanes and @gibajaalberto.bsky.social. @valmyndigheten.bsky.social
