Hoge Venen in de as, 1.200 hitte-doden. Driest eindpunt (?) van hete klimaatzomer waarin er op X volop aan klimaatverandering-ontkenning werd gedaan en politiek collectief zweeg.
Pieter Haeck
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Senior technology reporter @POLITICO.eu
Geen idee wie de Belgische politici adviseert qua communicatie, maar goed gaat het niet. “LEEF!” & “offeren aan de weergoden”
The EU is requiring “watermarking” to signal that content was made with artificial intelligence. Big Tech is falling in line. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/arti...
The AI detectors worldwide are about to get their biggest boost ever with new EU "watermarking" requirements that came into effect this month.
Hiding your use of AI is about to get much harder — thanks to Brussels
The EU is requiring “watermarking” to signal that content was made with artificial intelligence. Big Tech is falling in line.
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Fietsritje van 20km en overal dikke pakken dorre bladeren op de grond, alsof het al herfst is.
"Global warming made the combination of high temperatures, dry soils and windy weather at least twice as likely in France and at least 20 times more likely in Spain." www.politico.eu/article/clim...
Climate change made Spanish wildfires 20 times more likely
Global warming also doubled the likelihood of this year’s tinderbox conditions in France, says snap scientific analysis.
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"Het gaat niet meer om hoeveel brandweerwagens, airco’s of koolstofkredieten we nodig hebben. Verminder de uitstoot snel en structureel." www.standaard.be/opinies/vand...
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Na dagen vol bagger lees je dan deze rake passage in een boek.
Vandaag ben ik op dat andere platform in stukken aan flarden gereten omdat ik had gezegd dat er zo'n brede wetenschappelijke consensus bestaat over rol van mens en fossiele brandstoffen in klimaatverandering dat ik er niet meer wil over discussieren. Kind of says it all.
#Tech: #Europe’s 27 leaders to take on #AI — finally. The EU’s national leaders have agreed to sit down to talk about AI development and safety for the first time, by @pieterhaeck.bsky.social | Politico www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe’s 27 leaders to take on AI — finally
The EU’s national leaders have agreed to sit down to talk about AI development and safety for the first time.
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The European Commission has fired back at Donald Trump’s fresh tariff threats against Europe’s tech rules, just as EU and U.S. officials opened talks in Washington meant to repair their increasingly strained digital relationship.
Brussels claps back at Trump’s tech threats
Tension over digital regulation clouds ongoing talks to launch a new EU-U.S. tech “dialog.”
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“Extreem warme nachten komen nu ongeveer 100 keer vaker voor dan tijdens de hittegolf van 2003.”
KNMI@knmi.nl · 2mo ago🌍 Zonder klimaatverandering zou deze extreme hitte in Europa vijftig jaar geleden vrijwel onmogelijk zijn geweest. Ook extreem warme nachten komen nu ongeveer 100 keer vaker voor dan tijdens de hittegolf van 2003. Dat blijkt uit een nieuwe klimaatattributiestudie: www.knmi.nl/kennis-en-da...
❗ SCOOP: We got a sneak peek of the draft EU Innovation Act, in which the Commission will try to use governments' sizeable spending budgets to fast-track research to the market. pro.politico.eu/news/220343
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The West should come together to rein in the most capable artificial intelligence models to keep China at bay, leaders and top AI CEOs agreed in talks today.
West plays nice on AI in bid to shut out China
Washington’s aggressive action over AI models fails to derail talks at the G7.
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EU leaders are set to meet with the world’s top AI CEOs in the wake of the bust up over access to models with elite cyber capabilities. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/eu-d...
5 dagen +30 graden, en tweede hitte-piek nog voor de zomer begint, maar nergens nog een thema in de media - het klimaat is naar het achterplan verdwenen.
EU countries’ ambassadors - who steer a big part of the conversation in Brussels - met today, but the US Anthropic order was not on the agenda. Tech is still not top of the political agenda, and as long it is not, nothing will change.
The U.S. order to suspend foreigners' access to Anthropic's latest models is a stark reminder for Europe that it's heavily reliant on American AI models — and that the window to change that is closing.
US’s Anthropic order exposes EU’s AI dependency
Washington’s export controls on Anthropic spark renewed calls for Europe to accelerate development of its own cutting-edge AI models.
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U.S. AI company Anthropic has disabled all access to its latest AI model, Fable, after the American government ordered it to suspend access for all non-U.S. users.
Anthropic suspends access to latest AI models following US order
“The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance,” Anthropic said in a statement Friday evening.
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Heard at an event in Brussels: AI can help with reskilling workers at risk of being replaced by AI. AI as alpha and omega 🤔😬
The EU is scrambling to deepen its tech ties with countries such as Brazil and South Korea to offset the bloc's reliance on U.S. technology.
EU turns to Brazil, South Korea to counter US tech dominance
The bloc wants to deepen tech ties with countries such as Brazil and South Korea.
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EXCLUSIVE: The European Union is scrambling to deepen its tech ties with countries such as Brazil and South Korea to offset the bloc's reliance on U.S. technology. www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
EU turns to Brazil, South Korea to counter US tech dominance
The bloc wants to deepen tech ties with countries such as Brazil and South Korea.
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Expect to see the below icons quite a lot, because it’s what the EU has designed to label AI-generated content (labelling content is mandatory as of August, using the icon is optional)
[Featured] #Trech: Lawmakers pile pressure on Commission over AI envoy appointment. Forty lawmakers asked to see the “mandate, selection and conflict-of-interest assessment” behind Hagemann Snabe’s designation, by @pieterhaeck.bsky.social | Politico www.politico.eu/article/lawm...
Lawmakers pile pressure on Commission over AI envoy appointment
Forty lawmakers asked to see the “mandate, selection and conflict-of-interest assessment” behind Hagemann Snabe’s designation.
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Dozens of MEPs have pressed the European Commission for more details on the appointment of Siemens’ chairman as its AI envoy, citing conflict-of-interest concerns.
Von der Leyen’s AI pick triggers conflict-of-interest criticism
Siemens chair will advise the Commission on industrial applications of artificial intelligence.
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The appointment of Siemens’ chairman as a European Commission adviser to Ursula Von der Leyen on industrial AI is triggering a backlash in Brussels. It comes just weeks after the German engineering giant helped secure a rollback of the EU’s AI rules.
Von der Leyen’s AI pick triggers conflict-of-interest criticism
Siemens chair will advise the commission on industrial applications of artificial intelligence.
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The European Commission is reviving a long-running dream of making cutting-edge AI chips in Europe, reducing the continent’s reliance on producers in the U.S. and Asia.
Brussels eyes slice of AI chip boom
The Commission and two R&D hubs eye cutting-edge chips factory in Europe.
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Dilapidated is the most fascinating word out of the English language.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 3mo agoLeaky roofs, endless luggage delays, a whiff of raw sewage. Mexico City’s century-old airport is a dilapidated gateway into a country that’s about to host the World Cup