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2023 räcker det plötsligt att säga AI för att skrämma upp en hel befolkning. Det skriver Lars Ilshammar. Dagens Arena Maj 2023

The new compromise on the draft data law, seen by EURACTIV, further refines the protection of trade secrets and clarifies the relationship with data protection rules and the application of the cloud-switching provisions.

Harpers Mag Feb 2023 The dreams of collaborative software building, universal privacy guaranteed by strong encryption, autonomy, chosen community, and an escape from scarcity—in short, the professed ideals of West Coast libertarianism—have taken a back seat to the imperative to track, extract, and monetize. Instead of a global consciousness, we have a giant machine for selling ads. Drömmarna om samarbete i programvarutillverkning, universell integritet garanterad av stark kryptering, autonomi, utvald gemenskap och en flykt från knapphet - kort sagt, de uttalade idealen i västkustens libertarianism - har fått stå tillbaka för kravet på att spåra, utvinna och tjäna pengar. I stället för ett globalt medvetande har vi en gigantisk maskin för att sälja annonser.

n September, another Gallup survey found that almost 40 percent of all Americans—and a mere 14 percent of Republicans—have little or no trust that the media will “fully, accurately, and fairly” report the news. Google, Facebook, and Amazon have grown to control nearly two-thirds of all digital ad revenue, accelerating the collapse of the business model for news. The number of newspapers has dropped precipitously, and many that remain have sharply cut jobs. Between 2004 and 2022, 2,511 newspapers (about 28 percent of the total in the United States) ceased publication, and more than 200 counties became “news deserts,” lacking any local paper. More than 44,000 newspaper jobs, or a stunning 58 percent of the total, have been lost since 2005. This has left many surviving papers hollowed out and unable to cover untold numbers of important stories or effectively play the watchdog role at planning boards, city halls, and state capitols.

Longtemps l'idée d'une industrie numérique propre car « immatérielle » a dominé les esprits. Contre les géants du pétrole et de l'automobile, la Silicon Valley semblait l'alliée naturelle des politiques de lutte contre le réchauffement climatique. Cette illusion se dissipe. Une enquête conduite sur plusieurs continents révèle le coût environnemental exorbitant du secteur des hautes technologies.

Redditors aim to download Sci-Hub's over 85 million scientific papers and make them open-source.

Based on the example of the Hadza, a population of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, the social networks of early humans are characterized.

This paper presents a review of altmetrics or alternative metrics. This concept is defined as the creation and study of new indicators for analysing scientific and academic research activity based onWeb 2.0. The underlying premise is that variables such as mentions in blogs, numberof tweets or saves ofan articleby researchersin reference management systems, may be a valid measure of the use and impactof scientific publications. In this respect,these measuresare becoming particularly relevant, being at the centre of debate within the bibliometric community. Firstly,an explanation is given of the main platforms and indicators for this type of measurement. Subsequently,a study is undertaken of a selection of papers from the field of communication, comparing the number of citations received withtheir 2.0 indicators.The results show that the most cited articles within recent years also have significantly higher altmetric indicators. Next follows a review of the principal empirical studies undertaken, centering on the correlations between bibliometric and alternative indicators. To conclude, the main limitations of altmetrics are highlighted,alongside a reflective consideration of the role altmetrics may play in capturing the impactof research in Web 2.0 platforms.