Patrick Grady

🇪🇺 tech optimist @ProgressChamber & co-author @dgprogress
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[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

NEW: Excited to be launching a new substack🔥

We believe Europe’s glass is half full. DG Progress is here show all the ways we are already a global tech leader, and what more our innovators need to succeed.

[DG Progress @DGProgress]

🚀 🇪🇺 Welcome to DG Progress! 🇪🇺 🚀

The European Commission doesn’t yet have a Directorate-General dedicated to Europe’s economic, social, and consumer progress—so we’re filling in.

DG Progress is here to help bridge the gap between Europe’s builders and our policymaking bubble. We will shed light on Europe's strengths, advocate for what its innovators need to make the next great leaps, and share ways to get involved.

📬 Subscribe here: https://t.co/6QttDOt0Wv

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

Read about our vision for Progressive Tech Policy in Europe 👇
https://t.co/aG4Uraonsv

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

What does progressive tech policy actually look like?

The task is to govern technology democratically, build it responsibly, and ensure its benefits are widely shared. What follows is an outward-facing, socially responsible, pro-tech, and democratic agenda 🧵

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

⚖️ The equitable diffusion of technology – evenly diffused, with proper guardrails and governance, technology is a powerful democratic force. It improves access to information and services, spreads progressive ideas, and creates tools that benefit underserved members of society.

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

But what about mice arguing in mouse language?

[Emir Han @RealEmirHan]

Tom Cruise stressed out Top Gun: Maverick actors for this scene because he wanted the absolute perfection.

Glen Powell said:

“We shot it, and then that night, we all went out for milkshakes. Everybody grabbed a beer. And then a week later, Tom was like…

‘Guys, we’ve got to shoot it again. It wasn’t good enough. We’re gonna shoot it again’

“And then everyone was back in the gym day and night.”

Director said:

“The actors were in a very kind of stressed-out state, they’d all been working so hard to get ready for that scene.”

“They were under the pressure, the weight of the original scene being so iconic.”

“I remember Glen went out 110 percent on the first play and hurt himself, but he was able to recover quickly and we were able to get a great version of it.”

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

Maybe more MPs should get off Facebook and give TikTok a go 🤷‍♂️

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Rachel Reeves is told off by the Deputy Speaker for announcing free bus fares for 5-15 year olds on TikTok before Parliament

"MPs should be the first to know what the Government is doing, not TikTok"

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

We make the case for the EU to upgrade its Sovereignty Calculator and to take an approach to sovereignty that serves the bloc's geopolitical interests while allowing its start-ups to compete 👇

https://t.co/pBvUxQWg5s

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

The EU is now (after the latest delay) set to unveil its suite of "tech sovereignty" proposals on June 3. But how will the bloc position itself?

A clue lies in the lucrative tenders the Commission has been handing out based on its new "Sovereignty Score" system 🧵

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

In addition, this closed, inward approach to sovereignty may harm EU companies if the EU's partners retaliate with similarly protectionist frameworks - a reason why the UK's Sovereign AI Unit remains open to foreign AI companies https://t.co/bN6N6ORseB

[DG Progress @DGProgress]

🛣️ On 3 June, the EU will publish its Tech Sovereignty Package, a strategy to build sovereign AI, chips, and cloud.

🇪🇺 Europe's startups need the best tools available to build and compete globally, so we hope the Commission takes inspiration from the UK (Europe's leading tech & AI hub).

James Wise - who chairs the UK's Sovereign AI Unit - outlines the UK's approach to sovereignty, and makes the case to look outward not inward to build AI capacity:

💬 "It would be incredibly short-sighted to say Brits shouldn't have access to the best software because we don't like some of the shareholders on the cap table of these companies."

Check out the full conversation with the FT's John Thornhill for Sifted's Startup Europe podcast 👇

https://t.co/jdHbEkBAxW

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

Those who fall in love with AI chatbots should be careful throwing stones

[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

The leader of the Lib Dems, and the leader and deputy leader of the Green party, think some women have penises. In itself, it seems like a relatively unimportant matter. But it is symptomatic of a contempt for science and evidence-based truth. Could you vote for a flat-Earther?

[DG Progress @DGProgress]

🛣️ On 3 June, the EU will publish its Tech Sovereignty Package, a strategy to build sovereign AI, chips, and cloud.

🇪🇺 Europe's startups need the best tools available to build and compete globally, so we hope the Commission takes inspiration from the UK (Europe's leading tech & AI hub).

James Wise - who chairs the UK's Sovereign AI Unit - outlines the UK's approach to sovereignty, and makes the case to look outward not inward to build AI capacity:

💬 "It would be incredibly short-sighted to say Brits shouldn't have access to the best software because we don't like some of the shareholders on the cap table of these companies."

Check out the full conversation with the FT's John Thornhill for Sifted's Startup Europe podcast 👇

https://t.co/jdHbEkBAxW

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

Check out the full "Cookies, affordability, and online choice in Europe" survey here 👉 https://t.co/bQ9UK8DU6Y

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

🚨 NEW: Survey by https://t.co/u0o5kj9aAi and @FriendsofEurope lays bare what we all know about cookie banners in Europe: they aren't working 🧵

[Patrick Grady @patrickgrady_]

... but one-and-done browser-level settings could have disastrous consequences for businesses and consumers alike. We list 5 reasons why that approach won't work here (and what the EU should do to fix cookies, instead). https://t.co/O9IZbe8ibs