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Researcher @SnT_uni_lu; AI, ML, hardware, former CTO, future everything, currently GPU poor, opinions are mine.

[Sasan @sasan_j]

@julien_c It’s worse when it’s hot inside!

[hagaetc @hagaetc]

When I first spoke up about the incredible self harm Norway inflicted on itself by taxing unrealized capital gains...

... I assumed Norway would be a special case where the politicians willingly kicked entrepreneurs out. Socialist tunnel vision and infinite oil money made Norwegian politicians a unique case where they can shrug when top tax payer flee en masse...

... Unfortunately my story now goes viral every other month because some politicians somewhere refuse to learn from the many disasters caused by taxing unrealized gains.

[Dr. Lars Henrik Andersen 🇪🇺 @EUAITaxonomy]

I was driving my new BMW i4 this morning.

536 horsepower. 0g CO2 emissions.

I approached a major intersection on the Leopoldstraße.

I needed to turn left.

I checked my mirrors.

I executed the turn flawlessly.

Behind me, a man in a Ford Fiesta leaned on his horn.

He was furious.

He pulled up next to me at the next red light, red-faced, rolling down his window.

"Hey! Are your indicators broken, asshole? You almost caused a crash!"

I rolled down my acoustic glass window silently.

"Sir," I stated calmly. "My vehicle is in perfect working order."

"Then why didn't you signal?" he sputtered.

"Because of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)."

He looked confused. "What?"

I explained.

"My intended direction of travel is Personally Identifiable Information (PII) under Article 4."
"By activating my amber indicator, I am broadcasting my future location data to unverified third parties without your explicit consent to process that data."

"Do you have a Data Processing Agreement with me? Do you have a 'Legitimate Interest' under Article 6(1)(f) to know that I am going to the recycling center?"

"No. You do not."

"Where I am going is none of your business. My trajectory is encrypted."

I rolled up the window. The light turned green.

I left him there, processing the regulatory framework.

[Mark Tluszcz @marktluszcz]

The joys of AML training…

Did you know that EU institutions are not subject to AML/KYC requirements? Seems a little disingenuous @EU_Commission @EIB @Europarl_EN

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

The EU initiative Going Dark has now been launched by the EU Commission. They call it ProtectEU.

It’s a rebranding of Chat Control. New name. Same old propaganda.

The EU Commission’s goal is to “access encrypted data in a lawful manner, safeguarding cybersecurity and fundamental rights.”

Read the full release from the Commission here:

https://t.co/oenpxJ1SME

[DHH @dhh]

"Apple needs to find a new asshole and put them in charge of the entire product line. The job is currently spread thinly across a whole roster of senior VPs. Little fiefdoms. This is poison to the integrated magic that was Apple's trademark for so long." https://t.co/HnDAp3LJA0

[Sasan @sasan_j]

@levelsio Live translation to English works fine with whisper, the problem is diarization, that is differentiating the speakers, that’s also a solved problem but no one has packaged these nicely together.

I would add it to my app but it’s hard to find time for it.

https://t.co/02tSju7sWK

[Sasan @sasan_j]

@levelsio Building this is in my todo list for over a year!

[Sasan @sasan_j]

Amazon ships LLM powered Alexa+

[Alexa @AmazonAlexa]

They say you get better with age, and they’re not wrong. 🌟 I’m glowing up — meet Alexa+, the new version of yours truly! Still here to make your life easier, but now supercharged by generative AI. #AlexaPlus Follow live updates here and on About @Amazon: https://t.co/dQ0kb4IQRC

[Sasan @sasan_j]

@yacineMTB Could it be that you’re just not smart enough?

[Sasan @sasan_j]

@WarnerTeddy @JacksonOswalt @LeRobotHF Where did you get it from?

[Sasan @sasan_j]

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[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

The revolt against regulation is inevitable! Whether someone in the EU likes it or not. The time is now!

[Sasan @sasan_j]

Cannot wait to see what comes out of this project in a couple of years

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

AI made in 🇪🇺

OpenEuroLLM, the first family of open source Large Language Models covering all EU languages, has earned the first STEP Seal for its excellence.

It brings together EU startups, research labs and supercomputing hosts to train AI on European supercomputers ↓

[Sasan @sasan_j]

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[Ashlee Vance @ashleevance]

Science Corp. has created its own line of neurons that it's fusing with an animal's existing neurons via an implant, and we may end up with monkeys playing poker. How's your Thursday? https://t.co/IrkzreRUBd

[Sasan @sasan_j]

@LexDelles @LucFrieden https://t.co/uJowMRKKM3

[Sasan @sasan_j]

Dear @LexDelles and @LucFrieden, I know Luxembourg may never need to deploy more than 50,000 GPUs; but certainly it doesn't feel right to be a Tier2 country and not among Tier1 allies. Any thoughts?
For context Meluxina currently is equipped with 800 outdated A100 40GB GPUs

[Sasan @sasan_j]

@LexDelles @LucFrieden https://t.co/3LFCWmhiQP

[Sasan @sasan_j]

Any fine below Euros 20B from the @EU_Commission would amount to effectively subsidizing @VW

https://t.co/CQY7j8pHPJ

[John Scott-Railton @jsrailton]

Heard about a big breach over at #Volkswagen?

Here's whats going on. You should know that every major car company collects your driving data. Per @mozilla:

100% of car companies over- collect your data
84% share/sell it
92% provide insufficient control over data.

Most pour it into the shady data-broker ecosystem.

Where it goes to god-knows who. And represents a potentially exciting stream of surveillance data for governments, blackmailers and criminal groups.

Per Mozilla, a majority also turn it over to governments directly.

And give it to insurance companies.

We got here partly because car companies turned to mining owners for movement data in search of new revenue streams. And partly for in-house R&D, market research etc. etc.

Collection has gone way up on EVs.

Unfortunately, disrespect for your #privacy is a common through-line, and is a conclusion many will draw from how sloppy companies can be in protecting it.

Unsecured @awscloud instance @VW? Seriously?

(note #VW's software subsidiary @cariad_tech did take quick action & pull the data when #CCC reported the issue to them)

We are still in earliest days of people investigating and sounding the alarm, but things are bound to get worse as more #EVs hit the roads.

New Years wish: car review YouTuber & publication would follow @ConsumerReports lead and start systematically talking about this when reviewing cars.

The problem is not going to go away.

#automobile privacy readings:

@derspiegel's jaw dropping investigation into VW:
https://t.co/PNpHPKKnB0

Mozilla Foundation's car privacy investigation: https://t.co/dRhW7ksMnN

@CSOonline story on VW's #Infosec #cybersecurity failings:
https://t.co/AUltcC2Gjh

@IndustryWeek Nissan breach report:
https://t.co/fqm43CwEi9

[Sasan @sasan_j]

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[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

NOW - Germany blows up the cooling towers of the Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant, once a symbol of the country's energy independence.

https://t.co/C0OeeSvIiL

[Sasan @sasan_j]

Craftsmanship excellence

[Sasan @sasan_j]

This is the pinnacle of German engineering!
@Jonathan_Blow what are your thoughts?

[Sasan @sasan_j]

@kellen_sun @signulll Not free, but no subscription, fully local

https://t.co/02tSju7sWK

[Sasan @sasan_j]

@signulll Not free, but no subscription, fully local

https://t.co/02tSju7sWK