Simo G.

Communication Sciences + AI Strategy | Observer. Rtw ≠ endorsement. “Resist much, obey little.” Walt Whitman.

[Simo G. @simogio]

1/ The lack of transparent disclosure on AI data usage creates a massive legal loophole: who truly owns the intellectual property of AI-generated content?

#IntellectualProperty #DataGovernance #AILaw #CopyrightRisk #CreativeProtection

[Peter Wildeford🇺🇸🚀 @peterwildeford]

Wow - the OpenAI-Andreessen-Palantir SuperPAC created a fake account claiming to be an anti-AI doomer saying various unhinged things.

This crazy "false flag" behavior is only undermined by incompetence - they were rarely able to get more a few hundred views on each fake tweet.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

If we confuse generative AI’s ability to produce text with consciousness, we risk assigning moral responsibility to chatbots—and not to their makers, Ted Chiang argues. https://t.co/Cptx3aWppI

[Il Post @ilpost]

Il motore di ricerca predefinito dei computer del Parlamento europeo non sarà più Google, ma Qwant

https://t.co/GrdvFUs9Cy

[Valerio Capraro @ValerioCapraro]

New paper investigates what happens when people interact with sycophantic AI over time.

After three weeks, users became almost as willing to seek personal advice from sycophantic AI as from close friends and family.

People reported lower satisfaction with real-world interactions.

And when given a choice, 54.6% chose the sycophantic AI.

Why? Because it made them feel understood.

This is worrying.

Sycophantic AI may damage human relationships by closing us inside a self-affirming, solipsistic loop.

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Full paper in the first reply

[Simo G. @simogio]

@AndrewCurran_ Great. So they can be hacked furthermore. Like Instagram.

[Geopolitics & Empire @Geopolitics_Emp]

Microchips could be inserted under offenders’ skin to track their movements.

Tech bosses were asked: “What could a digital, data and technology-enabled justice system look like in 2050?”

One proposal involved how “real-time behavioural monitoring and subcutaneous [under the skin] tracking could support health and behavioural management”. https://t.co/0y8XChYNvI

[Luis Montezuma | @[email protected] @montezumachavez]

The Commission has adopted a proposal for the Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) with the aim of strengthening the EU's cloud and AI ecosystem, investment and infrastructure. See https://t.co/0BtBkNadl3.

[The Information @theinformation]

Exclusive: After falling behind Anthropic in coding, OpenAI built Codex into one of its fastest-growing products and is now making it central to ChatGPT’s future.

Read more: https://t.co/uQezPVjLZK

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

UNDERWATER DATA CENTERS

China has achieved what it calls the world’s first fully operational, commercially running underwater AI data center off the coast of Shanghai.

The facility, developed in partnership with HiCloud Technology (also referred to as Hailanyun), features nearly 2,000 servers housed in sealed, submarine-grade capsules submerged in the ocean.

By leveraging the natural cooling power of seawater, it dramatically reduces energy demands cutting cooling costs by up to 90% compared to traditional land-based data centers. The entire system is powered by nearby offshore wind farms, making it highly renewable and energy-efficient.

The $226 million project was officially launched in June 2025, with construction completed later that year and full commercial operations beginning in recent weeks. It supports high-performance AI workloads, including GPU clusters from partners like China Telecom.

For context, the U.S. explored similar concepts through Microsoft’s Project Natick but quietly shelved the initiative in 2024 after successful trials, opting not to pursue large-scale commercial deployment.

This development highlights China’s aggressive push to address the massive energy and cooling challenges of scaling AI infrastructure.

This is an interesting engineering achievement in the AI infrastructure race, though scaling, maintenance, and long-term reliability in a marine environment will be key factors to watch.

[Kruptos @KuptoKosmos]

‼️🇨🇭👁️ La Suisse voulait faire passer une nouvelle loi de surveillance...

Elle visait les entreprises proposant des services privés comme :
- Les VPN
- Les e-mails chiffrés
- Les messageries sécurisées

1. Demander une pièce d’identité à chaque nouvel utilisateur (passeport ou permis de conduire)... Plus possible de s’inscrire sans donner son vrai nom !

2. Garder les données des utilisateurs pendant 6 mois (adresse IP, quand on se connecte, etc)

3. Pouvoir déchiffrer les messages ou données si la police le demande !!

Proton (l’entreprise suisse qui fait @ProtonMail et @ProtonVPN) a dit clairement : "Cette loi est pire que celle des États-Unis"

Résultat Proton a commencé à déplacer une partie de ses serveurs hors de Suisse !! (en Allemagne notamment) par précaution.
Mais l’entreprise reste basée en Suisse pour le moment

Ensuite beaucoup de monde s’est opposé à cette loi (d’autres entreprises, des associations et des politiciens)

ILe gouvernement suisse a donc revu sa copie et a atténué le projet !

- La version la plus sévère de la loi n’a pas été appliquée

- Proton a quand même commencé à diversifier ses serveurs !

- La réputation de la Suisse comme pays qui protège bien la vie privée a pris un coup

La surveillance de masse n'est qu'une question de temps ⏳

[Simo G. @simogio]

@CrazyItalianPol The real question and info here is “nobody before—in a pivotal position somehow—or nobody before as a politician” became news?

[*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone]

OPENAI’S SAM ALTMAN WILL BE ATTENDING G7 CONFERENCE IN FRANCE LATER THIS MONTH AFTER INVITATION FROM FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON- CNBC

[MoneroWire @MoneroWireHQ]

🇨🇭Switzerland built its whole reputation on privacy. Now it's proposing a surveillance law that would force VPNs, email, and messaging providers to collect your ID, log your data for six months, and decrypt it on demand.

Proton says it's worse than the US.

[Valerio Capraro @ValerioCapraro]

The entire AI industry is built on a bias. The biased belief that the human mind works like a language model, LLMorphism.

It comes from a fundamental confusion between brain and mind.

Neural networks may be an approximation of the brain.

But a brain without a mind is like a car without a driver.

The mind gives meaning. The mind gives direction.

And, crucially, the mind is grounded in the world.

Meaning is what we desire.
What we avoid.
What can destroy us.
What makes life worth living.

LLMs are powerful engines, but an engine without a driver does not know where to go.

LLMorphism, the belief that our mind works like an LLM, is extremely dangerous.

We risk to take the mind away from ourselves.
And to lose meaning and direction.

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Full LLMorphism paper in the first reply

[DiploFoundation @DiplomacyEdu]

On the occasion of Italy’s Republic Day, we spotlight a country that is placing digital governance at the centre of its state modernisation.

Italy became the first EU country to adopt a comprehensive national AI law, aligning with the EU AI Act while adding rules on health, labour, justice, children’s safety, copyright, and deepfakes. Its approach goes from AI oversight by AgID and ACN to strong privacy action by the Garante, cybersecurity planning, public-sector cloud migration, and platform/content regulation.

Explore more:
https://t.co/IIcXl46zxZ

What you’ll find:
🌐 Insights into the Italy’s digital strategies and initiatives
🤖 An interactive AI assistant to delve into the country's digital policies
🗺️ A comprehensive look at its digital infrastructure through our interactive map
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#Italy #DigitalGovernance #AIGovernance #Cybersecurity #DataProtection #DigitalInfrastructure #DigitalTransformation #DigitalPolicy #DigitalEconomy #ECommerce #Broadband #5G #CloudStrategy #SubmarineCables #PlatformRegulation #DigitalRights #EUAIAct #PNRR #ItaliaDigitale2026

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models: https://t.co/ge5MLzSR2l

[Diego Areas Munhoz @Dareasmunhoz]

NEWS: TRUMP has signed the AI EO https://t.co/8b6S3Bqa17

[Bloomberg @business]

AI is upending law firms’ billing, hiring and even their legal products. https://t.co/0M6RDMnLeM

[Simo G. @simogio]

@BoringBiz_ GIGO. (Garbage In, Garbage Out and reverse)

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Alan Turing proposed a test for machine intelligence: could a computer convince a human it was human? We have begun conducting the same test on ourselves, writes Max Moser https://t.co/ncAyvq7C5Y