Richard Thompson
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Richard Thompson is the editor of MEED - the Middle East Economic Digest. Any opinions expressed here are my own, and retweets do not mean or imply endorsement.
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In late March, the Princeton graduate student and New Lines Institute scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov (Elizabeth Tsurkov) disappeared in Iraq. She deserves America's every effort to bring her to safety. | New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/pressroom/kidn…
State attorneys general from Maine to Hawaii have been probing TikTok's personal data practices and whether it's violated consumer protection laws by designing AI algorithms to keep young users on the platform. Detailed analysis from Mike Swift lnkd.in/extewZnD
The relationship between generative #AI and copyright is still a legal grey area, so court cases will be critical in defining it. One of the first ones in Europe on the legality of image scraping started in Hamburg yesterday. Great reporting by Frank Hersey & Sara Brandstätter.
Buckle up. There’s a “new approach to competition policy” coming in Ursula von der Leyen next mandate at the EU Commission. “Innovation and resilience” are the watchwords. #antitrust #mergers #stateaid
New Clash of the Tech Titans. Google has filed an #antitrust complaint with European Commission against Microsoft over tying Windows Server to Azure (the cloud platform). There was a truce between the sides a few years back. It's well and truly over now. /1
The #AI Pact signatories list is out. Even with significantly diluted pledges, Apple & Meta decided not to join, continuing their collision course with the EU. Mistral & Anthropic are also out, but that makes sense since they are only in the model segment. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ai…