March 2024 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

The EU AI Act: a failure for human rights, a victory for industry and law enforcement

by Daniela Tafani

The EU AI Act: a failure for human rights, a victory for industry and law enforcement PUBLISHED: 13 March 2024 The EU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act was voted through and adopted today, 13 March, in a plenary session of the European Parliament. Despite its intention to protect people’s rights, the final text of the AI Act is an unambitious piece of product safety legislation. Following outrageous lobbying by industry and law enforcement agencies, the final text is full of loopholes, carve-outs, and exceptions, which mean that it will not protect people, nor their human rights, from some of the most dangerous uses of AI. First proposed in 2021, the EU’s co-legislative bodies finally announced a deal on the EU AI Act in December 2023. The European Parliament entered the last trilogue negotiations with a very strong text, but it fell at the final hurdle; protections for people’s rights have either been watered down or fully removed in the text voted through today. "EU officials boast about being global trendsetters when it comes to regulating AI, but with this law they’ve set the lowest bar possible. The new AI Act is littered with concessions to industry lobbying, exemptions for the most dangerous uses of AI by law enforcement and migration authorities, and prohibitions so full of loopholes that they don’t actually ban some of the most dangerous uses of AI. " Daniel Leufer, Senior Policy Analyst at Access Now Access Now notes in particular that the final version of the AI Act: Fails to properly ban some of the most dangerous uses of AI, including systems that enable biometric mass surveillance and predictive policing systems; Creates a glaring loophole via Article 6(3) for developers to exempt themselves from obligations for high-risk AI systems,; Exempts law enforcement and migration authorities from important public transparency requirements when they use high-risk AI, meaning they can continue deploying dangerous systems in secret; Further broadens the national security exemption beyond what is allowed for in the EU treaties, allowing governments to exempt themselves from obligations under the AI Act in order to pursue cases deemed relevant to national security; Creates a separate regime for people migrating, seeking refuge, and/or living undocumented, leaving with them far fewer rights than EU citizens and almost no access to remedy when these rights are violated. The #ProtectNotSurveil coalition, which Access Now co-leads, has detailed how the final AI Act presents heightened risks in a migration context, setting dangerous precedents for the use of surveillance technologies against people on the move and racialised communities. "The EU AI Act will only entrench police and migration authorities’ existing culture of impunity – encouraging them to keep deploying harmful AI systems against the most marginalised communities. Once again, the EU’s digital policies are being used as a testbed for oppressive surveillance representing a blatant attack on everyone’s fundamental rights." Caterina Rodelli, EU Policy Analyst at Access Now Despite the AI Act’s profound shortcomings, Access Now will work with civil society partners to push for the strongest possible implementation of the AI Act and the few rights-protecting tools it includes, while continuing to monitor and call out AI-facilitated abuses. https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/ai-act-failure-for-human-rights-vic…

March 13, 2024

Re: [nexa] Klarna AI assistant handles two-thirds of customer service chats in its first month

by Stefano Borroni Barale

Credo che la mia riserva di pop-corn non basti. Vado a fare la spesa mentre aspetto il prossimo caso Air Canada colpire Klarna o simili aziende. Questa volta per cifre un po' più significative di 800 dollari canadesi. SBB Inviato con l'email sicura [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/). mercoledì 13 marzo 2024 10:26, Antonio Vetro' <antonio.vetro(a)polito.it> ha scritto: > poi succede che il chatbot si sbaglia a dare un'indicazione e ci guadagnano persino i consumatori : > https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240222-air-canada-chatbot-misinformati… > > A. > >> Il giorno 13 mar 2024, alle ore 10:15, don Luca Peyron <dluca.universitari(a)gmail.com> ha scritto: >> >> In soldoni... nonsanno cosa farsene di 700 persone... >> >> Buona lettura >> >> dl >> >> https://www.klarna.com/international/press/klarna-ai-assistant-handles-two-… >> >> _________________________ >> don Luca Peyron >> Pastorale Universitaria - Apostolato Digitale >> Arcidiocesi di Torino >> [www.universitari.to.it](http://www.universitari.to.it/) >> via XX settembre 83, Torino >> tel. 011 5156239 >> _______________________________________________ >> nexa mailing list >> nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >> https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

March 13, 2024

Re: [nexa] Klarna AI assistant handles two-thirds of customer service chats in its first month

by Antonio Vetro'

poi succede che il chatbot si sbaglia a dare un'indicazione e ci guadagnano persino i consumatori : https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240222-air-canada-chatbot-misinformati… A. Il giorno 13 mar 2024, alle ore 10:15, don Luca Peyron <dluca.universitari(a)gmail.com> ha scritto: In soldoni... nonsanno cosa farsene di 700 persone... Buona lettura dl https://www.klarna.com/international/press/klarna-ai-assistant-handles-two-… _________________________ don Luca Peyron Pastorale Universitaria - Apostolato Digitale Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it<http://www.universitari.to.it/> via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239 _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

March 13, 2024

Klarna AI assistant handles two-thirds of customer service chats in its first month

by don Luca Peyron

In soldoni... nonsanno cosa farsene di 700 persone... Buona lettura dl https://www.klarna.com/international/press/klarna-ai-assistant-handles-two-… _________________________ don Luca Peyron Pastorale Universitaria - Apostolato Digitale Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

March 13, 2024

DiPLab Joins in Celebration as EU Passes Platform Work Directive in Stunning Turnaround

by Antonio Casilli

Ciao, Una volta tanto, buone notizie da Bruxelles. Cheers, ---a --- Victory Over Uberization: DiPLab Joins Workers in Celebration as EU Passes Platform Work Directive in Stunning Turnaround After years of intricate negotiations, in a last-minute twist worthy of a movie, [ https://www.euractiv.com/section/gig-economy/news/at-long-last-eu-countries… | EU’s platform work directive was adopted, marking a significant step forward for labor rights within the platform economy ] . The milestone was achieved at the March 11 , 2024 meeting of the labour ministers, where Estonia and Greece moved past their previous abstentions to vote in favor of the directive. [ https://www.euractiv.com/section/gig-economy/news/at-long-last-eu-countries… | Done in “a spirit of compromise”, this showcases EU’s commitment to progressive labor policies. ] Since its proposal on December 9 , 2021 to the Council’s general approach agreed on June 12 , 2023, to negotiations concluding on February 8 , 2024, the [ https://braveneweurope.com/platform-work-directive-blocked-by-germany-franc… | directive’s journey has been highly contentious ] , underscoring its importance in regulating the gig economy. Throughout its legislative process, on several occasions the directive was declared dead in the water. [ https://www.euractiv.com/section/gig-economy/news/in-last-minute-upset-fran… | France in particular sowed disarray by opposing the text, ultimately undermining the legal presumption of employment ] . This position was ultimately outvoted. The final agreement aims to balance national labor systems with minimum EU-wide protection for 28+ million platform workers. [ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/03/11/platform… | It introduces a legal presumption of employment, with platforms needing to prove the absence of an employment relationship. ] Despite this important victory, workers should remain cautious. A number of changes have been made to the presumption of employment since it was originally created. The burden of proof, however, falls on the platform owners based on factual elements rather than legal criteria. Additionally, the directive gives workers’ representatives the right to scrutinize algorithmic management practices of their platforms. But workers don’t seem to have full collective bargaining rights over these algorithms. As a compromise, the directive represents a first step, but isn’t the end of the fight for platform workers’ rights. [ https://diplab.eu/ | The DiPLab research team is proud to have played a significant role by providing guidance and support to policymakers, unions, and organizers ] during the platform work directive’s implementation process. Additionally, our team actively participated in co-organizing and [ https://diplab.eu/diplab-on-the-european-parliaments-transnational-forum-of… | advocating for worker rights at the EU Parliament’s 4th Forum for Alternatives to Uberization. ] Importantly, DiPLab, the Weizenbaum Institute, and the DAIR initiative as active parts of the [ https://diplab.eu/encore | project EnCOre ] joined workers’ unions and institutions at the Forum, [ https://diplab.eu/workers-commitment-to-fight-against-uberisation-remains-u… | to shape and endorse the 2024 Brussels Appeal, a text aiming to forge connections between European platform workers and worldwide collectives of content moderators, data workers, and cloud workers—that co-signed it. ] --- Read more: [ https://diplab.eu/victory-over-uberization-diplab-joins-workers-in-celebrat… | https://diplab.eu/victory-over-uberization-diplab-joins-workers-in-celebrat… ] -- Antonio A. Casilli Professor, Telecom Paris | Institut Polytechnique de Paris By-Fellow, Churchill College | University of Cambridge Invited professor, Center for Internet & Society | French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) *We respect your right to disconnect. My workflow efficiency accounts for this email send time. Taking action or responding outside of office hours is not mandatory*

March 12, 2024

"NOT JUST OPPENHEIMER"

by Diego.Latella

Buongiorno, Sebbene l'argomento trattato non sia direttamente "nexiano", mi permetto comunque di suggerire la lettura di questo bell'articolo di F. von Hippel, pubblicato sul Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, certamente rilevante per tutti gli scienziati che sentono la responsabilità data loro dalla posizione particolare che occupano nella società: "NOT JUST OPPENHEIMER" https://thebulletin.org/2024/03/not-just-oppenheimer/?utm_source=Newsletter… Diego -- Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher CNR/ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy (http:www.isti.cnr.it) FM&&T Lab. (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it) CNR/GI-STS (http://gists.pi.cnr.it) https://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - ph: +390506212982, fax: +390506212040 =================== The quest for a war-free world has a basic purpose: survival. But if in the process we learn how to achieve it by love rather than by fear, by kindness rather than compulsion; if in the process we learn how to combine the essential with the enjoyable, the expedient with the benevolent, the practical with the beautiful, this will be an extra incentive to embark on this great task. Above all, remember your humanity. -- Sir Joseph Rotblat I don't quite know whether it is especially computer science or its subdiscipline Artificial Intelligence that has such an enormous affection for euphemism. We speak so spectacularly and so readily of computer systems that understand, that see, decide, make judgments, and so on, without ourselves recognizing our own superficiality and immeasurable naivete with respect to these concepts. And, in the process of so speaking, we anesthetise our ability to evaluate the quality of our work and, what is more important, to identify and become conscious of its end use. […] One can't escape this state without asking, again and again: "What do I actually do? What is the final application and use of the products of my work?" and ultimately, "am I content or ashamed to have contributed to this use?" -- Prof. Joseph Weizenbaum ["Not without us", ACM SIGCAS 16(2-3) 2--7 - Aug. 1986]

March 12, 2024

Convegno "Tra condivisione e controllo: intelligenza artificiale generativa e licenze aperte nel diritto d'autore" | 20 marzo 2024, ore 17.00

by Nexa - Media

Gentilissime, gentilissimi, Vi invitiamo a partecipare al convegno dal titolo: "Tra condivisione e controllo: intelligenza artificiale generativa e licenze aperte nel diritto d'autore", che si terrà mercoledì 20 marzo 2024, dalle ore 17.00 alle ore 19.00, presso l'Aula Croce della Curia Maxima - Via Corte d'Appello 16, Torino. L'incontro è organizzato dal Centro Nexa in collaborazione con l'Ordine degli Avvocati di Torino. Partecipa al convegno l'Avv. Deborah De Angelis (Nexa Fellow), in dialogo con il Prof. Maurizio Borghi (co-direttore del Centro Nexa) e l'Avv. Marco Ciurcina (Nexa Fellow). Per maggiori informazioni è possibile consultare la pagina web dedicata all'incontro: https://nexa.polito.it/tra-condivisione-e-controllo Vi ringraziamo per l'attenzione, Cordiali saluti, -- Valeria Bergantino Communication Officer Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Via Pier Carlo Boggio, 65/A - 10138 Torino web: https://nexa.polito.it/ mail: valeria.bergantino(a)polito.it<mailto:valeria.bergantino@polito.it> tel: 3473443585

March 12, 2024

"E-Books Can Subvert Book Bans, But Corporate Profit-Seeking Stands in the Way"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*E-Books Can Subvert Book Bans, But Corporate Profit-Seeking Stands in the Way* /Exorbitant costs and restrictive licenses are obstructing libraries’ efforts to resist book bans via access to e-books./ By Laura Crossett March 10, 2024 The past few years have seen record e-book lending <https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/articl…> for libraries — as well as record profits <https://www.crainscleveland.com/awards/steven-potash-newsmakers-year-2021> for OverDrive, the company that provides e-books access for 95 percent of libraries in the U.S. (OverDrive’s profits have trickled up — the company was bought by <https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/an-app-called-libby…> the private equity firm K.K.R. in 2015.) But as library e-book lending has taken off, so has another trend: book bans. Book bans, library board takeovers and efforts designed to remove books from school and public library shelves are rampant, with 158 bills <https://www.everylibrary.org/billtracking2023> attempting to ban everything from books to drag queen story times introduced in state legislatures in 2023. [...] continua qui: https://truthout.org/articles/e-books-can-subvert-book-bans-but-corporate-p…

March 11, 2024

MEMENTO | 170° Mercoledì di Nexa | 13 marzo 2024, ore 17.00

by Nexa - Media

Gentilissime, gentilissimi, Vi ricordiamo che mercoledì 13 marzo, alle ore 17.00, si terrà il 170° Mercoledì di Nexa con un incontro dal titolo "A fin di bene: il nuovo potere della ragione artificiale". Ospite dell'incontro: Stefano Isola (Università di Camerino). L'incontro si terrà IN PRESENZA e ONLINE. SEDE FISICA dell'incontro: Centro Nexa su Internet e Società, Politecnico di Torino, Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (1° piano). Per accedere alla sala si raccomanda di suonare al citofono Portineria e di seguire le indicazioni segnalate lungo il percorso. QUI<https://nexa.polito.it/contatti> maggiori informazioni su come raggiungerci. STANZA VIRTUALE dell'incontro: https://didattica.polito.it/VClass/NexaEvent Maggiori informazioni alla pagina: https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-170 Cordiali saluti, -- Valeria Bergantino Communication Officer Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Via Pier Carlo Boggio, 65/A - 10138 Torino web: https://nexa.polito.it/ mail: valeria.bergantino(a)polito.it<mailto:valeria.bergantino@polito.it> tel: 3473443585

March 11, 2024

Re: [nexa] nexa Digest, Vol 179, Issue 8

by Fabio Nascimbeni

Grazie Juan Carlos, articolo molto utile. 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Today's Topics: 1. "Time for a Pause: Without Effective Public Oversight, AI in Schools Will Do More Harm Than Good." (J.C. DE MARTIN) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 19:00:40 +0100 From: "J.C. DE MARTIN" <juancarlos.demartin(a)polito.it <mailto:juancarlos.demartin@polito.it> <mailto:juancarlos.demartin@polito.it <mailto:juancarlos.demartin@polito.it>> <mailto:juancarlos.demartin@polito.it <mailto:juancarlos.demartin@polito.it> <mailto:juancarlos.demartin@polito.it <mailto:juancarlos.demartin@polito.it>>>> To: Nexa <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it> <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it>> <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it> <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it>>>> Subject: [nexa] "Time for a Pause: Without Effective Public Oversight, AI in Schools Will Do More Harm Than Good." Message-ID: <82a2024c-9b27-4de5-a6a4-9167e404bf75(a)polito.it <mailto:82a2024c-9b27-4de5-a6a4-9167e404bf75@polito.it> <mailto:82a2024c-9b27-4de5-a6a4-9167e404bf75@polito.it <mailto:82a2024c-9b27-4de5-a6a4-9167e404bf75@polito.it>> <mailto:82a2024c-9b27-4de5-a6a4-9167e404bf75@polito.it <mailto:82a2024c-9b27-4de5-a6a4-9167e404bf75@polito.it> <mailto:82a2024c-9b27-4de5-a6a4-9167e404bf75@polito.it <mailto:82a2024c-9b27-4de5-a6a4-9167e404bf75@polito.it>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Time for a Pause: Without Effective Public Oversight, AI in Schools Will Do More Harm Than Good. Ben Williamson <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/williamson-ben> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/williamson-ben>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/williamson-ben>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/williamson-ben&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/williamson-ben>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/williamson-ben&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/williamson-ben&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/williamson-ben&amp;gt;&gt;>>, Alex Molnar <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/molnar-alex> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/molnar-alex>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/molnar-alex>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/molnar-alex&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/molnar-alex>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/molnar-alex&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/molnar-alex&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/molnar-alex&amp;gt;&gt;>>, and Faith Boninger <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/boninger-faith> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/boninger-faith>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/boninger-faith>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/boninger-faith&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/boninger-faith>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/boninger-faith&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/boninger-faith&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/author/boninger-faith&amp;gt;&gt;>> March 5, 2024 Publication Announcement <https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/13145> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/13145>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/13145>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/13145&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/13145>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/13145&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/13145&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/13145&amp;gt;&gt;>> Press Citations <https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/13144/citations> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/13144/citations>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/13144/citations>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/13144/citations&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/13144/citations>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/13144/citations&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/13144/citations&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/13144/citations&amp;gt;&gt;&g…> *Learn More:* NEPC Resources on Computing, Technology, and Information Systems <https://nepc.colorado.edu/topics/33> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/topics/33>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/topics/33>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/topics/33&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/topics/33>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/topics/33&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/topics/33&gt;>> <https://nepc.colorado.edu/topics/33&amp;gt;&gt;>> Ignoring their own well-publicized calls to regulate AI development and to pause implementation of its applications, major technology companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Meta are racing to fend off regulation and integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their platforms. The weight of the available evidence suggests that the current wholesale adoption of unregulated AI applications in schools poses a grave danger to democratic civil society and to individual freedom and liberty. Years of warnings and precedents have highlighted the risks posed by the widespread use of pre-AI digital technologies in education, which have obscured decision-making and enabled student data exploitation. Without effective public oversight, the introduction of opaque and unproven AI systems and applications will likely exacerbate these problems. This policy brief explores the harms likely if lawmakers and others do not step in with carefully considered measures to prevent these extensive risks. The authors urge school leaders to pause the adoption of AI applications until policymakers have had sufficient time to thoroughly educate themselves and develop legislation and policies ensuring effective public oversight and control of school applications. *Suggested Citation*: Williamson, B., Molnar, A., & Boninger, F. (2024). /Time for a pause: Without effective public oversight, AI in schools will do more harm than good/. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. 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