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The Misfit Who Built the IBM PC
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 8, 2024

June 8, 2024

Bellissima ricostruzione storica della nascita del PC IBM. jc https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-misfit-who-built-the-ibm-pc (messaggio spedito in movimento - scusate brevità ed eventuali refusi)

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INVITATION TO A POLICY DEBATE ON "AI and Copyright: Policy Challenges and Perspective"
by Oreste Pollicino June 7, 2024

June 7, 2024

Dear friends, We are delighted to invite you to join the policy debate “"AI and Copyright: Policy Challenges and Perspective."”, which will take place on Thursday, 20 June 2024, at the Press Club (Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Bruxelles) from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. This event will provide an opportunity to bring together thought leaders, policymakers, and experts from various sectors to discuss critical policy issues regarding the intersection between copyright and artificial intelligence and explore the challenges and opportunities that AI technologies present for copyright policy. You will find attached latest version of the programme. Please let us know if you can join the event by confirming your participation here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEhyBZcg_cWZb0jPjBk-DyQAkGxRYIqtE…> We look forward to meeting you at our event. Best wishes Paolo Cesarini, Giovanni De Gregorio, Andrea Parola, Oreste Pollicino, Cornelia Kutterer [La tua firma può scrivere un futuro. Aiuta gli studenti meritevoli a costruire il proprio. Dai il tuo 5x1000 alla Bocconi C.F. 80024610158] <https://giving.unibocconi.it/5x1000> Please note that the above message is addressed only to individuals filing Italian income tax returns. 5x1000 is a percentage of Italian personal income tax that taxpayers can allocate to Universities, scientific research and non profit organizations.

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ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the Master in Intellectual Property | 17 giugno 2024, ore 10.00-16.00
by Nexa - Media June 7, 2024

June 7, 2024

Gentilissime, gentilissimi, Vi invitiamo a partecipare alla Conferenza Annuale del Master in Intellectual Property: International Seminar on "Thirty Years Since the Adoption of TRIPS: A Tentative Assessment", organizzato dal World Intellectual Property Organization, dall'Università di Torino, dalla SAA - School of Management, dal COREP e dal Centro Nexa su Internet & Società. L'incontro si terrà lunedì 17 giugno dalle ore 10.00 alle ore 16.00, presso l'Aula Magna del Campus Luigi Einaudi - Lungo Dora Siena 100/A, Torino. L'evento sarà inoltre fruibile online qui<https://unito.webex.com/unito-en/j.php?MTID=m06074deca44c5fad6fb0e0449bb00c…>. Partecipano al convegno, tra gli altri: Prof. Alessandro Cogo, Faculty Associate del Centro Nexa, Università degli Studi di Torino; Prof. Maurizio Borghi, Co-Direttore del Centro Nexa, Università degli Studi di Torino; Prof. Stéphane Grumbach, Trustee del Centro Nexa, French Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology; Prof. Brett Frischmann, Trustee del Centro Nexa, Villanova University; Prof. Marco Ricolfi, Co-Fondatore e Co-Direttore del Centro Nexa, Università degli Studi di Torino. Maggiori informazioni e il programma completo della conferenza sono disponibili alla pagina: https://nexa.polito.it/annual-conference-master-intellectual-property-24 Si prega di confermare la propria partecipazione, sia online che in presenza, al seguente link<https://nexa.polito.it/annual-conference-master-intellectual-property-24>. 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

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U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI
by Daniela Tafani June 6, 2024

June 6, 2024

U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry. By David McCabe Reporting from Washington Published June 5, 2024Updated June 6, 2024, 2:42 a.m. ET Federal regulators have reached a deal that allows them to proceed with antitrust investigations into the dominant roles that Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia play in the artificial intelligence industry, in the strongest sign of how regulatory scrutiny into the powerful technology has escalated. The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission struck the deal over the past week, and it is expected to be completed in the coming days, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the confidential discussions. Under the arrangement, the Justice Department will take the lead in investigating whether the behavior of Nvidia, the biggest maker of A.I. chips, has violated antitrust laws, the people said. The F.T.C. will play the lead role in examining the conduct of OpenAI, which makes the ChatGPT chatbot, and Microsoft, which has invested $13 billion in OpenAI and made deals with other A.I. companies, the people said. The agreement signals intensifying scrutiny by the Justice Department and the F.T.C. into A.I., a rapidly advancing technology that has the potential to upend jobs, information and people’s lives. Both agencies have been at the forefront of the Biden administration’s efforts to rein in the power of the biggest tech companies. After a similar deal in 2019, the government investigated Google, Apple, Amazon and Meta and has since sued each of them on claims that they violated antimonopoly laws. For months, Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI largely escaped the brunt of the Biden administration’s regulatory scrutiny. But that began to change as generative A.I., which can produce humanlike text, photos, videos and audio, burst onto the scene in late 2022 and created an industry frenzy. Regulators have recently signaled that they want to get ahead of developments in A.I. In July, the F.T.C. opened an investigation into whether OpenAI had harmed consumers through its collection of data. In January, the F.T.C. also started a broad inquiry into strategic partnerships between tech giants and A.I. start-ups, including Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI and Google’s and Amazon’s investments in Anthropic, another young A.I. company. Still, the United States lags behind Europe in regulating artificial intelligence. European Union officials agreed last year on landmark rules to govern the fast-evolving technology, focused on the riskiest ways in which it can be used. In Washington last month, a group of senators released legislative recommendations for A.I., calling for $32 billion in annual spending to propel American leadership of the technology but holding off on asking for specific new regulations. The discussions between the F.T.C. and Justice Department over the A.I. companies entered their final stages within the last week and involved the senior levels of both agencies, said one person with knowledge of the discussions, who is an F.T.C. official. Lina Khan, the chair of the F.T.C., said in a February interview that when it came to A.I., the agency was trying to spot “potential problems at the inception rather than years and years and years later, when problems are deeply baked in and much more difficult to rectify.” Spokeswomen for the F.T.C. and the Justice Department declined to comment. Microsoft and OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. A representative for Nvidia declined to comment. <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/technology/nvidia-microsoft-openai-antit…>

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Fwd: Incontro con il prof. Juean-Claude Guédon: "Open science, digital platforms and institutional data sovereignty"
by Federica Cappelluti June 6, 2024

June 6, 2024

Buonasera, segnalo il seminario in oggetto organizzato insieme a Juan Carlos De Martin. In presenza, venerdì 14 giugno alle 14:30 presso la Biblioteca Centrale di Ingegneria del PoliTO. Cordialmente, Federica Cappelluti -------- Messaggio Inoltrato -------- Oggetto: Incontro con il prof. Juean-Claude Guédon: "Open science, digital platforms and institutional data sovereignty" Data: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 15:37:02 +0200 Mittente: eventi(a)polito.it Rispondi-a: eventi(a)polito.it ENGLISHVERSION FOLLOWS BELOW A tutto il personale. Gentilissime, gentilissimi, a nome della direttrice del Centro Studi su Scienza Aperta, prof.ssa Federica Cappelluti, vi segnaliamo il seminario del Prof. Juean-Claude Guédon, professore onorario dell'Université de Montréal (Canada), su "Open science, digital platforms and institutional data sovereignty", che si svolgerà il 14 giugno 2024 presso la sala della Biblioteca Centrale di Ingegneria, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - Torino, dalle ore 14:30 alle 15:30. Seguiranno discussione informale e spuntino. Il seminario è organizzato dal Centro Studi su Scienza Aperta e dal Centro Nexa in collaborazione col Sistema bibliotecario. È gradita la registrazione al link: https://forms.gle/rWL4bMwky2XPqFCK6 <https://forms.gle/rWL4bMwky2XPqFCK6> Potete trovare maggiori informazioni sul sito dell’Ateneo <https://www.polito.it/ateneo/comunicazione-e-ufficio-stampa/appuntamenti/ne…> Dear all, on behalf of prof. Federica Cappelluti, director of the Study Center for Open Science, we would like to invite you to the seminar of Prof. Jean-Claude Guédon, honorary professor at Université de Montréal (Canada), on “Open science, digital platforms and institutional data sovereignty,” which will take place on June 14, 2024 at the hall of the Central Library of Engineering, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - Turin, from 2:30 to 3:30 pm. Informal discussion and snacks will follow. The seminar is organized by the Study Center for Open Science and the Nexa Center in collaboration with the Library System. Registration is welcome: https://forms.gle/rWL4bMwky2XPqFCK6 <https://forms.gle/rWL4bMwky2XPqFCK6> Find out more on Politecnico’s website <https://www.polito.it/ateneo/comunicazione-e-ufficio-stampa/appuntamenti/ne…> Cordiali saluti, Nunzia Spiccia Ufficio Eventi e Fundraising Servizio Marketing ed Eventi Direzione Comunicazione, Cultura e Biblioteche

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MEMENTO | Incontro intorno al volume "La regolazione giuridica dell'intelligenza artificiale" | 7 giugno 2024, ore 15.00
by Nexa - Media June 5, 2024

June 5, 2024

Gentilissime, gentilissimi, Vi ricordiamo che venerdì 7 giugno alle ore 15.00 si terrà l'incontro intorno al volume "La regolazione giuridica dell'intelligenza artificiale" di Ermanno Bocchini (Giappichelli Editore). Parteciperà alla discussione, tra gli altri, il Prof. Maurizio Borghi (co-direttore del Centro Nexa). L'evento si terrà IN PRESENZA presso la Sala Agorà dell'I3P - Incubatore di Imprese Innovative del Politecnico (Corso Castelfidardo 30/a, Torino). Per maggiori dettagli è possibile consultare la pagina web dedicata: https://nexa.polito.it/la-regolazione-giuridica-dell-intelligenza-artificia… 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

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Software libero e open source tra potenzialità e criticità: tre esperienze a confronto
by Alessandra Moi June 4, 2024

June 4, 2024

Webinar del Gruppo di studio sulle tecnologie dell’informazione nelle biblioteche e biblioteche digitali (TBID) dedicato al software libero e open source. https://www.aib.it/eventi/software-libero-e-open-source/ Giuseppe Aceto, Matteo Ruffoni e Giovanni Bergamin racconteranno esperienze vive sull’applicazione e l’uso di strumenti open source declinate all’interno del mondo dell’università, della scuola e delle biblioteche. Durante il webinar i tre relatori ci parleranno dei risultati positivi ma anche degli ostacoli incontrati nelle loro esperienze, con l’obiettivo di fornire degli spunti per iniziare a fare scelte consapevoli riguardo l’uso di strumenti alternativi a quelli forniti, spesso con limitazioni tecniche e funzionalità opache, dalle grandi piattaforme commerciali proprietarie. Modera Lorenzo Gobbo (Università della Svizzera italiana) *Giovedi 13 giugno 2024, 17:00-19:00https://zoom.us/j/92903336132 <https://zoom.us/j/92903336132>* Vi aspettiamo! Alessandra Moi

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"Banning smartphones from school? What a brilliant idea"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 3, 2024

June 3, 2024

*Banning smartphones from school? What a brilliant idea * Catherine Price <https://www.theguardian.com/profile/catherine-price> /New York’s governor backs a plan to remove smartphones from the classroom. Here are some suggestions for how it might work/ Sun 2 Jun 2024 On Thursday, Kathy Hochul, the New York governor, announced plans <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/30/new-york-smartphone…> to sponsor legislation that would ban smartphones in schools as part of her broader effort to protect children from technology’s negative effects. She intends to introduce the bill later this year so that it can be considered during New York’s next legislative session, which begins in January. Hochul’s announcement should come as welcome news to anyone concerned about the effects of smartphones and social media on students’ attention spans, relationships, learning and mental health. However, given that it could be more than a year before the bill goes into effect – provided it’s passed to begin with – caregivers and school administrators may be wondering what they can do to shield their children from technology’s worst traits now. Simply put: a lot! Here are some suggestions for parents and schools, based on my professional research – and my personal experience as a parent. [...] continua qui: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jun/02/banning-smartp…

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173° Mercoledì di Nexa | 12 giugno 2024, ore 17.00
by Nexa - Media June 3, 2024

June 3, 2024

Gentilissime, gentilissimi, Vi invitiamo a partecipare al 173° Mercoledì di Nexa, che si terrà mercoledì 12 giugno, alle ore 17.00, con un incontro dal titolo "Metaverso come logica spaziale del digitale". Ospite dell'incontro: Simone Arcagni (Università di Palermo). 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 Di seguito maggiori dettagli: https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-173 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

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Speech Synthesis Markup Language
by maurizio lana June 2, 2024

June 2, 2024

buonasera, per una riflessione sulla produzione di audiolibri per persone non vedenti qualcuno sa dove in Italia e fuori si lavora a livello di ricerca e/o applicativo su text-to-speech differenziato per tipologia di testo? (cioè un TTS che non dia una lettura piatta ma dia una resa espressiva appropriata al tipo di testo e ai singoli passaggi di testo). so di SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) ma non ho la minima idea se esistano dei repository di testi annotati in SSML, né se sia obsoleto o avanzato, né di quali sistemi software possano ricevere in input un testo annotato in SSML. grazie dell'aiuto! Maurizio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ che faresti se vivessi così? mau mau, con chi fugge ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maurizio Lana - 347 7370925

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