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Serbia, algorithmic discrimination rehearsals
by Antonio Vetro' Dec. 16, 2022

Dec. 16, 2022

A new law on social services in Serbia provides for the collection of a large amount of personal data of beneficiaries, to be analysed with an algorithm that evaluates their socio-economic condition. The declared goal is to improve the distribution of resources, but over 22,000 people have already lost the subsidy, without knowing why. https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/eng/News/Data-news/Serbia-algorithmic…

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Dispositivi revocati di firma elettronica qualificata
by Diego Giorio Dec. 16, 2022

Dec. 16, 2022

Forse può essere di interesse. Buona gioranta a tutti D. https://www.agid.gov.it/it/agenzia/stampa-e-comunicazione/notizie/2022/05/2… Firma elettronica qualificata: dispositivi revocati | Agenzia per l'Italia digitale<https://www.agid.gov.it/it/agenzia/stampa-e-comunicazione/notizie/2022/05/2…> L’agenzia francese ANSSI (Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information), organismo designato in Francia ai sensi dell’art. art. 30, c1 del Regolamento eIDAS per la certificazione dei dispositivi per la firma elettronica qualificata, ha notificato ad AgID l’imminente revoca di 2 secure electronic signature creation devices (SSCD) e qualified electronic signature ... www.agid.gov.it

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New study "Academic Offer of Advanced Digital Skills in 2020-21. International Comparison"
by Fabio Nascimbeni Dec. 16, 2022

Dec. 16, 2022

The European Commission, as part of its policy to foster digital transformation and succeed in the digital decade, promotes digital skills as a key factor to improve economic competitiveness and social justice. This report provides evidence about the availability of higher education offer in Artificial intelligence, High performance computing, Cybersecurity, and Data science in the academic year 2020-2021, so as to anticipate possible gaps (or abundance) in their offer. Following a keyword-based query methodology that captures the inclusion of advanced digital skills in the programmes’ syllabus, we monitor the availability of masters’ programmes and study their characteristics, such as the scope (broad and specialised), education fields in which digital skills are taught (e.g., Information and communication technologies; Business, administration and law), and the content areas covered by the programmes. The EU’s offer of AI-related specialised master’s programmes is higher than that of the US. Even if the field of education dominating the offer of AI master’s programmes is Information and communication technologies, noticeable shares are also observed for Engineering, manufacturing and construction. In Cybersecurity, the EU is the only area presenting a positive trend during the last year, involving both broad and specialised masters. Despite this, still the EU’s related offer is lower than that of the US and that of the UK. Regarding Data science masters, the US keeps its leading position. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128844 <https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128844> Fabio Nascimbeni fabio.nascimbeni(a)gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabionascimbeni/

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New SIPRI Publication—Cyber Posture Trends in China, Russia, the United States and the European Union - nosp
by Diego.Latella Dec. 15, 2022

Dec. 15, 2022

It might be of interest for you Lora Saalman, Fei Fu and Larisa Saveleva Dovgal Cyber Posture Trends in China, Russia, the United States and the European Union SIPRI https://www.sipri.org/publications/2022/other-publications/cyber-posture-tr… D. Latella

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Re: [nexa] ChatGPT e la geopolitica di Internet
by Giuseppe Attardi Dec. 14, 2022

Dec. 14, 2022

> On 13 Dec 2022, at 21:24, <nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it> <nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it> wrote: > > From: "Antonio Vetro'" <antonio.vetro(a)polito.it <mailto:antonio.vetro@polito.it>> > To: mailing list nexa <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it <mailto:nexa@server-nexa.polito.it>> > Subject: [nexa] ChatGPT e la geopolitica di Internet > Message-ID: > <AM0PR05MB41806FC3D2D9BE59E3B707AAE0E39(a)AM0PR05MB4180.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com <mailto:AM0PR05MB41806FC3D2D9BE59E3B707AAE0E39@AM0PR05MB4180.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Paolo Bennati offre una lettura (geo)politica del "fenomeno" ChatGPT : > > "La mia lettura a questo punto diviene una “preoccupazione “ geopolitica. Dietro OpenAI c’è Musk Musk è stato tra i fondatori ma è uscito dal CdA di OpenAI, quando ancora era un’associazione non-profit. Adesso OpenAI è divisa tra OpenAI LG (for profit) e OpenAI Inc (non profit). Nella prima ha investito $1 miliardo Microsoft, che fornisce anche l’infrastruttura di calcolo cloud per il training dei Large Language Models. > che con Thiel sono, come lo è stato Schmidt per Obama, il braccio IT dei repubblicani. ChatGPT come Google replacement può rompere o danneggiare il predominio di Big G.Gli effetti e il potere di questo nuovo Bignami della fine degli anni 20 di questo secolo, può farne non solo uno strumento che rispecchia nei risultati il senso comune ma il vero nuovo produttore dell’opinione pubblica" Alquanto dubbio: i testi prodotti dai LLM sono difficili da controllare, sia nel bene che nel male. — Beppe > > AV >

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"NASA’s TBIRD Mission Demonstrates 1.4TB Optical Downlink"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 14, 2022

Dec. 14, 2022

NASA’s TBIRD Mission Demonstrates 1.4TB Optical Downlink By Rachel Jewett <https://www.satellitetoday.com/author/rachel-jewett/> | December 6, 2022 https://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2022/12/06/nasas-tbird-mission-de… *NASA*’s TBIRD mission recently achieved a record for optical communications in space. The satellite downlinked 1.4 terabytes of data over laser communications links in a single pass that lasted about five minutes. The agency confirmed the demonstration Dec. 1 <https://twitter.com/NASALaserComm/status/1598392327734788097?s=20&t=M4qotiD…>. The TBIRD payload — TeraByte InfraRed Delivery — was built by built by the MIT Lincoln Laboratory and integrated into NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 Satellite (PTD-3), built by Terran Orbital. This is part of NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program. The TBIRD mission is testing laser communications in Low-Earth Orbit on a small satellite, which NASA believes can substantially increase data transport capabilities. NASA’s goal for the mission is to demonstrate a downlink of 200 gigabits per second. “Terran Orbital is grateful for NASA and MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s partnership in the PTD-3 mission. We look forward to completing the next record-breaking space-to-ground optical link – at 200 gigabits per second – in the near future,” commented Marc Bell, CEO of Terran Orbital.

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Exclusive: China readying $143 billion package for its chip firms in face of U.S. curbs | Reuters
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 14, 2022

Dec. 14, 2022

https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-plans-over-143-bln-push-boost-dome… (messaggio spedito in movimento - scusate brevità ed eventuali refusi)

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Sarco Suicide Pod aims to take assisted dying out of doctors' hands with AI
by 380° Dec. 14, 2022

Dec. 14, 2022

Buonasera, la notizia è piuttosto vecchiotta, l'articolo è del 9 Dic. 2021 mentre il "Sarco pod" [1] è stato inventato nel 2017. https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/12/08/the-sarco-suicide-pod-aims-to-take… «The Sarco suicide pod aims to take assisted dying out of doctors' hands with AI and 3D printing» --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- A 3D-printed "suicide capsule" has passed a legal review in Switzerland, potentially clearing the way for the technology to be put into use in the country's legal assisted suicide clinics. The Sarco capsule's creator, Dr. Philip Nitschke, told Euronews Next that his aim was to allow anyone to download the design and print it themselves. In the future, an AI screening process will allow Nitschke's assisted dying advocacy organisation, Exit International, to "demedicalise" the dying process by removing the need for medical professionals to be involved, he said. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- La notizia è rilanciata anche dalla stessa azienda nel suo media book: https://www.exitinternational.net/sarco/sarco-aims-to-take-assisted-dying-o… Anche Gizmondo ne parla https://gizmodo.com/controversial-assisted-suicide-pod-cleared-for-use-in-s… --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- “Our aim is to develop an artificial intelligence screening system to establish the person’s mental capacity,” Nitschke told the site. “Naturally there is a lot of skepticism, especially on the part of psychiatrists. But our original conceptual idea is that the person would do an online test and receive a code to access the Sarco.” --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- L'azienda nelle sue FAQ scrive: https://www.exitinternational.net/sarco/faqs/ --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- The Sarco is not and never will be for sale. The plans will be published in The Peaceful Pill eHandbook. The cost of Sarco will depend on what is charged by the 3D print shop. While the price is dropping all the time, it will never be very cheap. In 2022, the cost to print a Sarco is around €17,000. In the early stages of development it was thought that Sarco could double as one's coffin. If the Sarco is printed from suitable biodegradable materials, this is still true. But the high printing cost of Sarco intimates that it may be better to have a Sarco that can be used multiple times over. Better and cheaper for the user. More friendly to the planet. [...] Exit believes that the right to a good death at a time of one's choosing should be a fundamental human right afforded to all adults of sound mind. What type of gift is life if you cannot give it away? Because Sarco uses no drugs, no doctors need be involved (except for an assessment of mental capacity). Sarco is a game-changer because it will allow a person of sound mind control over their own death. No longer will they have to beg a panel of doctors to grant their final wish (by prescribing lethal drugs). --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- A quanto pare l'idea dell'inventore di sostituire la commissione medica con un "mental capacity assessment" svolto da non meglio precisata intelligenza artificiale è seria. Saluti, 380° [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarco_pod -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.

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Sentenza di interesse su rider
by Mauro Alovisio Dec. 13, 2022

Dec. 13, 2022

Ciao segnalo https://www.wired.it/article/rider-glovo-assumere-dipendente-milano/#intcid… Buona serata Mauro

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ChatGPT e la geopolitica di Internet
by Antonio Vetro' Dec. 13, 2022

Dec. 13, 2022

Paolo Bennati offre una lettura (geo)politica del "fenomeno" ChatGPT : "La mia lettura a questo punto diviene una “preoccupazione “ geopolitica. Dietro OpenAI c’è Musk che con Thiel sono, come lo è stato Schmidt per Obama, il braccio IT dei repubblicani. ChatGPT come Google replacement può rompere o danneggiare il predominio di Big G.Gli effetti e il potere di questo nuovo Bignami della fine degli anni 20 di questo secolo, può farne non solo uno strumento che rispecchia nei risultati il senso comune ma il vero nuovo produttore dell’opinione pubblica" AV --- sent from mobile device ---

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