From fake images generated on social media to chatbots that replace human affection, right through to models capable of circumventing their own safeguards: the summer of AI has reminded us that the problem is not just what the machine can do, but how ill-prepared we are

One might call for greater public oversight, more competition, greater corporate accountability and more redistribution. The challenge lies in determining which measures actually work without stifling a technology that can also yield enormous benefits. An appeal from more than two hundred economists and a challenge for Europe

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Politico, Reddit, The Economist: more and more websites are considering an extreme option: abandoning Google and perhaps restricting its crawlers. This involves AI and the end of a pact on which the web has been based, until now

The technologies exist, the expertise is there, and capital can be mobilised. The real challenge lies in creating the conditions for these elements to converge towards a shared project, based on collaboration between institutions, businesses and society, on mutual trust and on the ability to prioritise long-term value over short-term considerations

From today, the EU directive must be implemented in all Member States: if a product is repairable, the manufacturer is obliged to repair it, even if it is no longer under warranty. Spare parts and software must be made available to independent repair shops. But Italy is already lagging behind

The provision on security cameras and the retention of footage contained in the legislative decree transposing the European AI Act has sparked much controversy. “But there is no indiscriminate data collection. Images alone do not constitute biometric data. The important thing is to strike the right balance between security requirements and the protection of individual rights,” says the professor