Thursday, June 04, 2026

Canada’s national Artificial Intelligence strategy: AI for All

 Canada Gov, here.

A.I., Journalism and the Uncertain Future of the Public Square

 NYT, here.

National security considerations in competition enforcement

 OECD (!), here

VW cuts owners' access to their own vehicle data with API change

 Heise.de, here

Unsurprising, but this increasingly makes the Data Act a...laughing stock? A good idea that was already watered down during the long negotiations - never enough for the VDL-supported car industry! 

More generally, are all regulatory systems that give 'API control' to the gatekeeper bound to fail? We discussed exactly this in Episode 3. 

Sign the petition here.  

 

Enshittification, Despotification, and the Open Internet

 M. Masnick, here

What do UK watchdog’s new rules on Google AI results mean for publishers?

 The Guardian, here