Susan Athey: Why Business Leaders Shouldn’t Have Blind Faith in AI

Gsb.stanford.edu, here. 

Europe’s bank bosses stress need for consolidation

FT, here. 

Los bancos europeos piden poner coto a las tecnológicas

Expansion, aquì.

Fintech Developments: FTC, FDIC, OCC and More

Manatt, here. 

Keine Verfahrenseinleitung gegen die Lufthansa wegen Preishöhenmissbrauchs

Bundeskartellamt, Fallbericht hier. 

Bayern-Fußballstar James führt eigene Kryptowährung ein

FAZ, hier. 

Brad Smith:"the single greatest cost was the distraction...we missed search"

Recode, Video here (at (8:32).
Missed: not aware or didn't dare (to hamper Google et al. because of the annoying DoJ's antitrust laser beam)?

Going to show this video to my students...forever.

Funny though that antitrust might be considered a distraction by Big Tech, while many of their tools are generally considered weapons of mass distraction.

On First Day of GDPR, Ad Industry's Fears About Google Come True

Bloomberg, here. 

Cyber crooks claim to hit two big Canadian banks

Reuters, here. 

Justice department approves Bayer-Monsanto merger in landmark settlement

Washington Post, here. DoJ here. 

BancoEstado reabre cuenta a plataforma de criptomonedas

LaTercera, aquì. Background here.
TDCL: Demanda aquì; Resolución, aquí

Die Buchpreisbindung in einem sich ändernden Marktumfeld

Monopolkommission, hier. S. auch hier. 

From Open Banking to Open Everything

J. Fingleton, here. 

Microsoft is creating an oracle for catching biased AI algorithms

MIT Technology Review, here. 

DATENRECHTE – EINE RECHTS - UND SOZIALWISSENSCHA FTLICHE ANALYSE IM VERGLEICH DEUTSCHLAND - USA

L. Specht, W. Kerber, hier. 

ICANN goes to Court

Hier. 

Legal Engineering on the Blockchain: 'Smart Contracts' as Legal Conduct

J. Goldenfein, A. Leiter, here. 

Angela Merkel fordert Besteuerung von Daten

Zeit.de, hier. 

Why China’s Payment Apps Give U.S. Bankers Nightmares

Bloomberg, here. 

A Brief History of AI

F. Corea, here. 

Who will win the race for AI?

FT, here.

Fintechs and regulatory compliance

Deloitte, here. 

The G.D.P.R., Europe’s New Privacy Law, and the Future of the Global Data Economy

J. Powles, here. 

Data, algorithms and policies

ECLAC, here. 

What You Should Do With All Those Privacy-Policy Emails Before You Delete Them

A. Glaser, here. 

How to recognize the banks that can survive the fintech threat

American Banker, Podcast here.

RGPD : vous voulez récupérer vos données ? My Data Request vous accompagne

Numerama, ici.

Leave Silicon Valley alone

The Week, here.

Building a cathedral: digital markets, economics-based enforcement and commitment to sound procedures

M. Delrahim, here.

HOW EUROPE'S GDPR REGULATIONS BECAME A MEME

Wired, here.

Google employees are being targeted with this ad urging them to consider their role in making search rankings more fair

Recode.net, here.

More effective than competition enforcement?

How Can Humans Keep the Upper Hand? The ethical matters raised by algorithms and artificial intelligence

CNIL, here. 

Antitrust Enforcement Against Platform MFNs

J. Baker, F. Scott Morton, here.

Multisided Platforms and Antitrust Enforcement

M. Katz and J. Sallet, here. 

Beyond Brooke Group: Bringing Reality to the Law of Predatory Pricing

C. Hemphill and P. Weiser, here. 

Invigorating Vertical Merger Enforcement

S. Salop, here. 

AI IN FINANCIAL SERVICES: NEXT STEPS TO REALISING THE POTENTIAL

FinExtra, here. 

#GDPRDay

HT to @GMamdani

Insurance 2030—The impact of AI on the future of insurance

McKinsey, here. 

DSGVO-Beschwerden gegen Android, Instagram, Whatsapp und Facebook: Max Schrems legt los

Heise.de, hier. See also here.

Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user’s private audio

ArsTechnica, here.

Dutch lender ABN Amro’s website slowed by cyber attack

FT, here. 

Making Sense of the Intricacies of Online Advertising Market: The French Autorité de la concurrence ’s Take

I. de Silva, here. 

Amazon’s Finance Ambitions Are Drawing Attention From the Fed

Bloomberg, here. 

Zuckerberg set up fraudulent scheme to 'weaponise' data, court case alleges

The Guardian, here.

Cryptocurrencies: Commodity Dynamics and Cartelization

P. Heilberg, here.

U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation

Reuters, here.

Russia’s Gazprom dodges fine in EU antitrust settlement

FT, here.

Commission imposes binding obligations on Gazprom to enable free flow of gas at competitive prices in Central and Eastern European gas markets

EC, Press Release here. 

Are all these GDPR-consent emails even necessary?

iapp. here. 

Whatsapp gibt Nutzerdaten an Facebook weiter

SZ.de, hier. S. auch hier.

Privacy and Freedom of Expression In the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Article 19 and Privacy International, here. 

The International Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation

I. Rubinstein, B. Petkova, here. 

Legal and regulatory issues businesses should be thinking about now when it comes to AI.

Hogan Lovells, here. 

GOOGLE’S SELFISH LEDGER IS AN UNSETTLING VISION OF SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL ENGINEERING

The Verge, here. 

Big Brother Goes Digital

NYBooks, here. 

Sustainable Financial Services in the Digital Age

UK Finance, here. 

Online platforms and exclusionary abuses – Unlockd vs. Google- a seminal case in the making?

Coreblog, here. 

The need for a new personal data infrastructure

Mydex, here.

Google says India anti-trust ruling could cause 'irreparable" harm': document

Reuters, here. 

Antitrust nearly slew Microsoft. Can it adapt to tech giants like Facebook?

San Francisco Chronicle, here. 

Tech Platforms and the Knowledge Problem

F. Pasquale, here. 

Diskussionen zwischen KI-Systemen sollen Entscheidungen nachvollziehbar machen

Heise.de, hier. 

Brokers, dealers and the regulation of markets: Applying finreg to the giant tech platforms

Synthetic Assets, here. 

‘60 Minutes’ Report Targets on Google Antitrust Risks

Bloomberg, here. 

‘Crush Them’: An Oral History of the Lawsuit That Upended Silicon Valley

The Ringer, here.

BIG DATA IM BEREICH HEIM UND FREIZEIT

ABIDA, hier. 

Deutsche vertrauen Algorithmen nicht

Zeit.de, hier. 

Activists turn tables on companies as EU privacy law comes in

Reuters, here. 

All Roads Lead to Rome: Enforcing the Consumer Welfare Standard in Digital Media Markets

M. Delrahim, here. 

Is Blockchain Hype, Revolutionary, or Both? What We Need to Know

S. Oh, S. Wallsten. here. 

Platforms and Infrastructures in the Digital Age

P. Constantinides, O. Henfridsson, G. Parker, here. 

Superintendência-Geral recomenda arquivamento de dois processos contra o Google

CADE, aqui (nota técnica aqui.)

Is human society prepared for the rise of artificial intelligence?

H. Kissinger, here.

Open Letter in Support of Google Employees and Tech Workers

ICRAC, here. 

Why Blockchain is Hard

J. Song, here. 

Algorithms have become so powerful we need a robust, Europe-wide response

M. Schaake, here. 

Welche Lösungen es jetzt braucht, damit algorithmische Prozesse den Menschen dienen

Algorithmenethik.de, hier. 

Ein Vergleich der Tech-Giganten Chinas

Paymentandbanking, hier. 

Le grand débat de la donnée

Replay ici. 

Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract

Gizmodo, here. 

The Curse of Bigness Revisited

T. Wu, Video here. 

U.S. vs. Microsoft: 20 Years Later, Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead

Yelp Video, here.

Highest exposure to antitrust enforcement (Panel 1)?
G x x x x
Apple
F x
Amazon x x x

(Gary Reback getting more depressed after each panel).

BLUMENTHAL & MARKEY CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO GOOGLE’S COVERT LOCATION TRACKING

Markey.senate.gov, here. 

Corralling the Info-Monopolists

Project Syndicate, here. 

New Commissioner Says FTC Should Get Tough on Companies Like Facebook and Google

ProPublica, here.

Algorithmic Accountability

ABIDA, hier. 

The GDPR was never going to change behaviour overnight

G. Buttarelli, here. 

Australian regulator investigates Google data harvesting from Android phones

The Guardian, here.
No Oracle's submission to be found here.
I think Gary Reback mentioned that "they" tried to bring data protection into the EU Android investigation but didn't succeed in convincing the EC (check here si jamais).

Google's plans to use AI to help the blind

CNN, here. 

Morgan Stanley to Follow Goldman in Bet on Brazilian Fintech

Bloomberg, here.
"Lively" competition enforcement factored in by investors, or competition authorities getting active because of the economic relevance of the sector?

GDPR will pop the adtech bubble

D. Searls, here.

Asus to pay 65m euro settlement for price manipulation

Asia Nikkei, here. Case here. 

Guidance on Transaction Value Thresholds for Mandatory Pre-merger Notification

Bundeskartellamt, here. Draft for public consultation.

Why so much debate about personal data misses the point

Mydex, here. 

Facebook Plans to Create Its Own Cryptocurrency

Cheddar, here. 

'Big Brother' AIB now spying on customers' social media accounts

Irish Independent, here. 

Quel menu pour nourrir l’intelligence artificielle? Pouvez-vous passer la carte?

A. Strowel, ici. 

Artificial Intelligence for the American People

The White House, here. See also here.

Google now says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans

The Verge, here.