Tag: Tech and Transformations
What is “Snake”, this Russian spyware neutralized by the United States?
This is no longer surprising, the games of influence are also played out on the technological side. The United States announced on Tuesday, May 9, that it had neutralized one…
Elon Musk seen by Kim Stanley Robinson: “His Martian dream is bad science fiction”
Kim Stanley Robinson could have invented Musk: in a soberly titled short story Elon, the author would have told the story of a somewhat perched engineer, who became captain of…
Twitter: Elon Musk’s political turning point
One morning in December 2022, Musk tweeted: “My pronouns are Judge/Fauci.” Full attack on the anti-Covid policy led by former White House health adviser Anthony Fauci. And a disdain displayed…
Boosting AI with Human Neurons: The Fascinating Prospects of “Organoid Intelligence”
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to fascinate. The most recent machine learning models, such as ChatGPT or Dall-e are particularly impressive. These tools manage to answer complex questions in detail, to…
SpaceX, Ariane… When the culture of risk conditions innovation
The test flight of the giant SpaceX rocket on April 20 is the perfect illustration of the discrepancy between the modes of innovation in the United States and in Europe.…
How to “secure” the Internet? The main measures of the bill
The bill “to secure and regulate the digital space” is becoming clearer. The text, which should be presented this Wednesday, May 10 in the Council of Ministers, will consist of…
Can Twitter really compete with Bluesky, Jack Dorsey’s new social network?
A few months after its launch, a layer of mystery still surrounds Bluesky. This new social network which wants to overshadow the giant Twitter is the subject of intense discussions…
AI: the media are playing for their survival
The future of media is not much worse than usual. This year, at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, the exchanges were dominated by the brutal surge of generative…
Geoffrey Hinton, this “godfather” of AI and ChatGPT turned whistleblower
Despite his graying hair, Geoffrey Hinton still looks top of the class. Navy blue round-neck sweater, pink shirt that barely sticks out and that still surprised look, as if he…
Tech giants: the end of the Irish exception
In Dublin, the winter was cool on the banks of the Liffey. Dockworkers shivered at the first quarterly results of the major American tech multinationals, where the majority of their…