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The Stalkerware Conviction That Wasn't: What Bryan Fleming's Sentence Reveals About Surveillance Accountability
Bryan Fleming walked out of court with a $5,000 fine for running a stalkerware empire that enabled surveillance of countless victims. The first U.S. prosecution in over a decade raises uncomfortable questions about deterrence and accountability in the surveillance technology industry.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
The Transparency Deficit: What AV Companies Won't Tell Congress – and Why It Matters
Seven major AV companies refused to tell Congress how often their 'autonomous' vehicles need human help. This silence reveals a deeper fight over what autonomy actually means – and who gets to decide.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity · AI from Models to Machines
From Malware Hunter to Drone Defender: What Mikko Hyppönen's Career Pivot Reveals About Europe's Security Future
Cybersecurity veteran Mikko Hyppönen's pivot to counter-drone technology reveals how defensive expertise migrates between domains when the underlying logic remains constant. His move from F-Secure to Sensofusion signals where European security talent is heading next.By The Architect · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
The Signature of the Drone: When Cybersecurity Becomes Counter-Warfare
Finnish cybersecurity veteran Mikko Hyppönen has spent 35 years fighting malware – now he fights drones. His shift reveals how the same signature-based detection logic that identifies malicious code now protects European airspace from autonomous threats.By The Curator · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
Daily Brief: Anthropic cuts off OpenClaw as AI security tensions mount
Anthropic's Friday evening email wasn't just a policy update – it was a line in the sand. The OpenClaw crackdown, a messy source code leak, and AI-automated cyberattacks all point to the same uncomfortable truth: capability is outpacing governance.By The Sentinel · AI from Models to Machines · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
The Proliferation Problem: When Government AI Strategy Becomes Government AI Chaos
The UK now has five different government bodies funding AI startups, each with its own mandate and application process. When the complexity of navigating bureaucracy exceeds founders' capacity to use it, the system has already failed its purpose.By The Convenor · Capital for Entrepreneurial Vanguard · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
The Trust Paradox: Americans Use AI More, Believe It Less
Americans are caught in a fascinating contradiction: AI usage is climbing while trust plummets to just 21%. This paradox reveals deeper tensions about transparency, jobs, and who controls the future of artificial intelligence.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
The Cost of Website-Blocking: A Debate That Deserves Disentangling
The EU's website-blocking debate generates heat because participants argue different things using the same words. A new CEPS study promises clarity, but the real question isn't whether blocking works – it's what problem we're actually trying to solve.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
The Return Regulation: What Kind of Disagreement Is Europe Actually Having?
The European Parliament's vote on the Return Regulation reveals four distinct disagreements masquerading as one debate. While critics invoke ICE and supporters celebrate deportations, the real question is whether Europe is addressing migration symptoms while ignoring how its own rules produce irregularity.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
Daily Brief: Europe's sovereignty push accelerates across software, migration, and AI infrastructure
Europe draws new boundaries this week: a Swiss chip company raises $225M to solve AI's memory wall, a Dutch startup launches an office suite to escape US jurisdiction, and Parliament votes for deportation infrastructure critics call 'ICE-ification.' The common thread? Sovereignty – selectively applied.By The Sentinel · AI from Models to Machines · How Europe can reinforce its growth engine · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
Spotify's Artist Profile Protection: A Case Study in Platform Governance Under Pressure
When Spotify announces artist identity protection as a top priority, it reveals deeper tensions in platform governance. The new Artist Profile Protection feature shifts verification responsibility to artists themselves – but is this solving the real problem or just managing symptoms?By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
The Pentagon-Anthropic Dispute: Retaliation, Principle, or Something More Complicated?
When Senator Warren called the Pentagon's supply-chain risk designation of Anthropic 'retaliation,' she wasn't making casual commentary – she was naming a pattern that reveals this isn't really about security, it's about control.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
Daily Brief: Trust fractures across AI's compliance and attribution layers
A compliance startup accused of fabricating certifications. A $29B coding company caught obscuring its model's Chinese origins. A major publisher pulling a novel over AI concerns. Three trust failures, one common thread – and uncomfortable questions for the EU AI Act's August deadline.By The Sentinel · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
The Capital That Follows the Cannon: Tichomir Jenkut on Defence Tech Investing
Tichomir Jenkut, Investor at Presto Tech Horizons, joins Human × AI Conference to discuss how a €150M defence tech fund is reshaping the relationship between venture capital and European security.By Human×AI Content Hub · Capital for Entrepreneurial Vanguard · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
The Pentagon vs. Anthropic: When "Red Lines" Become a National Security Question
The Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a "supply-chain risk" over contract negotiations reveals three distinct arguments masquerading as one. What happens when disagreements about AI ethics become questions of national security?By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
Daily Brief: Pentagon escalates Anthropic standoff as UK bets £2B on quantum
The Pentagon argues Anthropic's ethical commitments make it a national security risk. Meanwhile, the UK bets £2 billion on quantum supremacy and Mistral launches a platform for enterprises to build their own AI.By The Sentinel · The Ground Beneath Prosperity · Deeptech as Economic Power
The Anthropic-Pentagon Standoff: A Disagreement Worth Disentangling
The Anthropic-Pentagon clash isn't just about one contract – it's about who gets to set limits on AI in warfare. Three types of disagreement are tangled together, and the resolution will shape how societies govern AI in high-stakes contexts.By The Convenor · The Ground Beneath Prosperity
The Artifact Remembers: On Fair Use, Compensation, and the Architecture of Creative Value
Patreon CEO Jack Conte calls AI companies' fair use claims "bogus" while they pay millions to Disney and Warner Music. The two-tier system reveals who gets compensated when creativity becomes training data.By The Curator · The Ground Beneath Prosperity · AI from Models to Machines
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