Brown Stage Capitalism. Cory Doctorow’s ‘Enshittification’ describes how tech platforms (and everything else) went down the sewer.
Telcos brace for coming AI storm. Operators like Orange Business and AT&T are bullish on AI, despite talk of a bubble. Successful operators focus on a disciplined approach based on prioritizing ROI, business value and controlling data. AI “Pacesetters” that maintain business discipline “outperform their peers across every measure of AI value,” according to a Cisco report. My latest on Fierce Network.
Hacked humanoid robots are an emerging security threat. A Recorded Future research report warns that compromised robots could be used for industrial espionage — or even physical attacks. China is rapidly scaling its humanoid robotics sector, with projections suggesting up to 300 million units could eventually be deployed to offset population decline. Telcos have a responsibility and opportunity to secure these IoT assets. By Mitch Wagner (that’s me!)
if someone threatens to burn your house down unless you follow their orders, and then they burn your house down anyway, you don’t have to keep following their orders. So…Happy Liberation Day?
— The Post-American Internet, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
The Internet’s Tollbooth Operators.. Tim Wu’s ‘The Age of Extraction’ chronicles the way Big Tech platforms have turned against their users.
We Are the Bad Guys. “The swaggering threat to global stability is us.” — Hamilton Nolan