Technology

Section 79 safe harbour: should India curb platform immunity?

The IT ministry is reported to be weighing curbs on platform immunity. The idea is early, unconfirmed and needs Parliament. Mill explains the argument but does not settle it.

Anthropic finds analysts took the AI's lean 86% of the time

Anthropic's own trial found analysts took the AI agent's lean 86% of the time, and only 15% credited the agent. The lean was strengthened on purpose. We weigh the limits and Kant's account of tutelage.

Microsoft data centre protest: who decides what compute is for?

Police said 150 to 200 people were detained after activists occupied a Microsoft data-centre site in Amsterdam. Jacques Ellul's account of technique asks who decides what compute is for.

Taiwan indicted nine over AI chips, but none faces an export charge

Nine people are indicted in Taiwan over alleged AI-chip smuggling to China, yet none faces an export charge. A proposed amendment would create one, and critics question its reach. We weigh both sides.

Argentina offers Patagonia to data centres as a standing reserve

Argentina offers Chubut's land, wind and gas to data centres, with no AI rules and a tax cut awaiting the Senate. Heidegger's standing reserve describes the bargain well, but cannot say whether it is a good one.

Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil Online

Are social media algorithms engineering a new era of thoughtless conformity?