@science.org warns against AI slop in research: “authentic research and validated findings will slow down to an expensive trickle into established knowledge, and the opportunities for flawed or fabricated information to be seen as reality will grow” www.science.org/doi/10.1126…
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Claes de Vreese
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Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || AlgoSoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff ||
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science.org
nytimes.com
Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers the-decoder.com
Language Models Trained on State Media Sources Launder Propaganda | TechPolicy.Press techpolicy.press
reuters.com
Europe’s 27 leaders to take on AI — finally politico.eu
As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind nytimes.com
Governments Want to Ease AI Regulation for Innovation, But Do Citizens Agree? techpolicy.press
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Preparing for the 2026 US midterms anthropic.com
openai.com
Commission publishes Code of Practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
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The use of AI in political ads is not evenly distributed: “More than 80 percent of the ads were produced by Republican campaigns or Republican-aligned political action committees” #midterms #AI #ads $137 Million in A.I.-Generated Ads Flood the Midterms www.nytimes.com/2026/10/…
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Really interesting. Liable for content! The court treated the AI overviews as Google's own content and rejected Google's argument that users were responsible for fact-checking the results themselves the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...
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- Munich's Regional Court declared Google's AI Overviews its own speech, rejecting traditional search-engine hosting liability protections.
- Google's AI Overviews answered correctly around 91% of queries, but 56% of those correct answers couldn't be verified through the linked sources.
- Google confirmed it will appeal the ruling, which could set precedent for AI answer engines including ChatGPT and Perplexity across Europe.
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Training data for AI models matter for what you get. A lot. And states can benefit. Good primer by @justinhendrix.bsky.social and @techpolicypress.bsky.social on @hwaight.bsky.social and team’s important piece in @nature.com www.techpolicy.press/language-mod...
Pope Leo warns about AI. A warning against misinformation, conflict, and the risk of “leading the world down a path of unending war” Pope Leo read the room right at least on one thing: citizens support regulation of AI Read: www.techpolicy.press/governments-... www.reuters.com…
This story credits Member of the European Parliament @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org to call on Costa to "convene a special European Council summit dedicated to artificial intelligence as soon as possible." www.politico.eu/article/euro...
The lack of AI regulation is a political choice. Created by tremendous lobbying efforts. But there is no legitimacy for the lack of regulation. Research shows that citizens across the 🌎 🌍 🌏 want regulation, transparency and accountability. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/t...
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- The NYT reports AI has produced one of the widest-ever gaps between policymaking and technology, drawing on more than 20 expert interviews.
- The EU's AI Act, passed in 2024, has seen some of its most consequential rules delayed, with staffing constraints hampering enforcement.
- With no US comprehensive AI law and the Trump administration divided on safety, companies like Anthropic and OpenAI are largely self-policing.
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Citizens across the world, also in the US, want AI to be regulated. "Citizens are growing increasingly frustrated with being powerless spectators as the AI race unfolds" Data from Japan, South Africa, Denmark, the Netherlands, Brazil and the U.S. www.techpolicy.press/governmen…
Many said this in past weeks. Now NYT too ‘AI programs are not human; they are human creations. Their complexity does not diminish the responsibility of their creators. If the programs cannot be trusted to work within the law, the companies should not release them’ 🎯 www.nytim…
People are using chatbots for political information. The politics usage is diverse ⬇️ This data is based on Claude, comes from Anthropic which acknowledges the challenge to avoid that “Claude isn’t used to undermine the democratic process” #midterms www.anthropic.com/news/2026…
Open AI says it will support the EU Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated content. A good start. Now let’s move from the announcement to signing the Code. openai.com/index/suppor...
The 🇪🇺 Code of Practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content has dropped💥 The Code sets out practical measures for providers and deployers of Gen AI systems to comply with the AI Act’s transparency obligations. They apply from August 2nd 2026 digital-strategy.ec.europ…
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- The Code of Practice is voluntary, but the AI Act transparency obligations it supports become enforceable on August 2, 2026.
- Three categories require labelling: deepfakes, AI-generated or manipulated text on matters of public interest, and interactive AI systems such as chatbots.
- The European Commission released EU icons for labelling AI-generated content alongside the code to reduce implementation friction for providers.
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It’s AI transparency day. From today 🇪🇺’s transparency rules apply so you know when you are dealing with an AI system Infographic: AP 🇳🇱
US president using AI to mock and brag about his censorship efforts of media/ satire/ free speech, amplified by official White House communication channels. All normal stuff.
5️⃣ quick thoughts on letters, leaders, and the dangers of AI. Last point: If you direct a company that develops and deploys a technology, you are responsible for it. If you are not in control, you are irresponsible and in breach.
Artificial intelligence will change how we experience politics
It’s hard: journalists are not that good at detecting AI content. Luckily they are better at detecting real content. But still … @lyngemoller.bsky.social presenting our (with @emilbakke.bsky.social and 🙋) paper #ica26 #awardwinning 😀 @ddc-sdu.bsky.social
AI tech bro’s … 🎯 Ben Jennings @theguardian.com
The new AI transparency rules took effect August 2. I spoke to Politiken about the rules, what they can (not) do, why it is not a panacea, but how they provide guidance and how they can contribute to a broader societal debate about AI generated content.
Meer nuance graag! Politici en hun teams gebruiken AI. Daar is op zich niets mis mee. Net als in andere beroepsgroepen (zoals de journalistiek) is het belangrijk om een gesprek hierover te voeren en te erkennen dat dit onderwerpen en technologieën in ontwikkeling zijn. [1/4]
It is recommendable that the new Danish government program has a full chapter on AI and an ambition to offer a balanced perspective. But there are a LOT of things to work out, many open ends. The devil is in the details. Hopefully they will leverage expertise and research in the next steps #dkpol
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