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So, their latest cybersecurity model is too dangerous to release to the public. Yet they cannot use it in their own codebase to find errors?
#cybersecurity #AI
https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/05/malicious-open-source-npm-packages-breach-openai-employee-devices/ -
The US government's latest "Data for foreign aid" extortion scheme should have shown everyone how important Digital Sovereignty truly is.
#digitalsovereignty #foreignpolitics
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2026/05/298890/the-great-digital-wall-digital-sovereignty-and-cloud-resilience-what-lessons-for-africa-and-the-global-south/ -
Germany had the chance of saying no to this pointless espionage and data collection. Yet, it seems "we don't transfer the data routinely to the US" is all we can hope for.
#espionage #data
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Digital-Sovereignty-BfV-Buys-European-Palantir-Alternative-11293717.html -
Open source is no longer just an engineering choice. It’s a boardroom issue. It affects resilience, innovation, vendor risk, and digital sovereignty. My latest post breaks down why governance matters. #OpenSource #governance #DigitalSovereignty
https://www.korte.co/2026/05/14/board-brief-open-source/ -
You cannot buy trust.
https://www.korte.co/7g79
#opensource #trust -
While students might be writing off journalism degrees prematurely, they are really only following editors-in-chief and news media owners who have been laying off journalists, using AI as the main excuse.
#AI #jobloss
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/05/10/ai-disrupting-jobs-college-students-journalism/89963982007/ -
We are sacrificing the third world to battle climate change and advance AI. I guess that is the ultimate form of San Francisco Big Tech NIMBYism.
#AI #climatetech #thirdworld #exploit
https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2026/05/10/critical-minerals-rare-earth-mining-sacrifice-zones-ai-clean-energy-water-bankruptcy-pollution/ -
Free Software Friday! I am notoriously bad at remembering to charge my phone. Thus, that is one of the features of KDE Connect that has saved me from running on empty. Yet, the tool has many more features for keeping your phone and computer in sync.
#kde #phone #freesoftwarefriday
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For the Open Source community, Microsoft’s GitHub changes are more than a business move. They affect trust, convenience, control, and sovereignty.
https://www.korte.co/2026/05/07/in-open-source-trust-is-a-real-asset/
#OpenSource #GitHub #Microsoft #DeveloperCommunity -
It used to be best practice to run your own repository mirror if you ran more than a handful of servers. I guess in the Age of AI, a trillion downloads don't yet justify the few cents it costs.
#opensource #mirror #AI
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Given how much we depend on computers, it is a sombering thought that one country could annex another without firing a single shot.
#digitalsovereignty #invasion
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If your AI systems are solely focused on speed, human oversight might become nothing more than theater. And we all know from cybersecurity how effective theater can be at convincing people they are doing the right thing while changing nothing.
#AI #oversight #goverance
https://www.techpolicy.press/ai-efficiency-can-undermine-accountability-even-with-humans-in-the-loop/ -
So far, the industry has dominated standard bodies. It's great to see it change.
#opensource #standards
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202605/germany-launches-program-to-bring-open-source-maintainers-into-standards-bodies -
It's a strange world where the world's biggest investor warns against a purely cost-cutting AI "strategy." Maybe it is an advantage that their timeline is more than the next quarterly results.
#AI #strategy #investor
https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/norway-wealth-fund-ceo-warns-just-using-ai-for-job-cuts-risks-backlash/130596484 -
It's interesting to see how many vibe-coded startups are looking for funding. It's just too bad that no one has yet figured out how to vibe code customers.
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Demand for personal data stops talks about food, healthcare, and education assistance. It looks like human life isn't as valuable as AI training data.
#digitalsovereignty #foreignaid
https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/ghana-halts-us-aid-talks-over-personal-data-sovereignty-concerns -
I’m excited to share my latest article on why Open Source data portability is more than a technical feature: It’s a freedom issue and a competitive advantage.
When organizations can move their data without friction, they gain more control, reduce lock-in, and create better long-term options for innovation and growth.
Read the full article here: https://allthingsopen.org/articles/open-source-data-portability-freedom-competitive-advantage
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(paywall) The fact that we are asking whether US Tech can undermine a country's democracy should be worrying, even without knowing the answer.
#digitalsovereignty #techoligarchy
https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360989206/digital-oligarchy-can-us-tech-giants-override-nz-sovereignty -
It used to be a virtue to write spelling and grammar error-free text. Now, it creates enough suspicion of your text being AI-generated that we are building tools to introduce spelling errors. What a wonderful world ... (or rather wrold, I guess)
#AI #spelling
https://gizmodo.com/the-anti-grammarly-helps-people-hide-their-participation-in-the-ai-slop-era-2000750553 -
Any security guarantee that Epic Systems can give to Quebec runs right through the White House. Whether that is something you really want to rely on right now is the hundred-million-medical-records question.
#digitalsovereignty #medicaldata
https://montrealgazette.com/news/health/premier-frechette-insists-on-security-guarantees-for-sante-quebecs-digital-health-records/ -
Free Software Friday! @univention has released Version 1.19 of its Nubus identity management suite. It comes with better APIs and more security information
#opensource #identitymanagement
https://www.univention.com/blog-en/2026/04/nubus-for-kubernetes-1-19-released/ -
Now, that people are working on an Open version, I might finally get a fitness tracker.
#openhardware #smartring
https://www.hackster.io/news/the-quest-for-a-truly-open-source-smart-ring-b6576abc2ea6 -
Given the fees many lawyers charge, it seems almost absurd that lawyers would need to warn other lawyers about the perils of AI.
#AI #lawyers
https://www.wardandsmith.com/article/dont-let-your-lawyers-ai-problem-become-yours -
Agentic AI isn't just a tool. It's a risk companies need to manage.
https://www.korte.co/5v8o
#AI #AgenticAI #riskmanagement -
Is it a product or a feature can be a powerful question to determine what to focus on. For more ideas on how to reduce feature creep, join the experts and me at the Forbes Tech Council.
#productdevelopment
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/04/16/how-to-stop-feature-creep-and-prioritize-product-value/ -
Digital Sovereignty doesn't mean putting up digital walls. Open Source, which underpins Digital Sovereignty, is more likely to follow open standards than proprietary software.
#digitalsovereignty #openstandards #opensource
https://www.aol.com/finance/digital-sovereignty-dilemma-false-choice-090000686.html -
It isn't just the UK, who's purchasing decisions have put it into a big tech dependency. Unfortunately, it is most countries, organizations, and individuals.
#digitalsovereignty #bigtech #dependency
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I have a small ask, could AI start with destroying the job on corporate espionage CEO?
#ai #jobloss
https://fortune.com/article/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-ai-humanities-jobs-vocational-training/ -
And warnings like this should be the reason to ensure anything with AI has a physical switch to press. Unfortunately, we are instead putting AI into combat drones with lethal weapons.
#AI #warnings
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/will-ai-start-going-rogue-the-chorus-of-warnings-is-getting-louder-c4d4b831 -
So AI is learning from all the content on the internet, and a lot of that content is AI-generated. Wouldn't that mean that AI is getting better at generating AI-sounding content? If so, maybe AI detection will work in the future.
#AI #content #AIdetection -
It clearly shows the dependencies if the government starts developing a digital emergency kit. Maybe it would be more prudent to stop building additional dependencies. Yet, we also might be too far down the rabbit hole.
#digitalsovereignty #emergencykit
https://cybernews.com/security/netherlands-build-a-digital-emergency-kit-internet-shutdown-nationwide/ -
Anthropic's "controlled" release of mythos reminds me very much of Dürrenmatt's The Physicists. They invented it and now think they can still control it. The fact that the play takes place in an insane asylum only reinforces that notion.
#AI #insane
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/08/anthropic-mythos-model-ai-cyberattack-warning -
By importing cloud services, you are importing geopolitical risks. While it is undoubtedly true for US hosters, we shouldn't forget that this is just as critical for China and its technological innovations and investment vehicles.
#digitalsovereignty #clouddependency
https://thenextweb.com/news/europe-cloud-costs-iran-war-energy-dependency -
Cybersecurity oversight and governance aren't just nice-to-haves.
https://www.korte.co/z3hw
#cybersecurity #board #governance -
The unfortunate truth is, that the vast majority of African data already flows through US and Chinese companies. AI isn't changing that. However, the bright side is, that African governments have understood, that they can change it through open-source and digital sovereignty.
#digitalsovereignty #digitalcolonialism #opensource
https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/un-experts-warn-ai-accelerates-digital-colonisation-in-africa -
Big Tech AI companies are trying to get us and our data into their silos and walled gardens. Their ultimate goal is to make us less free and simply turn us into a source of recurring revenue.
#AI #dependency
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-04-05/Analysis-How-dangerous-trends-in-the-AI-era-risk-taking-us-backward-1M6l8hGGfOU/share_amp.html -
Should something be considered Open Source if cybersecurity features, such as SSO or MFA, are locked behind a paid tier? To me, insecurity by design seems to run counter to the idea of working together for a better world.
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Cybersecurity is no longer “just IT” — it’s a core board risk.
My latest article explores why cyber incidents have become governance crises, how boards should rethink AI, identity, and vendors, and what good oversight looks like in practice.Read more: https://www.korte.co/2026/04/02/board-brief-cybersecurity
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Please let this not be an April 1st joke:
https://estonianworld.com/technology/estonia-to-relaunch-skype-as-europes-sovereign-platform/
#digitalsovereignty #skype -
It's hard to overstate how close the US has come to having private, unaccountable, and nontransparent companies regulate our access to the internet. Given how many services are now online-only, that would have been a power akin to that of the courts.
#internetaccess
https://circleid.com/posts/governing-through-liability-cox-v-sony-and-the-fragmentation-of-the-internet -
Honored to share my story with Voyage Washington, from growing up in Germany during the early days of the digital revolution to building purpose-led tech companies in the U.S.
We dug into open source, digital sovereignty, and what it really takes to scale in an AI-driven, cybersecurity-conscious world.
👉 Read the full interview: https://voyagewashington.com/interview/check-out-kevin-kortes-story
#leadership #AI #digitalsovereignty #mentorship #boards -
It's an interesting debate about how AI changes the job prospects for new graduates. However, we shouldn't forget that humans decide on strategy, hiring, and AI use.
#AI #governance #humanresources -
And whenever you think you have seen it all ... Now, developing countries have to sign away decades of health data to gain access to the crumbs left after the dismantling of USAID. The US government has gone from humanitarian aid to an AI data broker.
#data #AI #foreignaid
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Training turns cybersecurity vulnerabilities into strength.
https://www.korte.co/awbp
#cybersecurity #cybertraining #emotions -
Because AI is expensive, Meta is planning layoffs in the areas that generate revenue. Maybe they could start by writing down a plan about making money from AI. Or at the very least, lay off the overpaid glasshole they have as CEO.
#AI #layoff #meta
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/meta-planning-sweeping-layoffs-ai-costs-mount-2026-03-14/ -
I think AI has a good chance of ending venture capitalism or at least severely reducing it. Yet, it won't be by AI replacing the people behind it. More like, the AI crash will destroy most of the sector's money, forcing it to reorient itself.
#AI #venturecapitalism
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Washington State, a place which taxes Diapers but not Datacenters ...
#taxbreak #AI #datacenters
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/03/07/data-center-tax-break-close-to-getting-zapped-by-wa-legislature/ -
While AI leaders might talk about safeguards, the only ones they have implemented so far are those to safeguard their personal income. Everything else, from regulation to expert opinions, gets decried as negative talk.
#AI #safeguards
https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/03/08/business/sunday-business-it/tech-leaders-urge-ai-safeguards-at-mobile-world-congress/2295240