Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Biased AI is a threat to civil liberties. The ACLU has a plan to fix it

Co.Design, here

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgelder wegen Preisbindungen bei Bekleidung in Höhe von insgesamt rund 10,9 Mio. Euro

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder

Gizmodo, here.

Open Data : les Archives Nationales optent pour un principe de gratuité

NextImpact, ici.

An assessment of the Commission’s Proposal on Privacy and Electronic Communications

IViR, here.

Roomba vacuum maker iRobot betting big on the 'smart' home

Reuters, here.

Netflix and Go: Expanding Access to Online Content Services when Travelling within the EU

Scl.org, here.

Madrid asks anti-trust watchdog to probe Uber's new airport service

Reuters, here.

Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2017 - Chapters 1 and 2

P. Menell, M. Lemley, R. Merges, here

The European Data Economy

M. Gabriel, here

Google’s payments to partners are the highest in 8 years and Wall Street is not happy

UK.businessinsider, here

The CJEU Pirate Bay Judgment and its Impact on the Liability of Online Platforms

E. Rosati, here

A Better Deal: Cracking Down on Corporate Monopolies and the Abuse of Economic and Political Power

US Democrats, here. See also here

Friday, July 21, 2017

Facebook Challenged by Activist Who Broke EU-U.S. Data Pact

Bloomberg, here.

U.S. House panel approves broad proposal on self-driving cars

Reuters, here.

POLICY CHOICES FOR A DIGITAL AGE

Friends of Europe, here.

FTC probing allegations of Amazon's deceptive discounting

Reuters, here.

How algorithms make important government decisions — and how that affects you

ABC, here.

Open markets must benefit consumers or distrust will grow

ACC, here.

WhatsApp is building out its business team to start bringing in revenue

Recode, here.

Algorithmen fallen nicht vom Himmel

FAZ, hier.

Amazon will pay full price to US retailers to boost its inventory

ArsTechnica, here.

Brexit: competition

House of  Lords, here

It’s time for our justice system to embrace artificial intelligence

Brookings, here

Report on innovative uses of consumer data by financial institutions

EBA, here

DONNÉES PERSONNELLES ET OBJETS CONNECTÉS EN EUROPE

B. Benhamou, ici

LIBE submits more than 800 amendments to ePrivacy Regulation

IAPP, here

Nondiscrimination and Neutrality

R. Picker, Slides (163!), here

Examination script and personal data

AG Kokott, Case C-434/16, here

Will Amazon Take Over the World?

F. Pasquale, here

China Artificial Intelligence Bid Seeks $59 Billion Industry

Bloomberg, here

Judge Rules Milwaukee Flouted U.S. Constitution in Response to 'Pokemon Go' Craze

HollywoodReporter, here

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Mastercard Enhances Artificial Intelligence Capability with the Acquisition of Brighterion, Inc..

Stockhouse, here.

Digital Single Market conference on the free movement of data: Closing Speech

A Ansip, here

ELON MUSK'S FREAK-OUT OVER KILLER ROBOTS DISTRACTS FROM OUR REAL AI PROBLEMS

Wired, here

The Rise of The Attribute Economy

Meeco, here

CONSUMER NOTICE: INTERNET-CONNECTED TOYS COULD PRESENT PRIVACY AND CONTACT CONCERNS FOR CHILDREN

FBI, here.

Hunting Unicorns? Experimental Evidence on Predatory Pricing Policies

A. Edlin, C. Roux, A. Schmutzler and C. Thöni, here

An AI Pattern Language

M. Elish and T. Hwang, here

Intermediaries Could Be Made Liable In EU Copyright Legislation

IP-watch, here.

Germany introduces law permitting automated vehicles

Out-Law.com, here

AI AND ‘ENORMOUS DATA’ COULD MAKE TECH GIANTS HARDER TO TOPPLE

Wired, here

Digital single market conference on the free movement of data

Agenda here. Video here.
The AU "Productivity Commission Draft Report: Data Availability and Use" mentioned by Katryna (Meeco) is here.

Alex 'Sandy' Pentland (37:57).

Making Europe a Data Economy: A New Framework for Free Movement of Data in the Digital Age

The Lisbon Council, here

Uber Releases Open Source Project for Differential Privacy

Medium, here

Amazon Antitrust Concerns Emerge in Washington and Wall Street

Bloomberg, here

EC sends Statement of Objections to Teva on 'pay for delay' pharma agreement

EC, Press Release, here

Elon Musk: regulate AI to combat 'existential threat' before it's too late

TheGuardian, here

Competition Authorities: Towards More Independence and Prioritisation?

W. Wils, here

Presumptions in EU Competition Law

C. Ritter, here

Horizontal Mergers and Product Innovation: An Economic Framework

G. Federico, G. Langus, T. Valletti, here

The world's libraries tell the W3C that DRM is bad for the web

BoiungBoing, here

Call for tender: Study to raise awareness about algorithms

EC, here

Maas kündigt Urheberrechtsreförmchen zugunsten von Blinden an

Heise.de, hier.

FTC Staff Comment on Net Neutrality

Here. Commissioner McSweeny's dissent here.

Artificial Intelligence and Economic Theories

T. Marwala, E. Hurwitz, here

Amazon may give developers your private Alexa transcripts

Engadget, here

Amazons „Alexa“ womöglich ein Problem

WiWo, hier

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Achieving Digital Maturity

Deloitte, here.

About the cartel screening tool

CMA, here.

The Economic Impact of Data: Why Data Is Not Like Oil

Progressive Policy, here.

Willkommen in der Numerokratie

FAZ, hier.

Private hire and hackney carriage licensing: open letter to local authorities

Gov.co.uk, here.

Droit d'auteur: la création est une chose trop importante pour être laissée à des algorithmes

EPPgroup, here.

Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, and No One Seems to Care

MIT Technology Review, here.

Impact of OTA Bias and Consolidation on Consumers

B. Edelman, here.

The end of the internet startup

Vox, here.

How Google could win its fight with Brussels

Politico, here.

Groundbreaking study suggests trademark count, rather than patent count, is a better predictor of innovation

Worldtrademarkreview, here.

Nederlandse truckers eisen 250 miljoen euro van fabrikanten

NOS, hier

CORPORATE SURVEILLANCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

W. Christl, here

Shooting-Star der künstlichen Intelligenz

FAZ, hier