Varg Lukas Folkman

Oct 7, 2024 | euobserver.com | Varg Lukas Folkman

In the end, the 5 October vote on tariffs for electric vehicles (EVs) produced in China proved to be undramatic. With 10

Oct 2, 2024 | theparliamentmagazine.eu | Roos Döll |Varg Lukas Folkman

Every iteration of digital innovation brings new threats to people and institutions. One gaining increasing attention is the sexually explicit deepfake – hyper-realistic, AI-generated videos and images depicting people in fabricated explicit scenarios. This form of online harassment disproportionately impacts women. A study in late 2023 found that 98 per cent of online deepfake videos were pornographic, and that 99 per cent of those targeted were women or girls.

Sep 26, 2024 | theparliamentmagazine.eu | Varg Lukas Folkman |William Glucroft

When Facebook bought WhatsApp for a cool $21.8bn in 2014 (roughly €19.5bn in today’s money), many in Europe couldn’t believe it. Why should Facebook pay so much for what was then a relatively small messaging app?    A decade on, we know better. Facebook’s move was a canny one, removing a potential competitor and expanding its own ecosystem. Since then Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet have gone on an acquisition spree with little hindrance from competition regulators.

Sep 14, 2024 | abcnyheter.no | Varg Lukas Folkman

Artikkelen fortsetter under annonsenIdeen om et felles-europeisk kapitalmarked stammer fra den tidligere kommisjonspresidenten Jean-Claude Juncker. Siden den gang har CMU blitt en evig, men urealisert, lovnad om muligheten for milliarder i private investeringer. Send oss gjerne forslag til kronikker vi kan publisere. Formen bør være kronikk/kommentar/blogginnlegg med maks 1000 ord.

Sep 10, 2024 | dn.no | Varg Lukas Folkman

«Sapiens»-forfatter Yuval Noah Harari skriver illevarslende om teknologien vi ikke forstår. Kunstig intelligens kan bli vårt endelikt, mener han.