The EU’s Competitiveness Compass: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?
The European Commission has unveiled its Competitiveness Compass—a five-year blueprint to boost innovation and strengthen Europe’s economy—which gets the diagnosis right but prescribes the wrong cure. While it rightly flags excessive red tape, lagging innovation, and strategic vulnerabilities to China
2024: Breakthroughs in AI – Innovation, Competition and the Transformation of Society – Part I.
2024 has proven to be a landmark in the world of Artificial Intelligence, with a series of exciting innovations and milestones reshaping industries, the way humans and machines work together, and setting new standards in many areas. Now, at the
Content Moderation and Meta’s New Strategy in the United States – Part I.
Some people have been looking at Facebook every day since 2011, while others have not logged in for a long time or have deactivated their account altogether. Although many users may feel that the social networking site is "dead", the
Content Moderation and Meta’s New Strategy in the United States – Part II.
The endless nature of social media feeds has led to a dramatic increase in the number of so-called “content farms”, where images and texts generated with Artificial Intelligence are created to achieve the greatest possible reach (see the infamous case
Darling, Your Consent, S’il Te Plaît—a Short Summary and a Brief Critical Assessment of the French Sharenting Law
A newborn being introduced to the world for the first time—live-streamed on Instagram. A toddler’s—seemingly—gratuitous tantrum filmed and shared with thousands for laughs. A preteen’s medical diagnosis detailed in a heartfelt post for “support and prayers”. A child’s first bath
Life as a Minority – New Slovakian Language Law Draft Endangering Hungarian Minorities in Slovakia?
Since decades, minority language usage has been a heavily debated topic Europe-wide. Language is considered the core of cultural identity helping the preservation of heritage, tradition and customs. The importance of minority language usage has caused reason for misunderstanding due
From ChatGPT to AI agents: how will artificial intelligence technologies evolve?
It seemed simple at the beginning: when we first encountered ChatGPT and other similar generative AI models, we mainly noticed the qualitative leap they made in artificial text generation. In one fell swoop, it was obvious that these AI systems
Defining the “constitutional self” in Montenegro
It seems that in no country does the reveal of the population census results attract as much public attention as in Montenegro. On the 15th of October 2024, top TV stations in Montenegro streamed the long-awaited release of the results
The EU Victims Rights Directive: A Milestone or Stepping Stone?
The EU Victims’ Rights Directive has been lauded as a landmark achievement in the protection of victim’s rights, setting minimum standards to harmonize victim support across the member states. But its implementation raises questions about whether it represents a milestone
Linguistics and Law in the Courtroom the Challenges of a Textualist Approach
Textualism, i.e. the search for an interpretation of texts faithful to their original age, is a new emerging trend in legal interpretation, but its practical implementation is often incomplete. What are the opportunities and risks involved in the spread of
