Digital Peace spoke with Mark Coeckelbergh, Belgian philosopher and leading expert on the ethics of AI and robotics.
The interview explores topics such as the relationship between AI and religion, the threat of Big Tech on democracies, and the democratization of technologies.
Palantir’s recently published manifesto represents the ideology behind many billionaires leading tech companies in Silicon Valley. What is the threat for democracies worldwide?
Data centers are being built as a key infrastructure for AI, with considerable impacts on the environment and communities.
But a growing number of grassroots organizations is challenging tech giants across the globe.
Among financial analysts, there are increasing concerns of an AI bubble. This article explores the circular financing dynamics of major AI firms, and the wider risks that a market correction can bring on societies and democracies worldwide.
The US just announced its largest monetary seizure ever, worth more than $15 billion in bitcoins. The targeted entity is an investment conglomerate known as Prince Holding Group, responsible for running more than 10 scam compounds in Cambodia and for conducting international money laundering operations.
This article explores the phenomena of scam cities, the role of cryptocurrencies in facilitating international money laundering and how blockchain can be used as a tool for accountability.
A new report published by Europol highlights the increasing threat coming from the use of AI in organized crime. Deepfake extortions, politically motivated cyberattacks and targeted data theft: cybercrime is evolving at a faster pace than Artificial Intelligence regulation. This article explores how organized crime is implementing Generative Artificial Intelligence to expand and professionalize illicit activities worldwide, and the massive human and economic costs that come with it.
Pegasus spyware Europe has turned smartphones into weapons of surveillance, piercing the heart of privacy and trust. What once seemed like the tool of authoritarian regimes has quietly entered Europe’s democratic core.
From Poland’s elections to Spain’s independence movements and Germany’s secret purchase, spyware is no longer just a foreign policy concern – but a domestic democratic crisis. This article explores how Pegasus spyware reshapes European democracy, undermining press freedom, competitive elections, and the citizen–state relationship itself.
