Director @MedJournResCen. Founder MediaPowerMonitor. Writing about #media, #power and #politics. Professor @ceu. Words in Politico, Bloomberg

Santiago de Compostela, Vienna
Joined July 2009
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"When the referees—judges, public prosecutors, election officials—work for the incumbent, opposition parties cannot compete fairly. Competition persists, but it is undermined," write Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/1…
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Over 400 researchers and I have signed this open letter calling for the AI and security communities to come together to improve alignment and containment approaches in order to protect our critical infrastructure and digital systems. ai-security-letter.org/
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Russian strikes killed over 80 Ukrainian civilians in two days. Moreover, it has stepped up its hybrid attacks against Europe, both EU Member States and NATO Allies. Suspending sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war. This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won’t. On Monday, EU Foreign Ministers intend to approve the biggest set of sanctions listings targeting Russia’s war machine since the start of the war.
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We have a choice in front of us. In my latest op-ed for Transformer, I invite employees of frontier AI companies to ask themselves if their work is truly leading us toward a safer future. Reflecting on these questions is hard, but we no longer have the luxury of time. We must act now. Read my full op-ed: [transformernews.ai/p/yoshua-…]
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FT Exclusive: Susie Wiles's daughter is a partner at Continental Strategy, which signed a $35,000-a-month contract to represent Republika Srpska, the Balkan entity at the centre of a new dispute about conflicts of interest inside the White House. ft.trib.al/088SMb8
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Replying to @HBrandstaetter
@HBrandstaetter is joining us at MFRR Summit 2026! As head of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, he will bring an EU policy perspective to our panel on FIMI, transnational repression and information integrity: mfrr.eu/summit/2026/
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Could automating AI R&D radically accelerate AI progress in an “intelligence explosion”? Preliminary evidence suggests that it could. In a new paper with authors across academia, civil society, and frontier AI companies (including @dawnsongtweets @merettm @jackclarkSF @Yoshua_Bengio @geoffreyhinton ), we assess the evidence & offer policy recommendations 🧵
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“Who else questions power when it's easier to look away? Who else digs for the truth when it's inconvenient?” asked @AGSNYT at @NewspaperWorld's World News Media Congress. Journalism is the answer. #WorldNewsDay #ChooseTrustedJournalism #JournalismMatters #WND26 #WND2026
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1/4: 🇺🇸 Today, IPI is launching a new timeline tracking efforts by the Trump administration and its allies to expand executive control over the U.S. news media — and the implications for press freedom. 👇️ View the timeline: buff.ly/q5yXwPY
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A professor published 200+ papers and as many as 14 books this year. I'll leave it there. gift link wapo.st/4d3vD7n
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Talk tomorrow (Wed 23rd Sept) at the University of Warwick Center for Constitutions in Context. Register to attend online via Teams. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/re…
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🚨 BREAKING: China recently released its AI Safety Governance Framework 3.0, and it's a MUST-READ amid the recent rise in AI safety incidents. Published in both Chinese and English, the framework addresses new trends in AI development and responds to new challenges in AI safety governance. Version 3.0 of the Framework follows the core approach of risk classification > technical response > comprehensive governance and is based on the following principles: - Be inclusive and prudent to ensure safety - Risk-oriented and agile governance - Integrating technology and management for coordinated response - Promoting openness and cooperation for joint governance and shared benefits - Ensuring trustworthy application and preventing loss of control Below are some of the recommended governance measures described in Framework 3.0 to address AI safety risks: - Improving top-level design of AI safety governance - Enhancing AI safety governance capacity - Establishing a flexible, dynamic, and controllable AI regulatory sandbox mechanism - Strengthening measures for AI safety management - Deepening consensus on AI safety governance Most companies are unprepared for the rising number of AI safety incidents, which are expected to get worse in the coming months and years. This is the time to review, update, and strengthen internal AI governance policies, risk assessments, and response mechanisms, especially those focused on safety. This is one of the most up-to-date and comprehensive frameworks on the topic, as it considers emerging AI risks, addresses governance and response mechanisms comprehensively, and also includes an agentic AI risk management framework (do not miss Appendix 2). Read alongside other developments, version 3.0 of this framework signals that China wants to position itself as a global leader in AI safety (a strategic position the U.S. is also interested in holding). I will keep you posted. 👉 Download the framework and join my newsletter's 100,700+ subscribers using the link below.
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⚡ With more than 7,000 alerts documented, our mappingmediafreedom.org has reached an alarming milestone. Since 2020, more than 11,000 media-related persons and entities across Europe have been affected by press freedom violations. Explore the data: mapmf.org/explorer
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Very encouraged to see so many countries coming together to call for mandatory pre-deployment testing & independent evaluation; global coordination on common standards; the creation of an intergovernmental organization; and other critical actions to mitigate the major risks of frontier AI. presidentti.fi/en/a-call-for…
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“The fears expressed by A.I. executives are, mostly, serious and genuine,” Gideon Lewis-Kraus writes. But shouldn’t it be the job of those creating the dangers to save us from them? newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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If the prospect of EU membership is postponed or watered down, one expert explains, the credibility of a “Plan B”, in which Moldova joins Romania, increases economist.com/europe/2026/08…
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