Erik Jonker
ErikJonker@mastodon.social
<p>Civil servant from the Netherlands, fascinated by innovative technologies and how they can improve society. Also interested in geopolitics and international affairs. All opinions expressed are purely personal and do not represent the opinion of my employer or anyone else.<br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>digitalgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitaltransformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>digitaltransformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technolo
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Think about the impact of this: "In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on ALL of its employees. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/us/politics/fbi-shinyhunters-damage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElE.UOIK.YQlaYZ_v8qvz&smid=nytcore-android-share #fbi #cybersecurity
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A nice balanced, objective analysis and way forward by the Turing institute with regard to frontier AI, recommended reading (no hype whatsoever and easy to read). https://www.turing.ac.uk/news/publications/frontier-ai-risks-practical-way-forward #AI #frontierAI #turinginstitute
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Voor iedereen die het nog niet kent, OWASP AI exchange, "300+ pages of free, constantly-evolving, practical guidance on securing AI systems" https://owaspai.org/ #AI #owasp #security
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Duitsland is een land waar nu nog miljoenen benzine auto's van de band rollen.... Die al verouderd zijn als ze in de showroom staan. Vervolgens moet je als Duitse overheid benzine gaan subsidiëren voor rijden in die auto's , geld dat je beter had kunnen stoppen in de transitie naar EV.
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Well said, "Models will keep getting cheaper and better. Your competitor gets the same discount, so it buys you nothing. The durable edge is the data you have organized and can trust, testing you actually run, and people who can tell when a confident answer is still wrong." https://www.informationweek.com/machine-learning-ai/ai-models-everywhere-they-matter-less-than-you-think #AI
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Anne Applebaum: "Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia." https://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu/post/3mvgtchhsx22f #ukraine #russia
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Please boost and spread the word. European alternatives for popular services from the USA. This page is far from perfect or complete but just an illustration that there are alternatives. https://european-alternatives.eu/alternatives-to This is also an interesting page with alternatives, https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/ #EU #digitalservices #ICT #IT
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So Trump has been humiliated by Iran and now Netanyahu also rejects his "peaceplan" with Hamas. Dangerous times because someone like Trump now desperately needs something to divert attention from his failures.... #trump #hamas #netanyahu #iran #geopolitics
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RE: https://social.coop/@rgulick/117036896090712423 "All systems based on chatbots can be prompt injected. You can always tell the bot to do things it shouldn’t. "
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Nice paper about why LLMs can never be fully protected against prompt injection. https://role-confusion.github.io/ #LLM #AI #Promptinjection #cybersecurity
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I like Cory Doctorow's blogs and also this one, https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/24/supplemental-income/ But he is wrong in one of the first sentences in my view. "As a technology, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. ". The reason why the impact of GenAI is big is because it is "exceptionally good" in some (!) fields/aspects. If that was not the case there would be no hype, no nobel price etc. At the same time his...
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Shocking but obvious, the US wants to force Ukraine to make some kind of (bad) deal by not providing weapons, paid by Europe (!), to defend itself... At the same time Europe and Ukraine can't afford to call this out too openly... #ukraine #eu #russia #usa #geopolitics
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The "Board of Peace" is a corrupt and a fully Trump dominated body (has been published about before), so i don't have a lot of confidence in the Gaza deal. We used to have the UN for these kind of things.... Trump and his cronies can fully control all aspects of this deal. https://apnews.com/article/gaza-hamas-israel-deal-text-7347ef0f3b745f22c12b67f786b70f0f #Gaza #BoardofPeace #Trump #UN #geopolitics
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"The world’s leading artificial intelligence companies have a new challenge on their hands: a 37-member team of civil servants working from a Brussels office building." https://www.politico.eu/article/meet-the-eu-team-going-up-against-big-ai-models/ #AI #EU
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Not surprising but worrying, it increases the chance of a hard financial crash of the AI bubble. Which will not only hurt tech companies. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-hide-debt-off-balance-sheet #AI #bubble #financial #debt
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Ik ben blij met deze reactie van Jesse Klaver. Wanneer volgt Rob Jetten @D66@mastodon.social https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jesseklaver_kabinet-zwijg-niet-een-woning-van-een-share-7488231957579931650-QV_l/ #Engelen #geweld #terreur #intimidatie #kabinet #politiek #robjetten
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Zomaar een eerste, niet complete verzameling accounts om te volgen op Mastodon, als je hier nieuw bent, rondom het domein van ICT & digitalisering bij de rijksoverheid. Suggesties voor aanvullingen zijn altijd welkom. https://mastodon.social/collections/117002350369422420 #mastodon #collectie #rijksoverheid #digitalisering #ICT #tips
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Great blog, read it https://chadbourn.substack.com/p/out-of-options #iran #usa #war #trump #geopolitics #China #Russia #Xi #Putin #eu #europe
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So rumors seem to confirm what everybody is thinking, the level of US airdefense interceptors/missiles other munitions is reaching dangerously low levels, for example with regard to possible conflicts in other theatres.. Iran knows this too and will take full advantage of it. #iran #usa #war #munitions #missiles #geopolitics
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What i find very worrying is the very real chance that de AfD may be winning the next elections in Germany. It would be the comeback of fascism and nazism. There are no other words to describe it. It would severely weaken the EU at a minimum, destabilize europe. I know some state actors who would consider that a good outcome and will do everything to make that happen. #Fascism #AfD #Germany #geopolitics #nazism #russia #USA #EU
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So while Trump wants Iran to lose it's nuclear weapons, it helps to nuclearize Saudi-Arabia, that makes total sense.... 😂 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/saudi-arabia-would-enrich-uranium-under-reported-deal-with-us #Trump #Iran #SaudiArabia #Nuclear
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Some people are getting too dogmatic about AI use in coding, just as i can use (even before AI) grammar and syntax checking in texts, why would people not be allowed to use AI for improving code they have written. Coding/programming has always been supported by tools? 🤔 #AI #LLM #Coding #VibeCoding
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Nederland voedt de wereld niet – de wereld voedt ons vee https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/nederland-voedt-de-wereld-helemaal-niet?share=Ul2mnIOn5FeIyuHZbdIJh%2FxgIAqxnZJj4IMiVZwiQ69adDLM02Fp74KRlHjiZQ%3D%3D #ftm #boeren #veeteelt
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Airbus & the cloud. "European aerospace giant Airbus has lined up on the runway and is pushing the throttles forward as it prepares to evict apps from America. Airbus has named French cloud services provider Scaleway as the destination for some 900 applications, with an initial 70 getting priority onboarding, as it seeks to put critical systems and data under European control." https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/07/20/airbus-takes-flight-from-aws-what-happens-next-is-criti...
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This is how the rule of law dies https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y1A.aLnf.Rl0wNtaiWohG&smid=nytcore-android-share #trump #ice #fbi #usa
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Ontwikkelingen in batterij technologie gaan onverminderd door, https://www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-economie/nieuwe-type-batterij-staat-op-punt-europa-te-veroveren-niet-van-lithium-of-nikkel-maar-van-zeezout~b4ad1d30/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.bsky.app%2F #energie #batterij #accu #natrium
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The US state department is actively undermining Europe with these funds, The State Department has put out a tender, offering funding of up to $3 million to European organizations who want to fight against "Supra-national institutions" https://www.state.gov/drl-nofo-developing-civilizational-bonds-democratic-resilience-and-rule-of-law-in-europe #usa #eu #geopolitics
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For me this age of AI is the time we should appreciate less polished handwritten texts for their authenticity. I see this happening during selection of job applications. https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/jul/04/future-of-fiction-next-great-novel-ai-language-chat-gpt #AI #Language
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Boeiende plaat, ook als je rechts/liberaal bent qua politieke stroming dan is dit slecht nieuws voor de economie. Het vertekent ook allerlei economische indicatoren, een stijgend BNP, kan daar door minder betekenisvol zijn mbt welvaart. #economie #VS
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Trump already changed course about his 20% fee, now babbling about other fantasies. Nobody takes him seriously anymore. His words are becoming meaningless. #trump #hormuz #geopolitics