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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · 1d

Why is it hard to regulate AI ? 🤔

In this short clip, @swatisrivastava.bsky.social explains how AI’s general-purpose nature makes its regulation uniquely challenging. 👇

Produced by l'@enap-qc.bsky.social as part of a video on the governance of emerging tech.📱

🎥 Full video here: lnkd.in/eRrTh8uC

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CSDS Brussels @csds.bsky.social · 5d

🤝 Interview with Guillaume Beaumier and Antonio Calcara on #AI: csds.vub.be/publication/... @acalcara.bsky.social @gbeaumier.bsky.social

The Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Guillaume Beaumier - CSDS

CODE interview with Guillaume Beaumier.

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · 6d

@jfmorin.bsky.social @swatisrivastava.bsky.social @frabitz.bsky.social @tylergirard.bsky.social @bhaggart.bsky.social @prleblond.bsky.social @vincentab.bsky.social @philippedubois.bsky.social @deborahavant.bsky.social

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · 6d

About twenty leading scholars came together at ENAP to reflect on the future of AI and emerging technologies governance. Here’s what it looks like when they answer my questions for you (in French and English). 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g6s...

Gouverner l'IA et les nouvelles technologies | Guillaume Beaumier et invité·es | Rétroaction

YouTube video by ENAPtv

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · 9d

I was happy to share my thoughts on network interdependencies and AI governance with @acalcara.bsky.social as part of the #CODE project 👇

CSDS Brussels @csds.bsky.social · 9d

Check out this new interview by the CODE project on artificial intelligence! Our very own @acalcara.bsky.social sits down with Guillaume Beaumier to discuss interdependencies, research in AI and more!

Read
codeproject.substack.com/p/the-age-of... #AI @erc.europa.eu

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · 13d

In the paper, we explain how the US used its control over the design of advanced chips to constraint China's tech development. Give it a look ! It's available in open access 👇👇
academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

Cross-Network Weaponization in the Semiconductor Supply Chain

Abstract. How do states’ positions across multiple and interconnected economic networks affect their power? The Weaponized Interdependence (WI) scholarship

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · 13d

My article with Madison Cartwright on the weaponization of the semiconductor industry published in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social has been long listed for the 2025 Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Journal Article Prize 🎉

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ENAP @enap-qc.bsky.social · 23d

Nos expert·es dans les médias
Le « nuage souverain » fait beaucoup jaser ces temps-ci. Mais qu’est-ce que c’est exactement, et pourquoi c'est important?
👉 Le professeur @gbeaumier.bsky.social en parle dans @lesaffaires.bsky.social!

Qu'est-ce que le nuage souverain de Mark Carney?

Amazon et Microsoft ont déjà commencé à développer des nuages souverains.

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Sep 5

For a shorter version of our argument, you can read the following policy brief: marycenter.ku.dk/projekter/om...

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Sep 5

My latest article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social is officially out and in open access. Together with @abenewman.bsky.social, we show how digital platforms govern in important public domains through their control of critical infrastructures. Check it out 👇
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

When Serving the Public Interest Generates Private Gains: Private Actor Governance and Two-Sided Digital Markets | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core

When Serving the Public Interest Generates Private Gains: Private Actor Governance and Two-Sided Digital Markets - Volume 23 Issue 3

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 20

Full article available in open access here: www.researchgate.net/profile/Jean...

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 20

Promoting and valuing expertise in public organizations appears more important than ever. /end

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 20

However, we probably did not emphasize enough the additional risks for states to become dependent on a single company for key space activities. This was made evident by Elon Musk's threats to decommission the dragon spacecraft following its public break-up with Trump.
abcnews.go.com/Technology/e...

Elon Musk threatened to decommission Dragon spacecraft. Here's what that would mean for NASA

Space science experts told ABC News SpaceX has been essential to NASA’s missions and the breakdown of a relationship would leave a hole that would be hard to fill.

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 20

At the time, we were primarily emphasizing the risks for states to loose public support associated with private companies. This is akin to celebrating Apple for creating the iPhone without recognizing that much of it was built on inventions funded by and built for the American government.

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 20

However, we warned in our conclusion that "increasing reliance of governments on private companies is that their contributions may become less visible over time as private actors gain more prominence. In many ways, SpaceX, not NASA, has become the public face of space exploration."

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 20

This exemplified a form of mutualist relationships where each partner could gain from the other. While public organizations benefitted from the flexibility and higher risk tolerance of private organizations, the latter crucially gained revenues, expertise, and technology from working with the former

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 20

In a recent article, @jfmorin.bsky.social and I argued that the rise of private space organizations like SpaceX was not primarily driven by ingenious tech entrepreneurs. At its heart, their rise was made possible by the support of public organizations like NASA 👩‍🚀
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The organizational ecology of the global space industry

The global space industry is booming. While governmental agencies used to dominate outer space activities, private space organizations (PSOs) now launch rockets, operate strategic satellites, and e...

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 20

"In an act of hubris, NASA gave life to a creature called SpaceX, believing it could help achieve humanity’s loftiest ambitions. But, as in all great parables about technology, the creation eclipsed the creator." 🛰️🧵

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

How NASA Engineered Its Own Decline

The agency once projected America’s loftiest ideals. Then it ceded its ambitions to Elon Musk.

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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · Aug 18

To broaden the discourse over Canada's economic strategy under Trump, @policyalternatives.ca and Centre for Future Work have released a new 'Factbook'. See it at policyalternatives.ca/news-researc.... #canlab /4

Building a Sovereign, Value-Added, and Sustainable Economy - CCPA

U.S. President Donald Trump has confronted Canadians with unprecedented threats to our sovereignty and prosperity. From his inauguration speech, when he resuscitated the imperial doctrine of ‘Manifest...

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 18

Au contraire, il serait le moment de faire front commun avec l'Union européenne afin d'encadrer les grandes plateformes du numérique tout en faisant la promotion de normes communes visant à maintenir une économie numérique ouverte.
www.ft.com/content/3f67...

Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 18

L'absence de gains suite au retrait de la taxe sur les services numériques devrait suffire pour convaincre que le Canada ne gagnera rien à abdiquer son rôle de régulateur de l'économie numérique.

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 18

Le développement d'une politique d'investissement, la promotion de l'utilisation de logiciels open-source et l'adoption de services cloud "agnostiques" sont quelques stratégies que le Canada pourrait mettre de l'avant afin d'affirmer sa souveraineté en ligne.
policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/magazines...

Comment le Canada peut affirmer sa souveraineté numérique

Le gouvernement Carney devrait miser sur des services infonuagiques agnostiques, des logiciels libres et le développement d’une industrie technologique d’ici.

policyoptions.irpp.org

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 18

Cela met en évidence une fois des plus les risques associés pour le Canada de dépendre de quelques grandes plateformes américaines pour ces services numériques. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

The dangers of Canada leaving its digital sovereignty in American hands

How Canada Wins: Having so many digital services that we rely on coming from U.S. companies leaves us vulnerable to losing those services.

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 18

Après la taxe sur les services numériques, les États-Unis pourraient bien vouloir s'attaquer à la loi sur les nouvelles en ligne du Canada.
www.lapresse.ca/internationa...

Un rapport américain critique la Loi sur les nouvelles en ligne du Canada

Le Département d’État américain s’en prend à la Loi canadienne sur les nouvelles en ligne dans un rapport sur les droits de la personne qui critique la liberté de la presse au Canada, une situation qu...

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Miles Kellerman @mileskellerman.bsky.social · Jul 27

The U.S. wants to track the location of every AI microchip. And it also wants the ability to remotely shut them down.

But this isn't just about smuggling. In a new post, I argue this might be the power play of the century.

#polisky #econsky #tech

mileskellerman.substack.com/p/this-chip-...

This Chip will Self-Destruct

The U.S. wants to track the location of every AI microchip. And it also wants the power to remotely shut them down. Can the rest of the world stomach the risks?

mileskellerman.substack.com

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