AI is putting European data governance under pressure #ArtificialIntelligence #Governance

https://betanews.com/article/ai-is-putting-european-data-governance-under-pressure/

Nersa extends deadline for comments on electricity market code and rules https://www.polity.org.za/article/nersa-extends-deadline-for-comments-on-electricity-market-code-and-rules-2026-05-26

#Polity #News #Policy #Politics #Governance #Africa #SouthAfrica

Water Resources agency one step closer to establishment https://www.polity.org.za/article/water-resources-agency-one-step-closer-to-establishment-2026-05-26

#Polity #News #Policy #Politics #Governance #Africa #SouthAfrica

Civil society warns against using African migrants as ‘scapegoats’ for SA’s structural ... https://www.polity.org.za/article/civil-society-warns-against-using-african-migrants-as-scapegoats-for-sas-structural-failures-2026-05-26

#Polity #News #Policy #Politics #Governance #Africa #SouthAfrica

On Desire Paths Through CiviCRM: Use Cases, Capacity for Appropriation, and Collective Knowledge Infrastructure

CiviCRM is a free open-source software platform for “Constituent Relationship Management” or “Citizen Relationship Management”, that is, for working with contacts and with processes connected to contacts. CiviCRM provides a large number of powerful tools, but offers only limited guidance regarding purposes or workflows.

Although the software has been developed and used worldwide for more than twenty years, its practical appropriation still presupposes considerable prior knowledge. The software is not self-explanatory. It becomes powerful primarily in the hands of those who already possess the knowledge and methods required to understand how and for what purposes such software can be used. Accordingly, the existing documentation remains predominantly feature-oriented and only to a limited extent unfolds along the lines of real-world usage situations. This paper builds upon my reflections in “Toward Overcoming Suboptimal Provision of Free and Open-Source Software: The Case of CiviCRM”. Because there is no systematic representation of the typical ways in which people without prior knowledge solve everyday organisational problems with CiviCRM, the dissemination and practical use of the software remain below its potential.

I therefore propose the concept of the “desire path” as a guiding metaphor for describing functioning modes of use. […]

Shadow AI: 80% сотрудников уже пишут в ChatGPT. Почему мы делим задачи на красные, зелёные и серые

Восемь из десяти офисных сотрудников уже пользуются публичными нейросетями — часто без ведома IT. Запрет не работает: 90% руководителей ИБ сами заходят в несанкционированные ИИ-инструменты. Мы два года живём с этим на команде в 90+ человек — не через блокировки, а через матрицу из трёх зон: красной, зелёной и серой. Разбираем, как она устроена и почему держится без полиции. Восемь из десяти офисных сотрудников уже пользуются публичными нейросетями — часто без ведома IT. Запрет не работает: 90% руководителей безопасности сами заходят в несанкционированные ИИ-инструменты. Мы у себя в команде на 90+ человек два года живём с матрицей из трёх зон — красной, зелёной и серой. Рассказываем, как она устроена и почему держится без полиции.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/alpinadigital/articles/1039346/

#Shadow #AI #GenAI #ChatGPT #информационная_безопасность #governance #152ФЗ #dlp #корпоративный_AI #alpinagpt

Europe's Drone Defense Gap Exposes Critical Infrastructure Risks

Europe's critical infrastructure is left vulnerable due to a lack of clear governance and rules of engagement, despite having the technology to defend against drone threats. The absence of ownership and jurisdictional clarity hinders the deployment of drone defense systems where they're needed most.

https://osintsights.com/europes-drone-defense-gap-exposes-critical-infrastructure-risks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#CriticalInfrastructure #DroneDefense #Europe #Governance #NationalSecurity

Pope Leo XIV presented his encyclical on AI power concentration while seated beside Anthropic's Christopher Olah, who acknowledged that AI builders cannot self-govern. Olah called for "moral voices the incentives cannot bend"—a rare admission of industry-governance limits from inside the labs.

#AI #Vatican #Governance

https://www.implicator.ai/pope-leo-puts-an-atheist-ai-founder-in-the-front-row/

Meet the woman who dives for shopping trolleys
By Jacob Gamble

A "tragedy of the trolleys" is unfolding in Rockhampton, where a lack of governance over waterways is creating an environmental hazard.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-26/central-qld-trolley-pollution-of-local-waterways/106718888

#WaterPollution #Supermarkets #EnvironmentalImpacts #Volunteering #Governance #Environment #CommunityandSociety #EnvironmentalManagement #WaterResources #LocalGovernment #JacobGamble

How did Venice survive for a thousand years? By balancing competing forces and preventing the concentration of power. But its decline offers an even sharper lesson: the danger of institutional rigidity in a changing world. A reflection on the American drift and the European retreat.

https://sein.com.au/articles/what_venice_still_teaches/

#History #Venice #Governance #Resilience #EU #InstitutionalDecline