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New blogpost: Questioning the use of camera drones during protests in Utrecht https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/2025/07/02/questioning-the-use-of-camera-drones-during-protests-in-utrecht/ #CameraDrones #FacialRecognition #PublicSpace

Michiel de Lange May 15

New blogpost: California ban on algorithmic rental pricing https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/2025/05/15/california-ban-on-algorithmic-rental-pricing/ #AlgorithmicCity #HousingCrisis #UrbanAI

California ban on algorithmic rental pricing

(This one was in Drafts for a while) The Markup reports on a state ban on algorithmic pricing of rental homes. Easy to view this from a classical Marxist perspective as a question of ownership of c…

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Michiel de Lange May 15

New blogpost: Chinese tech company plans robotaxi service in Europe https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/2025/05/15/chinese-tech-company-plans-robotaxi-service-in-europe/ #PlatformUrbanism #robotaxi #SelfDrivingCars

Chinese tech company plans robotaxi service in Europe

According to Dutch tech website Tweakers, Chinese company Baidu plans to enter the European market with robotaxis. Swiss would be the first country to launch the service. I would assume that it bec…

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Michiel de Lange Dec 31, 2024

New blogpost: Dutch supermarket Jumbo ends AI surveillance https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/2024/12/31/dutch-supermarket-jumbo-ends-ai-surveillance/ #surveillance #TechnoNostalgia #UrbanAI

Dutch supermarket Jumbo ends AI surveillance

Meanwhile, more uplifting news from the Netherlands. National Dutch newspaper Telegraaf reports that the Netherlands’ 2nd biggest supermarket chain Jumbo terminates their experiment with AI powered…

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Michiel de Lange Nov 28, 2024

New blogpost: Algorithmic friendships-as-a-service in the postpandemic city https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/2024/11/28/algorithmic-friendships-as-a-service-in-the-postpandemic-city/ #AlgorithmicFriendship #AppCulture #RelationalInterfaces

Algorithmic friendships-as-a-service in the postpandemic city

Allie Volpe for Vox had a very personal piece about using mobile friendship apps for making new friends. She used Bumble for Friends, Timeleft, and Hey! Vina. As has been observed, dating…

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Michiel de Lange Nov 27, 2024

New blogpost: Urban AI making algorithmic sorting part of everyday life https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/2024/11/27/urban-ai-making-algorithmic-sorting-part-of-everyday-life/ #CommercialUrbanInterfaces #ContextualRelevance #UrbanAI

Urban AI making algorithmic sorting part of everyday life

Google Maps is adding ‘AI-powered’ recommendations to its Maps, Earth and Waze products, according to a somewhat older article on Ars Technica. By including its in-house AI Gemini, Google wants to …

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Michiel de Lange Nov 27, 2024

New blogpost: Human labor mobilized in hybrid space https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/2024/11/27/human-labor-mobilized-in-hybrid-space/ #AIGeospatialModels #commercialization #HybridSpace

Human labor mobilized in hybrid space

Human labor has been unwittingly harvested and exploited for some time in online spaces. Think training AI models through solving Captchas or creative works.. there has been tekstueel little attent…

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Michiel de Lange Nov 25, 2024

On my way to the protest for higher education in The Hague Malieveld #WOinActie

Michiel de Lange Oct 19, 2024

New blogpost: How social media spread misinformation among city migrants https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/2024/10/19/how-social-media-spread-misinformation-among-city-migrants/ #DigitalMigration #infrastructure #TikTok

How social media spread misinformation among city migrants

The Markup together with The Guardian features an interesting story about how TikTok helps to spread misleading narratives to Senegalese migrants about how to live a new life in New York City. Docu…

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Michiel de Lange Oct 15, 2024

New blogpost: Yet another TikTok queue in Amsterdam https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/2024/10/15/yet-another-tiktok-queue-in-amsterdam/ #HybridSpace #recommendations #SocialMedia

Yet another TikTok queue in Amsterdam

AT5 and other news outlets report on yet another queue somewhere in the city, spurred by Dutch TikTok influencer Monica Geuze. A fried rice sandwich for a meagre €9,50 makes kids wait en masse. I a…

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