Daniel Appelquist

@torgo
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Open Source Strategist at Samsung and general Open Web Curmudgeon.

Co-chair of the W3C @ab and ex-chair of W3C @tag; @openwebdocs co-founder; @openssf contributor; Gov UK Open Standards Board member.

Immigrant, UK/US Dual National; Film, MST3K, Science Fiction, Anime, HoYoverse fan; anti-fascist & card-carrying “tofu-eating wokerati.”

Banner art credit: Mr Doodle (photo by me).

He/Him.

LocationLondon, UK
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🆕 blog! “GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source”

Within the UK's Civil Service you occasionally hear the expression "being invited to a meeting without biscuits". It implies a rather frosty discussion without any of the polite niceties of a normal meeting. In general though, even when people have severe …

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/gds-weighs-in-on-the-nhss-decision-to-retreat-from-open-source/

#AI #gds #government #nhs #nhsx #OpenSource

GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source

Within the UK's Civil Service you occasionally hear the expression "being invited to a meeting without biscuits". It implies a rather frosty discussion without any of the polite niceties of a normal meeting. In general though, even when people have severe disagreements, it is rare for tempers to fray. It is even rarer for those internal disagreements to spill over into public. Which is what…

Terence Eden’s Blog
I’ll also be chairing a special session of the OpenSSF global cybersecurity policy working group on Wednesday the 20th at 10:00 (US central time) where we will overview the work we’re doing there to help the open source ecosystem prepare for the CRA. That session is open for any conference attendees and we will also be on Zoom so anyone who’s interested can dial in (as with any of our working group calls). OpenSSF community calendar is here: https://openssf.org/calendar/
Calendar – Open Source Security Foundation

Ok! Here we go. Heading to Minneapolis for @linuxfoundation Open Source Summit (where I will be speaking about Human Rights and Standards) and @openssf community day (where I will be speaking about making the web more secure)!
Human rights frameworks and corporate commitments mean nothing if Big Tech companies fail to act on known harms. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/google-and-amazon-acknowledged-risks-and-ignored-responsibilities
Google and Amazon: Acknowledged Risks, and Ignored Responsibilities

In late 2024, we urged Google and Amazon to honor their human rights commitments. Since then, a stream of additional reporting has reinforced that our concerns were well-founded. Yet despite mounting evidence of serious risk, both companies have refused to take action.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
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RE: https://scholar.social/@olivia/115157822712377866

Published with some minor changes! Please share widely. 😊

Guest, O., Suarez, M., ... & van Rooij, I. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Education, 16(2), 85–118. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20082828

Journal: https://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/volume-162

Working on my slides for next week's Open Source Summit and OpenSSF Community Day. Yes, I know last minute. Yes, I will be continuing to work on them up until when I get on stage.
Wishing train delays and cancellations for all far right “protesters” heading to central London today.

ArXiv, the repository of preprint academic research, says it will ban authors for a year if their papers have "incontrovertible evidence" of AI-generated work (Samantha Cole/404 Media)

https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/
http://www.techmeme.com/260515/p20#a260515p20

ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop

The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.

404 Media
“Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers, BBC finds” Colour me surprised... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgpyn30dp3o
Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers, BBC finds

"Patriotic" UK anti-immigration social media accounts have been traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam.