Sunday, December 21, 2025
Artificial intelligence has quietly become one of the most loaded words in European education. Not because of what it can do, but because of why institutions increasingly want to use it. Across Europe — and notably in the Netherlands — higher education institutions are facing financial pressure. Budget cuts, rising costs and structural reforms are pushing boards to look for efficiency gains. In that context, AI is often framed as an obvious solution. Faster processes. Fewer people. Lower costs. That framing is understandable — and fundamentally flawed.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Europe’s ambition for safe, transparent and trustworthy AI is broadly supported. The EU AI Act reflects that vision, aiming to ensure that AI systems respect human rights, minimise risk and operate with clear accountability. Yet the way the regulation currently functions makes it feel less like a navigational tool and more like a weight dragging on the region’s innovation engine. Companies are not rebelling against the principles behind the Act; they are struggling with the extensive documentation, legal interpretation and procedural overhead that compliance now requires. The goal is quality, but the process too often creates hesitation and delay.
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Saturday, November 22, 2025
If the AI revolution had a calm center of gravity, it would be Sundar Pichai — the soft-spoken strategist who quietly runs one of the most powerful AI engines on the planet.
While others make noise, Pichai makes scale. While others argue about AGI, he simply builds the infrastructure to get there.
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Monday, November 17, 2025
Every major technological leap in history has reshaped the world long before society was ready for it. The industrial revolution transformed the way we worked, produced, travelled and lived — but it also brought decades of disruption, dislocation and uncertainty. Not because anyone intended harm, but because the speed of transformation outpaced the ability of people, institutions and governments to adapt.
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