John Z Black

IBM Says Opacity Is a Security Risk. With August Four Months Away, That Argument Now Has a Deadline.

John Z Black Apr 13, 2026

AI Security #ai-governance #ibm #anthropic #eu-ai-act #open-source #mythos #glasswing #watsonx

IBM's chief commercial officer argues AI at infrastructure scale must be open and inspectable. With the EU AI Act going into full enforcement in August and Anthropic's Mythos still behind a private access program, this governance debate has a hard date.

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France's Linux Move Isn't About Linux

John Z Black Apr 10, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #france #linux #digital-sovereignty #eu #us-tech #open-source #geopolitics #anssi

France isn't migrating government workstations to Linux because it's technically better. It's doing it because the US demonstrated it can turn off American tech platforms for foreign governments whenever it wants.

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