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Low-Cost, Open-Source Artificial Intelligence Models

1 March 20261 March 2026 by Ellak-Editor

The Green and Sovereign Choice for Greece and Europe Europe’s artificial intelligence strategy stands at a structural inflection point. Dependence on hyperscale cloud infrastructures located outside the European Union increases systemic vendor lock-in, geopolitical exposure, and regulatory vulnerability. Simultaneously, the accelerating energy consumption of large AI infrastructures threatens Europe’s sustainability commitments and long-term competitiveness. The … Read more

This Is Not the AI We Were Promised

22 February 202622 February 2026 by Ellak-Editor

Scientific reasons why uncritical LLM adoption in government is unsafe Michael Wooldridge’s Royal Society lecture makes a crucial point for public policy: today’s large language models are not “reasoning minds” but probabilistic next-token predictors. They generate fluent text without an internal notion of truth, accountability, or epistemic humility. This design reality matters most in the … Read more

Artificial Intelligence and the Public Interest

22 February 202622 February 2026 by Ellak-Editor

Scientific Arguments Against Uncritical Deployment in the Public Sector Artificial Intelligence is frequently presented as a neutral instrument of modernization within public administration. Claims of efficiency and cost reduction dominate policy discourse. Yet a growing body of scientific research demonstrates that uncritical deployment of AI systems in public institutions poses structural risks to democratic governance, … Read more

Transparent civic improvement with crowdfunding platform Neighbor.ly

14 December 201514 December 2015 by Ellak-Editor

There are two processes in the public sphere that we all depend on but that few of us really understand. And what’s worse is that both are in trouble. The first is the process of funding public projects. Public financing often involves a mix of taxation and the issuance of bonds or federal grantmaking to … Read more

Open Data Grows (But Not Enough)

2 December 2015 by Ellak-Editor

2015 was a year of progress for government transparency — however, there’s still much work to be done. As 2015 winds to a close, we can look back on a year of success stories and failures when it comes to transparency in government. At the start of the year, the federal government began releasing its … Read more

Voters deserve a continued commitment to a modern and #open #government

13 November 201513 November 2015 by Ellak-Editor

No matter who wins the 2016 election, they must display a commitment to an open government. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) Last month, we shared our thoughts on the issue of money in politics and posed six questions for those running for president in 2016. Since then, we’ve been happy to see several campaigns release plans … Read more

Indian Government adopts open source – #egov #opengov #OGP

4 November 2015 by Ellak-Editor

In a historic decision, the Indian Government has adopted open source for its public offices. With acclaimed Indian organizations like C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) and IIT Chennai working on Debian based distro BOSS Linux and states like Tamil Nadu already advocating open source for a while, this was inevitable. The policy has been … Read more

Open Government Implementation Model

16 September 2015 by Ellak-Editor

The City of Vienna was the first public agency in a German speaking country to develop an Open Government Initative and to commit itself to the concept of Open Data – an open and transparent system that makes city data available to citizens for their further use. Vienna’s first Open Data catalogue has been presented … Read more