There are no ads on that site. It is a press release by the company and not a press report. They make no money of your clicks.

Probably, but it’s certainly more complicated. Fiat complained about the added cost of such systems. On the low budget end, this adds a noticeable chunk to the price. Bad for sales in the EU, added complications for export. I could imagine the “premium brands” like such regulations that remove some competition.

The yahoo post in OP is a press release by a Swedish tech company that makes such systems. They’re not exactly part of the car industry, but they claim to have lobbied for this.

The manufacturers make money. They have lobbied for it. See that press release: https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/advanced-driver-distraction-warning-systems-071000637.html

Maybe local car manufacturers appreciate a barrier for importing foreign cars.

But maybe it is simply bad law-making. The law requires such a system. It does not require that it works. Many regulations in Europe are like that.

Partly that may be because industry likes it that way. If they were held accountable for deaths caused by their cars, they would have to do open-ended research. They might be held accountable for sneaky maneuvers. They might have to implement unpopular features, which the politicians would not like either cause voters. This way, they just tick boxes on a compliance checklist. It doesn’t matter if it works. That’s called “legal certainty”. Everyone says how important that is.

But I’m sure, in many cases it is simply incompetence. Neither the politicians nor the bureaucrats who write the laws know what they are doing. Clueless people often try to compensate by micromanaging. They don’t know the problems that causes. In fairness, the actual experts work for the industry that is being regulated. You can’t trust those guys. So there’s no reason to believe the experts when they say something is a bad idea. They say that about anything that costs them money.

It was mandatory for new vehicle types since 2024. Now it is mandatory for all new vehicles, including old types.

Do you happen to know of any empirical studies on the effectiveness?

Since July 7, all new vehicles must have an “advanced driver distraction warning” (ADDW) system. That means that there will be a (probably IR) camera constantly monitoring the driver. AI will assess if they are looking at the road and, depending on speed, give a warning if they don’t.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=PI_COM%3AC(2023)4523

Ahh. But the Ukrainian attack only happened because of a Russian attack, so…

This could be the greatest historical discovery since the Hitler Diaries!

Seriously, though. I have no idea how credible this is, but does it sound too good to be true?

Anthropic’s statement: https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access

IIRC the issue was that the relay can also function as a mirror/archive of posts. That’s a lot of data and gets expensive.

Documented where? By who? I’d just like to know if there’s anyone, some influencer or whatever, spreading this.

I don’t get what you’re trying to say here. That’s not the legal situation in the EU (or even the UK). Are you saying that’s where the EU is headed?

Gating a change of AI assistant behind a dev mode would not be DMA compliant.

You see how delusional that sounds?

Not really. Different systems have different capabilities.

Apple seems to think that they have made Siri AI safe enough. We’ll see if that is true. Apple is sure taking a risk here.

If Siri AI is not safe, then the idea to make third party assistants safer would not work either (by the sound of it).

Sorry, your English isn’t always quite clear.

You’re saying that they will have to create that security layer that you call API, before releasing a modified Siri AI in the EU. Right? Which means that you don’t see either what Apple could have done to roll this out now in the EU.

Why would I make the case? That would surely be a huge waste of time. You’re not asking any questions. You don’t want to know, right?

But ok. If you want to share, I will read it. What did you make up in your mind about this?

Why do you believe that? Where did you “learn” that?

In your comment it is responsible for both locking down and preventing locking down.

As I wrote, it makes no sense.

MacOS doesn’t fall under the same DMA requirements, so that’s why it still gets Siri AI in the EU.

I’ve been wondering if this would be more dangerous than installing random apps. It might be. But they don’t let people install just anything on iPhones. “Proper” computers are traditionally more open.

If Apple needs 18 months to introduce a proposed solution then what they can do is they can release the new Siri in 18 months with the proposed solution implemented.

So you’re agreeing with me?