A civil servant at Sweden’s Government Offices can no longer open ChatGPT or Claude on a work computer. The European Commission has told its staff never to share anything non-public…
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Today, algorithms dictate the news you see, which job applicants make the shortlist, and which citizens warrant additional scrutiny from public authorities. That power is rarely up for debate before it is already embedded deep within the systems.
The tech companies behind the code promise transparency while patenting proprietary architectures engineered to be impenetrable. A handful of American and Chinese corporations now control the underlying infrastructure of democratic dialogue, education, and public administration.
The EU’s AI Act scrambles to catch up, but regulation historically trails technology rather than preceding it. This category brings together ExtraFokus’ coverage of who designs the systems dictating your daily life, and the values baked into the code from day one.
