Antonio Vieira Santos

Hello everyone. My first day on @wsocial.eu I’m Portuguese and work in Cork, Ireland, since 2006. I’m truly interested in areas of collaboration systems at work, with or without AI. I also co-host AXSChat, the oldest podcast on accessibility and disability. Happy to connect. Cheers

The Bank of Korea has modelled a downside scenario in which South Korean semiconductor exports fall $50 billion to $100 billion below earlier forecasts next year if major US tech companies reduce AI infrastructure spending. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

IPO or die. ‘Bold but sane’: What we learned from Anthropic’s 240,000-word IPO filing. The prospectus details the AI lab’s ‘mission’, $800 billion data center commitments, and an extraordinary governance structure. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Microsoft CEO really understands the social context and the implications of his decisions when in polarised AI world believe it's a good idea to offer the company a door to 60,000 people. Congrats, Satya. Then you use your head of HR to deliver the bad news. www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-is...

ChatGPT Is Building Detailed Psychological Profiles of Its Users "...there is no boundary anymore; the system is acting as your advisor, your friend, your doctor, your lawyer, and so it has information on everything." futurism.com/artificial-i...

Inspiring days at the Europa Power Conference! My message: Europe lacks power because national parties prevent it from acting. We need European parties thinking beyond borders and offering a shared vision against nationalism. European parties, like @volteuropa.org Join us! 🇪🇺

We have a new episode of our podcast License to Act. To use adaptive AI on regulated production lines, you must satisfy the inspector. Every model update has to be explained; if the AI adds no confidence, it gets rejected. #AI #Pharma www.buzzsprout.com/2647557/epis...

Sweden blocks ChatGPT and Claude over security risks cybernews.com/news/sweden-...

The internet breaks www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-intern...

Brazil keeps left: what Lula’s victory means for his country and beyond www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

The consumer-voter is killing German politics engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...

Live from the Cork Jazz festival #Ireland

Dignity Across Every Age. Our interview and podcast with Ambassador Luis Gallegos. Most people think aging and disability are separate conversations. Luis Gallegos makes the case that they’re the same human rights fight. www.buzzsprout.com/719037/episo...

3 philosophers on what humans should never give up to AI bigthink.com/philosophy/3...

Urban noise during the Cork jazz festival #Ireland

I grew up in Portugal in the 80s and 90s, in classrooms full of kids from different origins. We played and learned together, with no everyday racism. Today boys in Portuguese schools are being shaped by outside influences on platforms like TikTok. Who invited this hatred into our schools?

🇪🇺 New European Alternatives on Europeanpurpose.com: Fallax, HYVOR Post, MailSenpai, Wabric. Each one is checked for a European contracting entity, not just European hosting. Details below. #EuropeanAlternatives #DigitalSovereignty

The Moment Accessibility Fails Is Not When You Think medium.com/design-bootc...

Anthropic strikes deal to launch European consultancy giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

It’s interesting to see news headlines like “Europe is burning” when it’s the United States that has been in a long fire in the last decade.

Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators around the world scrambling to protect their systems.

Given the fines Facebook has paid over the past few years, a CEO at a typical company might have lost their position. Here is another example. Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/m...

#Trump Appointees Asked a Federal #Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a #VotingMachine — and Hack It #Crime #Politics #Technology

Microsoft shuts the door on The Garage, the central program behind its hackathon and maker spaces.

Around 100 Accenture employees in Portugal reportedly face unpaid suspension while remaining bound by exclusivity clauses that may prevent them from working elsewhere. No salary. No freedom to move on. Restructuring must not become a way to push workers out without accountability. #WorkersRights

Investors are racing to buy credit default swaps to protect their portfolios in the event the AI boom unravels, sending trading volumes surging for an instrument that shot to prominence during the global financial crisis. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

U.S. DHS has banned DeepSeek's tech across federal agencies, citing risks of PII collection and potential malware. Concerns grow over Chinese AI advancements as the U.S. tightens restrictions amid fears of national security threats. #AI #DeepSeek #Cybersecurity gizmodo.com/trump-admin-...

The Cover-Up: How a Trillion-Dollar Industry Launders Illegal Gold. The line between dirty and clean gold is an industry fiction. Wall Street and governments profit off gold from criminals, gangsters and those who exploit children. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/w... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/w...

You can read my future of work predictions here. Thinkers360 Predictions Series – 2027 Predictions for Future of Work | Thinkers360 www.thinkers360.com/thinkers360-...

Around 80 pages on WhatsApp’s website exposed instructions that were designed for its chatbot, including “WHAT NOT TO SAY.” Meta says a bug caused the issue.

How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Heading over to All Things Open to help facilitate the open source A11y framework session #AllThingsOpen2026 #A11y #OpenSource www.linkedin.com/posts/github...

I’m preparing a report about last week Dublin AI Summit organised under de Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and supported by @ec.europa.eu. But what we should have had instead was a Housing Summit to address the housing problems we have all over Europe." 💡. @voltireland.org

Back in Slovenia after a busy week! 🇪🇺 🇦🇹 Learning about party financing favouring incumbents 🇵🇱 Taking Elections 2027 with Volt Polska 🇪🇪 Growing Volt Eesti with support from Toomas Hendrik Ilves 🇵🇱 Speaking at EFNI on why Europe needs European parties! Next: Strasbourg's Europa Power Conference! 💜

US group buys largest Irish GP practice network in deal worth about €350m. Centric Health operates 90 primary care clinics across the Republic with 420 GPs www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

For the @ec.europa.eu to think about. Brazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias. A judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff.

Worth noting this, in light of Meta's temporary ban on the 'No Kings' Instagram account

Dignity Across Every Age. Our interview and podcast with Ambassador Luis Gallegos. Most people think aging and disability are separate conversations. Luis Gallegos makes the case that they’re the same human rights fight. www.buzzsprout.com/719037/episo...

It’s another beautiful day here in Cork, #Ireland. Next weekend the city will be busy with the Cork Jazz Festival but I’m not sure if the weather will be as good as today. Wish us luck.

🇧🇷 The campaign of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused tech giant Meta of election interference on Saturday after his social media content was allegedly blocked on the company's platforms. ➡️ u.afp.com/SCTr

Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law. The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

I started my day sharing a picture here, so let me end the day sharing another. Cork, #Ireland

Good morning. Cork, #Ireland

One of the tallest buildings in construction here in Cork, #Ireland

Investors dump data centre bonds as AI borrowers face ‘Darwin moment’. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Donald Trump renonce à diffuser en direct la mise à mort d’un condamné par peloton d’exécution militaire

Will Accenture survive or thrive in the age of AI? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

AI companion startup Character AI files for bankruptcy, citing costs, lawsuits www.cnbc.com/2026/10/13/c...

I'm listening to How A Neurodivergent Dating And Community App Gets Built ♫ www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...

How much do we truly trust artificial intelligence today? 🤖 Thinkers360 is excited to invite our global community of thought leaders, experts, analysts, and practitioners to help shape the conversation. www.thinkers360.com/announcing-t...

AI can boost independence for disabled people or quietly lock them out. Canada already published an Accessible AI standard. We talk with Canada’s Chief Accessibility Officer about choices, oversight, and human options. Will you read it? antoniosantos.blog/2026/10/12/a...