Data centres or data colonies? Energy, water, and Latin America's sovereignty test

Acknowledgements I thank my advisor, the Postdoctoral Scholarship Programme, and the Coordinación de Humanidades at UNAM for their support during my postdoctoral stay at PUEDJS. Latin America knows the scene: projects that promise modernisation and arrive as private infrastructures with public impacts – on water, energy, and territory. The novelty is not technical; it is…

The Efficiency Paradox of Judicial AI

Introduction  AI systems are increasingly being deployed in the judiciary to assist with administrative, analytical and even adjudicative tasks. These developments are often justified by the promise of greater efficiency, consistency and access to justice. Using the recent introduction of automatic transcription services in Slovenian courts as a starting point, this blogpost critically examines the…