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Fixing misinformation and fake news

Fixing misinformation and fake news: keynote from Marshall Van Alstyne

From slowing vaccination rates to contested election results, the evidence is growing: misinformation is no longer simply a side effect of the internet. Rather, the inability to manage misinformation may be one of its core failures.  Even as the internet connects us with the wider world, offers community and facilitates dialogue, it has also […]

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How to AI-proof your business: the case of service marketplaces

How to AI-proof your business: the case of service marketplaces

Is AI simply buzz, or a business must-have? Even as the technology continues to develop, AI is here, and it’s already transforming how businesses operate, scale and succeed – or fail. For service-based digital platforms, the sweeping changes that AI is driving are full of potential for optimisation and growth. At the same time, marketplaces

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Transforming Healthcare with AI and Digital Platforms

Transforming Healthcare with AI and Digital Platforms

Healthcare today faces mounting challenges, from aging populations and stretched resources to rising patient expectations. In this pivotal moment, digital platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) are offering innovative solutions for redefining healthcare delivery.  People have grown accustomed to choice, convenience, and speed thanks to the platform economy, explains Laure Claire Reillier, Co-Founder and COO

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Regulation in an exponential age - Platform Leaders

Regulation in an Exponential age

The digital sector has seen a surge of regulation in recent years, with governments worldwide introducing sweeping legislative frameworks to address concerns about competition and market dominance. In the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen’s first term as European Commission President saw the introduction of around 20 new legislative instruments, including the landmark Digital Markets

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Building AI Infrastructure for Success

Building the AI Infrastructure for Success

AI is no longer just an experiment – it’s revolutionising industries and transforming how businesses operate. Organisations are racing to build powerful infrastructures that unlock the full potential of advanced AI models, driven by massive investments from cloud providers. These scalable solutions promise to seamlessly embed AI into workflows, setting the stage for unprecedented innovation

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Innovation vs Regulation: Europe's Response to AI and Platforms

Innovation vs Regulation: Europe’s Response to AI and Platforms

As the rapid rise of Generative AI reshapes the digital landscape, European regulators are grappling with new challenges in antitrust enforcement – and considering whether they can utilise existing mechanisms, or need to build anew. ‘One immediate question is whether and how regulators in Europe and elsewhere […] can rely on our past experience of

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The Future of App Stores: Regulation, Innovation & Competition in the App Economy Platform Leaders

The Future of App Stores: Regulation, Innovation & Competition in the App Economy

In an industry where rapid change is already the norm, new regulations from the European Commission are set to reshape the app economy yet again. ‘The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) includes a number of requirements for mobile app stores that aim to promote competition and fairness in the mobile app industry’, explains Jennifer Schenker,

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decentralisation and network effects

Platform research in focus: decentralisation and network effects

“As they say, if you want to know where you’re going, you have to know where you’re coming from”, says Joost Rietveld. Considering the many new avenues of innovation – and the speed with which platforms and technology are moving – the adage is well chosen. As Associate Professor at the UCL School of Management,

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