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From Conspiracy to Mainstream: Is the Internet Dying Before Our Eyes?

  • by Martti Asikainen

A decade ago, the Dead Internet Theory was a fringe conspiracy theory confined to the darker corners of the web. Now traffic figures, content-production statistics and AI research all point in the same direction. Bots are producing an ever-larger share of the web’s traffic and content, while human-written text is gradually becoming a scarce resource. The question is no longer whether the internet is changing, but what will be left of it.

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The winners of the AI bubble may not be who we think

  • by Martti Asikainen

The prevailing assumption in AI discourse is that the biggest winners will be the companies that integrate AI most deeply into their products. The more agents, the stronger the competitive advantage. This assumption may well prove wrong, if we look at the broader history of technology.

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Whose Cloud, Whose Rules? The Blind Spots in the EU’s Technology Package

  • by Martti Asikainen

Brussels has finally given digital sovereignty a legal definition. The European Commission’s Technology Sovereignty Package, published on 3 June 2026 after three delays, covers cloud infrastructure, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and open-source software.

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Why AI Adoption in Finland Isn’t Becoming Business Value

  • by Martti Asikainen

Let’s state the fact. Finland is using AI. It just isn’t profiting from it yet. Across the Nordic region, 79% of organisations report efficiency gains from AI — but only 18% report revenue growth. That gap is not a technology problem. It is an organisational one.

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Finland has moved beyond AI curiosity. Now it must prove it can scale

  • by Martti Asikainen

Finnish companies are adopting AI at a faster pace than ever. But adoption and impact are not the same thing. Drawing on four primary data sources — including FAIR’s own consultancy findings — this article examines why the gap between AI activity and measurable business value persists, and what it will actually take to close it.

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Cold but Fair? Algorithmic Management in the Workplace

  • by Martti Asikainen

Cold but Fair? Algorithmic Management in the Workplace Algorithmic management promises efficiency, scalability, and data-driven decisions. It often delivers on that promise. The problem is not what algorithms do, but what they typically don’t do.…