The EU launched its new San Francisco office to liaise with US tech companies and promote EU standards and technologies, digital policies, and governance models (Vish Gain/Silicon Republic)

Khari Johnson / Wired:
Interview with Gerard de Graaf, director of a new EU office in San Francisco, on the DMA taking force on November 1 and its likely impact on tech companies  —  The Digital Markets Act will force big tech platforms to break open their walled gardens in 2023, says the EU’s new ambassador to Silicon Valley.

Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo:
Meta’s researchers detail Cicero, an AI trained to “human level performance” in negotiation-based strategy game Diplomacy, ranking in the top 10% over 40 games  —  Ever since IBM’s Deep Blue artificial intelligence system defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov at his own game in 1997 …

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
Securiti, which helps companies manage data privacy, security, governance, and compliance, raised a $75M Series C, bringing its total funding to $155M  —  The combination of rapid data growth and expanding data regulations like GDPR and CCPA is putting a lot of pressure on companies to figure …

Nancy Scola / Politico:
A Q&A with CA Rep. Ro Khanna about Elon Musk, being mentioned in the “Twitter Files”, passing antitrust and privacy laws, cryptocurrencies, FTX, and more  —  A longtime creature of the tech world, it’s perhaps not surprising that Rep. Ro Khanna makes an appearance in the latest Silicon Valley scandal.

Nancy Scola / Politico:
A Q&A with CA Rep. Ro Khanna about Elon Musk, being mentioned in the “Twitter Files”, passing antitrust and privacy laws, cryptocurrencies, FTX, and more  —  A longtime creature of the tech world, it’s perhaps not surprising that Rep. Ro Khanna makes an appearance in the latest Silicon Valley scandal.

Nancy Scola / Politico:
A Q&A with CA Rep. Ro Khanna about Elon Musk, being mentioned in the “Twitter Files”, passing antitrust and privacy laws, cryptocurrencies, FTX, and more  —  A longtime creature of the tech world, it’s perhaps not surprising that Rep. Ro Khanna makes an appearance in the latest Silicon Valley scandal.