“Artificial Intelligence” in Switzerland 2024: Rapid Diffusion and Increasing Digital Inequality

Two Awards at SACM 2025 for the Media Change and Innovation Division

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

Generative AI is Taking Over Everyday Life in Switzerland: From Experimentation to Regular Use

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Internet Use as Everyday Religion on the Rise, Cyborgization Still in its Early Stages

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Im Zentrum beinahe jeder großen Galaxie verbirgt sich ein supermassereiches Schwarzes Loch – ein Objekt mit einer millionen- bis milliardenfachen Masse unserer Sonne. Während diese kosmischen Giganten für ihre unvorstellbare Anziehungskraft bekannt sind, können sie unter bestimmten Bedingungen Materie nicht nur verschlingen, sondern auch in Form von gewaltigen Plasmaströmen wieder ins All schleudern.

SKIMP Art/AdobestockA group of prominent scientists, nominated by the Academy Networks of SAPEA, part of the Scientific Advice Mechanism to the European Commission, is delivering today a report on the role  of artificial intelligence in emergency and crisis management. Among its members is Andrej Zwitter, currently Professor of Political Theory and Governance at the University of Groningen. In February 2026, he will move to the University of Klagenfurt, where he will hold the Chair of Human Sciences and Digitalisation and head the current Digital Age Research Center.

(introduction to this series of interviews can be read here)
I met James Gorgen, a public functionary at the Brazilian Ministry of Development and Industry, over an online call I did from Rio de Janeiro while he was connecting from Argentina where he currently lives. James has long been a thoughtful commentator on digital developments and continues to curate an intellectually stimulating presence on LinkedIn, X, and especially on his personal blog.

From Monday, December 15 students and external users may borrow 6 items from the open stacks for the entire holiday period.
Feel free to use our self-service machines opposite the circulation desk again!
 
Reduced opening hours for Christmas:
December 22, 2025: 11 am – 4 pm
December 23, 2025: 8.30 am – 1 pm
December 29, 2025: 11 am – 4 pm
December 30, 2025: 8.30 am – 1 pm
 
On the following days the library is closed:
December 24 till December 28, 2025

Nous sommes ravis de vous inviter à la conférence sur « L’institution judiciaire réhumanisée », organisée en collaboration avec l’Association des organismes de justice alternative du Québec (ASSOJAQ) et le Centre de service de justice réparatrice (CSJR).

 
Date : Mercredi, 4 février 2026
Heure : 16h30-18h
Lieu : A-3464, Salon François-Chevrette + Zoom.

Over the past year, digital rights have faced increasing pressure. As governments and corporations deploy and develop new technologies at a rapid pace, the regulations needed to safeguard these rights still lag behind. 

Against the backdrop of escalating repressive measures, we’ve witnessed corporate complicity of the AI-facilitated genocide in Gaza, regressing standards for content moderation, and neglect for vulnerable groups online.

The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) and datHere have established a new partnership to advance open standards and AI-ready data infrastructure tooling, standards and practices. The collaboration aims to help develop shared services, co-design project proposals, better understand the challenges for the communities we serve and strengthen the landscape of open, interoperable data across public and...