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

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

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

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

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

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

DSI Apéro Philo Session: Digital Wellbeing

Con el fin de acercar la experiencia y la práctica a los estudiantes, durante este semestre, el equipo de ayudantes del Programa de Derecho, Ciencia y Tecnología UC realizó un ciclo de visitas a instituciones públicas, empresas tecnológicas y estudios jurídicos, para conocer de primera fuente cómo se ejerce el derecho en contextos de innovación, transformación digital y regulación tecnológica.

Authors: Laboratório de Políticas Públicas e Internet, Instituto de Defesa de Consumidores, Coding Rights, Green Web Foundation, Green Screen Coalition.

Assine a declaração de solidariedade “A resposta não é a IA. A resposta somos nós!”

Apoie a campanha A resposta somos nós!

Start in die finale Phase des Exzellenzwettbewerbs - Universitätsmedizin vergibt zwei Auszeichnungen - Atemwegserkrankungen mit Nasenspray im Keim ersticken - Als Heilkunde noch ein Handwerk war – Zonta-Preis für Alicia von Schenk

By Centre for Communication Governance and Global Network Initiative In February 2026, the India AI Impact Summit (Summit) will be held in New Delhi, hosted by the Government of India. Building on the Government of India’s emphasis on using the Summit to highlight the importance of inclusive governance and digital equity for the Global South, […]

Open Science Community Ghana (OSCG) was able to streamline its work with agricultural data, significantly reduce the time needed to identify and correct errors, and introduce open data concepts to a non-technical team
The post Open Data Editor in Action: Bridging the Gap Between Field Data and Research Insights in Ghana first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

Lessons from Wikipedia: Keeping information reliable in the digital age

Read a new series to explore how Wikipedia can inspire new standards of knowledge integrity for our times.

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On Wikipedia, disagreement is never a sign of failure. It’s evidence that people care deeply about getting the facts right. 

How much disinformation do German politicians and parties actually spread? On which platforms and to what ends? Two new studies provide systematic answers.
The post Who spreads disinformation, where, for what purpose, and to what extent? appeared first on HIIG.

With generative AI’s ability to create text and videos, the online world has fundamentally changed.

However, many people do not recognize that there is something distinctly familiar behind all that AI-generated content: knowledge curated, debated, and documented by humans.

That’s why Wikipedia’s role as the backbone of all knowledge on the internet has never been more important.

Let us explain.

Human-created knowledge isn’t replaceable

Françoise Daucé, Benjamin Loveluck et Francesca Musiani (Eds), The MIT Press, 2025.
L’article Digital Authoritarianism in the Making. Repression and Resistance on the Russian Internet est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Join us for our next club meeting as we explore Ray Bradbury’s haunting short story “There Will Come Soft Rains.”
Published in the 1950s, this piece imagines an automated house continuing its daily routine even after the disappearance of its human inhabitants. It is a chilling reflection on technology, war, and the fragility of humanity’s future. Whether you are reading it for the first time or revisiting it, this short story offers plenty to think about and discuss.