Hoge Noorden/Jacob van EssenLegal scholar and philosopher Andrej Zwitter identifies a profound crisis of meaning currently affecting many individuals across Western society. Potential solutions can be found within the framework of ‘human flourishing’, a concept dedicated to the core questions of existential purpose. However, how do emerging technologies like artificial intelligence intersect with these competing dynamics, and what can they genuinely contribute to the advancement of human prosperity?

Mit der Mondumrundung ist die Menschheit Anfang April 2026 einen weiteren Schritt in Richtung langfristiger Weltraummissionen gegangen. Während technische Hürden zunehmend überwunden werden, zeichnet sich eine weitere Herausforderung ab: das langfristige Zusammenleben von Menschen unter extremen Bedingungen.
Obwohl gesunde zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen und der Teamzusammenhalt für den Missionserfolg entscheidend sind, fehlen bislang Langzeitdaten zur Entwicklung sozialer Interaktionen und zum Funktionieren von Teams in einer längeren Isolation.

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AI Learning Labs, neurotech, public data, Open Technology Symposium, and more.
The post We are learning AI by doing – OKFN Newsletter May 2026 first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

 Interview with Colectivo Promedio
The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital soveregnty in Latin America, can be read here. 

This project investigates interactions between Italian minors and AI chatbots, focusing on risks such as grooming, emotional manipulation, self-harm content with the goal of developing concrete recommendations for the protection of young users.
The post Minors and Interactions with Chatbots: Analysis of Risks in the Italian Context appeared first on Nexa Center for Internet & Society.

Auf Zeckensuche in der Oberpfalz: Forschende aus Würzburg und München werden sich dort im Juni zur Feldarbeit treffen. Das Team setzt auch High-Tech-Drohnen ein – aber nicht etwa, um einzelne Zecken aufzuspüren. Vielmehr hat es das Lebensumfeld der kleinen Blutsauger im Blick: Wälder und vor allem Waldränder.

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Ceasefire extended: Digital rights don’t pause

A year has passed since Bread&Net 2025. The questions raised in those sessions: who controls digital infrastructure, who bears the cost of platform decisions, and what accountability actually looks like in contexts of war, growing authoritarianism and repression, have only grown more pressing.

Across two days, 620 people from 39 countries worked through those questions together: in sessions on AI and surveillance, platform accountability, legal strategies, digital sovereignty, and more.

Report Breakdown – 9 – Reading the AI Index 2025Download

Author: Tjok Istri SintawatiEditor: Ayom Mratita Purbandani

The meeting of the ActiPlex consortium provided an opportunity to reflect on the project's final results and plan future collaboration.
The post Partners of the ActiPlex consortium meet in Groningen appeared first on HIIG.

KKResearchers at the University of Klagenfurt have achieved a major breakthrough in automated problem-solving with “CheckMate”. This new AI-driven technology independently develops algorithms for complex combinatorial and optimisation problems – such as those encountered in the optimal planning of industrial plants and production processes – delivering significantly better results than existing methods for “hard problems” in industrial practice.

Ciudad de México, México. 25 de mayo de 2026. Las tecnologías digitales forman parte central de las trayectorias migratorias contemporáneas. Un celular puede servir para pedir ayuda, encontrar una ruta, comunicarse con la familia o acceder a trámites migratorios y de integración. Pero también puede convertirse en un espacio de incertidumbre, desinformación y riesgos para la vida.

El director del Programa de Derecho, Ciencia y Tecnología UC, Matías Aránguiz, fue seleccionado en el programa internacional Advancing Cybersecurity Innovation and Policy – A Multi-Regional Project, iniciativa organizada por el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos a través del International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), que reunió durante dos semanas a expertos, autoridades y representantes de 22 países para intercambiar experiencias sobre ciberseguridad, políticas públicas, defensa nacional y cooperación internacional fre

10 giugno 2026 | MARK ALFANO (Macquerie University)
The post 195° Mercoledì di Nexa – Slopaganda: The interaction between propaganda and generative AI appeared first on Nexa Center for Internet & Society.

Author: Hilman NurjamanEditor: Hosea ImmanuelLatumahina

Dear Members of the Portulans Institute Community,
The Global Innovation Index (GII) was conceived and developed by Professor Soumitra Dutta, who introduced it in 2007 as a tool to measure and advance innovation performance globally. Since its inception, Professor Dutta has remained closely engaged in the development and evolution of the GII over nearly two decades.