Hält das 49-Euro-Ticket Schritt mit den digitalen Kompetenzen der Bevölkerung oder fährt es einigen Bevölkerungsgruppen davon? Das bidt, ein Institut der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, hat dies im Rahmen des „bidt-SZ-Digitalbarometers“ – einer bundesweiten Erhebung zu den digitalen Kompetenzen innerhalb der Bevölkerung – genauer untersucht. Ein Ergebnis: Rund 15 Prozent der Personen in Deutschland nutzen kein Smartphone. Dies betrifft insbesondere ältere und einkommensschwächere Personen.

The post Prof. Natali Helberger nominated for AI Researcher Award appeared first on IVIR.

The post Prof. Natali Helberger nominated for AI Researcher Award appeared first on IVIR.

Federated learning (FL) is an increasingly popular decentralized machine learning (ML) paradigm. FL client devices share with a trusted server only their local individual updates of a given ML model held in memory by all clients, rather than the data used to train it. These updates are called gradients, and are produced when clients run the ML model on their data locally.

The public hearing focused on the long-awaited legislation to protect media freedom in Europe.

On 6 February, Professor Elda Brogi took part in a public hearing organised by the Committee on Culture and Education at the European Parliament.

The event brought together experts from academia, civil society organisations and journalists to discuss the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), a long-awaited legislative proposal aiming at strengthening media pluralism and media freedom in the European Union.

Das 49-Euro-Ticket soll an den Erfolg des Neun-Euro-Tickets im Sommer 2022 anknüpfen, Bürgerinnen und Bürger finanziell entlasten, die Attraktivität des ÖPNV erhöhen und damit Anreize schaffen, auf Bus und Bahn umzusteigen, um einen Beitrag zu den Klimazielen zu leisten (Bundesregierung 2023).

“A media institution I used to work with deleted my archive from its website because they didn’t want … Deleting Digital Archives: New Tactic to Restrain JournalistsRead More »

John Villasenor, Scientific American, February 10, 2023

As we entered 2023, many eyes have turned to the digital realm and its youngest actors, digital natives, or Generation Z. The digital readiness of countries around the world is regarded to be the new contested area as many vie for technological advancements and innovation following a relatively stagnant few years characterized by the COVID pandemic.

Avec Alexandre Monnin, 6 mars 2023 (au lieu du 2 mars), 12h à 13h30, à l'ENS Paris-Saclay et en visioconférence.
L’article Séminaire Critique de l’intelligence artificielle est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Update: On February 6, 2023, the Wikimedia Foundation was made aware that the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) had been directed to restore access to Wikipedia in Pakistan. Our internal traffic team has confirmed that the traffic on Wikimedia websites from Pakistan has resumed as before. Wikipedia was blocked by the PTA on February 3, 2023.  The people of Pakistan rely on Wikipedia both as a knowledge resource and as a pathway to share their knowledge with others.

Overheden en andere partijen leren kennen wie wij zijn, waar we zijn en wat we graag doen. UvA-onderzoekers bekijken het grote potentieel, valkuilen en de impact van al die kennis op een samenleving die non-stop met elkaar in verbinding staat.
The post UvA in de slimme stad: Experts over potentieel en valkuilen AI in de stad appeared first on IVIR.

“I’ve been ordering taxi rides through the Bolt app for three years. Everything was fine until I noticed … Renting “Bolt” Accounts in Lebanon Endangers Passengers and DriversRead More »

The newsletter is dedicated to issues of teaching and training in the context of agriculture and food ethics.

The post UvA in de slimme stad: Experts over potentieel en valkuilen AI in de stad appeared first on IVIR.

This post was authored by Sama Zehra The Bombay High Court (‘HC’) in Vinit Kumar v CBI was faced with a situation familiar to the constitutional courts in India. The HC was called upon to decide whether telephone recordings obtained in contravention of section 5(2) of the Telegraphs Act, 1885 (‘Act’) would be admissible in […]

7 – 10 February 2023 | #dmrcss2023