By Rosa Maria Torraco

In recent years, the European Union (EU) has taken major steps to shape the future of digital regulation. At the heart of this regulatory change there are two key pieces of legislation: the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) and the Digital Services Act Package. In the following analysis, I will examine the definition and operationalisation of systemic risk by the Digital Services Act (DSA) and AIA, with an emphasis on the implications for media freedom, pluralism, and disinformation regulation.

By Kacper Greń (visuals) and Kuba Szreder (text)

By Rosa Maria Torraco
In recent years, the European Union (EU) has taken major steps to shape the future of digital regulation. At the heart of this regulatory change there are two key pieces of legislation: the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) and the Digital Services Act Package. In the following analysis, I will examine the definition and operationalisation of systemic risk by the Digital Services Act (DSA) and AIA, with an emphasis on the implications for media freedom, pluralism, and disinformation regulation.

NASA/JPL-CaltechSaturn, with its distinctive ring system, is one of the most impressive planets in our solar system. Roland Brockers will take the audience attending his public lecture on Thursday, 5 June (5 p.m., Lecture Hall 1, University of Klagenfurt) on an exciting journey to the ringed planet with the largest number of known moons in the solar system. Roland Brockers is Professor of Modular Robotic Systems in the Control of Networked Systems group and a researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology in California.

Ein Forschungsteam am Biozentrum der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) hat zusammen mit Kooperationspartnern am Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge (UK) einen bedeutenden Schritt zum Verständnis von Wilms-Tumoren, bösartigen Nierentumoren bei Kleinkindern, gemacht. Mithilfe der Proben der Wilms-Tumor-Biobank konnte das Team die erbliche Veranlagung (Prädisposition) für Wilms-Tumoren an einer großen Stichprobe systematisch entschlüsseln.

Public Guest Lecture: Alternative Post-Digital Futures

On May 29 the University Library stays closed.
Please register in good time – 24 hours in advance of your use – for the 24/7 library to use our reading rooms and media stacks all around the clock as usual.
We look forward to your visit!
Der Beitrag May 29: library closed erschien zuerst auf University of Klagenfurt.

Martin Pinzger got invited by top ranked journal IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (IEEE TSE) to write a retrospective of their work on ChangeDistiller, published by this journal in 2007. This work was selected by IEEE as one of the most influential papers of IEEE TSE’s 4th decade. The retrospective is available here.

Jetzt steht es fest: Die Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) konnte sich bei der Exzellenzstrategie mit zwei Cluster-Initiativen durchsetzen. Bei der Exzellenzstrategie handelt es sich um ein hoch kompetitives Förderprogramm von Bund und Ländern für wissenschaftliche Spitzenleistungen. Einen Zuschlag gab es für das neue Forschungsprojekt NUCLEATE und die Fortsetzung des Exzellenzclusters ctd.qmat. Die Cluster zur Nukleinsäureforschung und zur Quantenphysik sind damit zwei von 70, die es aus insgesamt 98 Vollanträgen bis zur Förderung geschafft haben.

Olivier Alexandre, AOC, 21 et 22 mai 2025.
L’article Faire de la recherche en pleine apocalypse est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Innovation continues to evolve at great speed, yet investment in and meaningful action to address healthcare challenges remains fragmented and is decreasing. The AI revolution comes at a time of acute political polarization and dramatic scaling back of funding for development programmes that support some of the most vulnerable people on the planet. Crucial decisions relating to regulation, ethical frameworks and governance structures will shape how both digital health and AI continues to develop and will have long-term repercussions.

KI verändert den Alltag rasant. Doch wie steht es um die Akzeptanz? Was ist notwendig, um das Vertrauen der Menschen in KI zu stärken? Diesen Fragen widmet sich Bärbel Brockman in der Titelstory „Eine Frage des Vertrauens“ des Spiegel-Beilegers „StarkesLandBayern“. In ihrem Artikel beleuchtet die Autorin, inwieweit Menschen KI vertrauen können und wie die Forschung dazu beitragen kann, das Vertrauen zu fördern.

El martes 13 de mayo se realizó el seminario “Inteligencia, Justicia y Crimen Organizado: Una mirada interinstitucional”, organizado por el Programa de Derecho, Ciencia y Tecnología UC junto con el Centro UC para la Seguridad Pública, en el marco del lanzamiento oficial de este nuevo centro académico interdisciplinario. 

Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya initiative (BHKi) was able to find errors in over-complex spreadsheets and use ODE's metadata panel to standardise schemas for future surveys.
The post Open Data Editor in Action: Enhancing genomic data literacy among researcher communities in Kenya first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

The 8th Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA-RAPDP) Conference, held in Abuja, Nigeria, served as a key forum for NADPA-RAPDP members to deliberate on their evolving role in shaping Africa’s digital governance landscape. More than a policy gathering, the conference signaled a shift in how Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) across the continent see themselves; not just as watchdogs, but as enablers of responsible innovation.