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קרן ויקימדיה קוראת לאפשר חיבור לאינטרנט, וגישה לידע, בלי הפרעה בעזה

קרן ויקימדיה מביעה את דאגתה העמוקה ממקרי ניתוק האינטרנט הנמשכים ברצועת עזה, הפוגעים באופן ישיר ביכולתם של אנשים לקבל ולשתף מידע מוויקיפדיה וממיזמי ויקימדיה אחרים. בתור המלכ”ר המארח את מיזמי ויקימדיה, הקרן מאמינה שמקרי הניתוק האלה מאיימים על משימתנו לשתף ידע ברחבי העולם ולהגן על הגישה לידע כאחת מזכויות האדם.

NRI 2023: Bridging the Trust Gap – Building Digital Assurance Globally

Amid the evolving digital landscape, where trust has become both a concern and a necessity, Amazon Web Services (AWS) stands out as a pivotal force bolstering economic progress and societal trust in emerging technologies across various regions. A look at Israel’s digital economy illustrates this transformation, with AWS cloud solutions not only encouraging economic growth but also bridging divides between digital natives and traditional enterprises1.

IViR Workshop on new GI legislation and the commons

Matthew Green, et al v. DOJ, et al (23-5159)

Reckless Endeavours, Ethics, and Memes — Reflections on the Fraught Side of Raving

Image courtesy of Ivan Cidrian, friend of the author.

Universitätsrat bestätigt Vorsitzende und Vizes

Auf seiner Sitzung am 4. Dezember 2023 hat der Universitätsrat der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) seine bisherige Vorsitzende, Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel, in ihrem Amt bestätigt. Wintermantel hatte das Amt im Juni 2021 übernommen, nachdem ihr Vorgänger, Prof. Dr. Helmut Schwarz, zum 1. April 2021 aus dem Universitätsrat ausgeschieden war. Wintermantels zweite Amtszeit beginnt am 1. April 2024 an.

Artificial Intelligence and Law: Lunch Lecture Series [Winter Edition]

Marian Kaldas remporte le Prix 2023 de la juriste la plus influente du Moyen-Orient

NRI 2023: Understanding Public Perception – Generative AI and its Regulatory Considerations

Global Counsel’s surveys found public awareness of generative AI to be strikingly high for a novel technology, with around 9 in 10 in the UK, US and Germany claiming to have heard of it. This awareness is largely due to media coverage of dramatic forecasts of its risks, as familiarity was still nascent, with older adults were much less likely to have used the technology (14% of German adults aged 55+ having used ChatGPT compared to 57% of 18-24s). Also there were significant levels of misunderstanding about its functionality and a conflation with other technologies.

Orian Dheu PhD defence - 28 September 2023

Wikimedia Foundation calls for unrestricted internet connectivity and access to knowledge in Gaza

Introducing Wikifunctions: first Wikimedia project to launch in a decade creates new forms of knowledge

A “function” is a sequence of programming instructions that makes a calculation based on data provided. Internet users most commonly encounter functions when entering queries on search engines, such as the time difference between two cities, the distance between two locations, or the volume of an object. Functions operate behind-the-scenes to produce answers to these queries. For the first time, Wikifunctions will provide a library of functions that everyone, everywhere can access and contribute to. 

Announcing Wikipedia’s most popular articles of 2023

People around the world have a lot of questions. And when they’re looking for answers, they turn to Wikipedia. English Wikipedia received about 92 billion views this year alone, according to data from the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia.

The most-viewed Wikipedia articles of 2023 tell the story of you and society at large seeking out knowledge about our ever-changing world from the world’s largest encyclopedia.

The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. A.I. Will Enable Mass Spying.

Online ‘likes’ for toxic social media posts prompt more − and more hateful − messages

Seven Reactions to Biden's Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

Offre d’emploi | Auxiliaire.s de recherche au Laboratoire de cyberjustice

oratoire de cyberjustice est un espace unique de réflexion et de création où les processus de justice sont modélisés et réimaginés afin d’améliorer l’accès à la justice. Nos travaux se distinguent par l’expérimentation d’innovations technologiques, comme l’intelligence artificielle, pour optimiser le fonctionnement actuel de la justice, de manière à en accroître l’efficacité, à en réduire les coûts et les délais, ainsi qu’à en simplifier les rouages pour tous.

How DPI can help fight Information Pollution during elections

OKFN and Ushahidi teams in Addis Ababa during the DPGA summit (Photos: courtesy of Ushahidi)

Auf virtueller Reise im Labor

Wenn eine Fliege, die in freier Natur auf Nahrungssuche unterwegs ist, auf eine Nahrungsquelle stößt, beispielsweise ein fauliges Stück Obst, muss sie entscheiden, ob sie sich damit zufriedengibt oder ob sie ihre Suche fortsetzt. Entscheidet sie sich für den Weiterflug, entdeckt dann aber keine bessere Alternative, muss sie den Rückweg zum Obststück finden – und das auch dann, wenn Orientierungspunkte wie etwa die Sonne längst hinter dunklen Wolken verschwunden sind.

Plixavra Vogiatzoglou PhD defence - 27 September 2023