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

New publications on techno-religion, human augmentation technologies, internet use in Switzerland

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

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

New publications on Transhumanist Anthropocene, Content Creators and Chilling Effects

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

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

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Suddenly seeing your own face look lifelike in images depicting fictional situations, or hearing your own voice say things you’ve never actually said: This idea is unsettling. With generative AI, it’s now incredibly easy to create deceptively realistic media content that places real people in fictional contexts.

Ever since 60 German-speaking universities jointly announced their withdrawal from Social Network X in early 2025, it has been official: For academic institutions, engaging with social media requires constant evaluation and reflection on the goals and self-concept through which social media is integrated into universities’ communication strategies.

The EU’s AI Regulation, or “AI Act,” will gradually come into effect starting in early 2025 and already regulates the development and use of AI systems intended for use in Europe. With this comprehensive set of regulations, lawmakers are facing a major challenge. The impact of AI technologies, which are driving massive transformations across national borders, is to be managed through democratic processes to the extent that major risks can be identified and avoided.

It’s not unusual to be online all day. Many aspects of our daily lives—from communication to shopping and signing contracts, to entertainment and gathering information—naturally take place on the internet, often even on a single device: the smartphone, which seems to combine an endless array of apps and possibilities.

Der Schutz persönlicher Daten ist heute eine zentrale Frage der individuellen Kompetenz im Alltag. Dennoch lässt sich in der Bevölkerung regelmäßig ein Widerspruch beobachten, den die Forschung als „Privacy Paradox“ beschreibt. Hierbei klaffen die geäußerten Bedenken hinsichtlich des Schutzes persönlicher Daten und das tatsächliche Handeln im Umgang mit diesen oft weit auseinander.

This article revisits the origins and core mechanisms of the Digital Services Act and asks what lessons they hold for the upcoming review process.
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This year’s Symposium is guided by the theme “Shaping the Open Transition”. The program features speakers from Fiji, Ireland, Australia, India, Slovenia, Brazil, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Nigeria, Italy, Taiwan, Germany, Spain, and the United States.
The post Preliminary agenda announced for the Open Technology Research Symposium 2026 first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

Laser sind aus dem Alltag und der Forschung nicht mehr wegzudenken – etwa in der Datenübertragung, Messtechnik oder Fertigung. Maser hingegen sind bisher kaum in Anwendungen zu finden.

4 August 2026, San Francisco — The Wikimedia Foundation, the global nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, today announced the appointment of Rena Kokalari as its new Chief People Officer. 

Mit der erneuten Förderung zählt die Comprehensive Cancer Center Allianz (CCC WERA) weiterhin zu den bundesweit ausgezeichneten Onkologischen Spitzenzentren der Deutschen Krebshilfe (DKH). Der Förderzeitraum beginnt am 1. Januar 2027 und umfasst für vier Jahre eine Fördersumme von mehr als sechs Millionen Euro.