You’re sitting in a café, having a quiet conversation about work, politics, or your personal life.
At the table next to you, someone is wearing a pair of glasses. They may not be looking at you, but their glasses most certainly are. And suddenly, everything in the room is being processed by an AI tool. This is the “future” of surveillance!
Behind this trendy technology is a web of issues that deserve a much closer look, but upon that close inspection, you may want to look away entirely from this product.

Die Jahrgänge 2024 und 2025 des Würzburger UniWeins haben guten Absatz gefunden. So steht einer Weiterführung der Kooperation zwischen der Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) und dem Staatlichen Hofkeller nichts im Weg.

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

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

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

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent awarded an SNSF Ambizione Grant

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

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

New publications on Transhumanist Anthropocene, Content Creators and Chilling Effects

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

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

Are you a technologist, journalist, lawyer, academic, student, government officer, or CSO activist passionate about digital rights in the WANA region? Participate in the MENA AI Hackathon: Building Local AI Tools for Internet Governance on October 8–9, 2026.

Sabilillah/Adobestock (KI generiert)How is working from home related to presenteeism – that is, working despite illness? A study by Lena Zöhrer and Heiko Breitsohl (Department of Management) provides nuanced answers based on representative data from Germany in a recent publication in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

Studierende lassen Experi­ment mit Höhen­forschungs­ballon steigen - Preis für Informatikerin Borrmann - JMU für Gleich­stellung ausgezeichnet - Programm für ausländische Gäste - Liturgie der Zukunft

Le CRDP est heureux d’annoncer le renouvellement de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les droits humains et la justice réparatrice internationale, dirigée par la professeure Miriam Cohen, directrice du CRDP.

Open data leaders in Brazil and Uruguay jointly evaluate the pilot project they carried out with Open Knowledge, which ensures that reliable AI responses can be traced back to the original public data
The post ‘Traceability is the answer to AI and open government data’ first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

Die Risiken der häufigen Nutzung sozialer Medien, gerade für Kinder und Jugendliche, sind weitestgehend als Problem anerkannt. Suchtfördernde Designs der Plattformen und die daraus resultierende Beeinträchtigung der mentalen Gesundheit der jungen Nutzerinnen und Nutzer stellen Politik und Gesellschaft vor Herausforderungen. Die Einführung eines Social-Media-Verbots in Australien verschaffte dem Thema schließlich auch in Deutschland und ganz Europa eine breite öffentliche Sichtbarkeit.

Pascal Lehner successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “A First Order in Time Formulation for Nonlinear Acoustics” on September 10, 2026.

His external reviewers and examiners were Ilaria Perugia, University of Vienna, and Herbert Egger, Johannes Kepler University Linz; his supervisor was Barbara Kaltenbacher, and his co-supervisor was Christian Pötzsche. Elena Resmerita chaired the defense.

On this occasion, the tradition of handing over a “Doktorhut” was inaugurated at our department!