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“I do not subscribe to the dramatisation of claims that young people today are uninformed or misinformed.”

aau/MüllerHow are digital platforms reshaping the formation of public opinion? What role do Big Tech companies, peripheral actors, and new forms of media consumption play in this process? In this interview, Valerie Hase reflects on current developments and argues for a more nuanced understanding of today’s highly diverse media landscape.

bidt meets re:publica 2026 

Wie können wir im KI-Zeitalter Solidarität bewahren und unsere Demokratie stärken? Diese Frage zog sich durch alle drei Tage der re:publica 2026 – und spiegelte sich auch in den vier Panels mit bidt-Beteiligung wider. Dabei ging es um ganz unterschiedliche Herausforderungen digitaler Transformation: von Kommunikationsüberwachung und Social-Media-Verboten über Klassenbegriffe im Kontext von Data Work bis hin zur Rolle digitaler Technologien in der Dokumentation von Kriegen.

Wie steht die Gesellschaft zu staatlicher Kommunikationsüberwachung? 

What constitutes a human being – and how do we differ from a “biological robot”? How artificial intelligence may become the ultimate interrogator of our age

Hoge Noorden/Jacob van EssenLegal scholar and philosopher Andrej Zwitter identifies a profound crisis of meaning currently affecting many individuals across Western society. Potential solutions can be found within the framework of ‘human flourishing’, a concept dedicated to the core questions of existential purpose. However, how do emerging technologies like artificial intelligence intersect with these competing dynamics, and what can they genuinely contribute to the advancement of human prosperity?

Isoliert unter Extrembedingungen: Risiken für die Teamdynamik

Mit der Mondumrundung ist die Menschheit Anfang April 2026 einen weiteren Schritt in Richtung langfristiger Weltraummissionen gegangen. Während technische Hürden zunehmend überwunden werden, zeichnet sich eine weitere Herausforderung ab: das langfristige Zusammenleben von Menschen unter extremen Bedingungen.
Obwohl gesunde zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen und der Teamzusammenhalt für den Missionserfolg entscheidend sind, fehlen bislang Langzeitdaten zur Entwicklung sozialer Interaktionen und zum Funktionieren von Teams in einer längeren Isolation.

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

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

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

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

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

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

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

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

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

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

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

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Be part of Bread&Net 2026!

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Be part of Bread&Net 2026!

We are learning AI by doing – OKFN Newsletter May 2026

AI Learning Labs, neurotech, public data, Open Technology Symposium, and more.
The post We are learning AI by doing – OKFN Newsletter May 2026 first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

Digital Tribulations 19: Tierra y Señal, Community Radios for the Zapatistas in Chiapas 

 Interview with Colectivo Promedio
The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital soveregnty in Latin America, can be read here

Minors and Interactions with Chatbots: Analysis of Risks in the Italian Context

This project investigates interactions between Italian minors and AI chatbots, focusing on risks such as grooming, emotional manipulation, self-harm content with the goal of developing concrete recommendations for the protection of young users.
The post Minors and Interactions with Chatbots: Analysis of Risks in the Italian Context appeared first on Nexa Center for Internet & Society.

Mit Drohnen die Ausbreitung von Viren und Bakterien vorhersagen

Auf Zeckensuche in der Oberpfalz: Forschende aus Würzburg und München werden sich dort im Juni zur Feldarbeit treffen. Das Team setzt auch High-Tech-Drohnen ein – aber nicht etwa, um einzelne Zecken aufzuspüren. Vielmehr hat es das Lebensumfeld der kleinen Blutsauger im Blick: Wälder und vor allem Waldränder.

Ceasefire extended: Digital rights don’t pause sent

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Ceasefire extended: Digital rights don’t pause

Bread&Net 2025: Explore the Outcomes Reports

A year has passed since Bread&Net 2025. The questions raised in those sessions: who controls digital infrastructure, who bears the cost of platform decisions, and what accountability actually looks like in contexts of war, growing authoritarianism and repression, have only grown more pressing.

Across two days, 620 people from 39 countries worked through those questions together: in sessions on AI and surveillance, platform accountability, legal strategies, digital sovereignty, and more.