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Dear friends and fellow researchers,

As AI technologies evolve, so does the landscape of work. In this quarterly, we are looking at the transformative power of generative AI across professions like marketing, HR management and journalism. We're also rolling out new micro-credentials to improve global digital skills. Our latest publications offer insights into areas such as the intersection of democracy and machine learning, legal innovation and classification of claims to truth. And don't miss our upcoming events, including an international conference on AI and warfare and a lecture by Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University). We hope you enjoy reading it!

Stay informed and inspired,
Jeanette Hofmann | Björn Scheuermann | Thomas Schildhauer | Wolfgang Schulz

RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES

Generative AI in the World of Work | New project

Our Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society team explores the impact of generative AI on marketing, HR management, programming, journalism and public administration. It aims to understand employees' experiences with AI and its effects on employment and work quality. The research focuses on efficiency gains, potential risks and…
| …the conditions for supportive processes in the world of knowledge work.
Quarterly-July-2024 – 1

Digital Skills through Micro-Credentials | New project

We are developing open educational resources to enhance the digital skills of students in Bangladesh, India and Vietnam. By creating micro-credentials on AI and data, the project prepares the students for a dynamic, tech-driven work environment. These flexible, modular learning experiences help learners acquire the specific, up-to-date skills crucial for their professional growth and success.
| Learn more about our aim to strengthen digital skills around the globe.
Quarterly-July-2024 – 2.1

PUBLICATIONS

Machine learning | Political participation and democratic transformation

Jeanette Hofmann and Clara Iglesias Keller have analysed the links between machine learning technologies and democracy. Focusing on political participation, they argue that digital technologies and democracy are mutually malleable. The authors illustrate the openness and negotiability of the relationship of AI and democracy by employing three critical perspectives: algorithmic bias, automated decision-making,…
| …and the epistemic dimension of AI.
Quarterly-July-2024 – 4

Platform Power | Locating and theorising

Our Internet Policy Review journal has released a new special issue, guest edited by David Nieborg, Thomas Poell, Robyn Caplan and José van Dijck. The ten articles call for more critical and empirical studies on platform power, advocating for a relational perspective. The authors address issues such as platform infrastructures, governance and the negotiation of platform power.
| Read the full special issue.
Quarterly-July-2024 – 5

Legal Design Patterns | Law and technology

Riikka Koulu and Jörg Pohle have edited a special issue on legal design patterns. The six articles recognise technological design as an object of increasing legal regulation and law as a product of conscious and unconscious design. It aims to improve methodologies for implementing legal values into technological design. This will support analysis, problem-solving, and…
| …translation between law, technology and design.
Quarterly-July-2024 – 6

Propositional Claim Detection | Classification of claims to truth

Sami Nenno presents a dataset for propositional claim detection (PCD): a natural language processing (NLP) task for classifying the truthfulness of claims. PCD is designed to help fact checkers identify claims that may contain false information. Using insights from philosophy and linguistics, it aims to be a more systematic and transparent version of claim detection. But can PCD produce results…
| …that are competitive with other approaches in the field?
Quarterly-July-2024 – 7

HIIG BOOKSHELF | Further worthwhile publications

EVENTS

Second Workshop on ‘Public Interest AI’ | Workshop

Our team is hosting the second workshop on Public Interest AI, building on discussions from KI2023. This interdisciplinary workshop will focus on AI projects serving the common good and the criteria for their success. The event will take place on 23 September 2024 and will be conducted in English. It will encourage collaborative discussions, networking and knowledge sharing among participants. Click here to learn more…
| …about the Public Interest AI Workshop.
Quarterly-July-2024 – 8

AI and Warfare | International conference

We are organising an international conference on artificial intelligence and future warfare. It will explore the technological and political domains of modern conflicts and the role of AI in these contexts. The event will be held on-site at our institute and in English from 16 to 18 October 2024. Attendees can look forward to expert speakers, panel discussions and interactive sessions on AI's impact on modern warfare.
| Dive into the different objectives of the conference.
Quarterly-July-2024 – 9

Lecture by Kim Lane Scheppele | Save the date

We are excited to have Kim Lane Scheppele in Berlin on 16 October 2024 for our Making Sense of the Digital Society lecture series. An expert on the sociology of law at Princeton University, her research explores how legal and political systems operate under authoritarian rule. Currently, she is concentrating on changes within the European Union and its struggles against national popular movements.
| The exact topic of her lecture will be announced here soon.
Quarterly-July-2024 – 10
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
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