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Public Interest AI
On reset.org, researcher Theresa Züger explains why artificial intelligence requires a new approach to technology for the benefit of society as a whole.
Legal advice from AI: opportunity or risk?
Researcher Matthias C. Kettemann talks to ZDF about the question of whether AI language models are also suitable for answering legal questions. (In German)
It’s just maths!
For the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND), HIIG researcher Theresa Züger categorises the current social debate on AI.
Resisting digital change at universities
A new open access paper by HIIG and CATALPA explores why digital transformation in universities meets resistance and calls for organisational strategies.
HIIG at re:publica 2025
Insights on disinformation, democracy and public-interest AI: The talks and panels by our researchers at re:publica are now available to stream.
Generative AI in market research
Georg von Richthofen and Hendrik Send write about new possibilities and technical, ethical and organisational challenges. (In German)
Artificial intelligence for social cohesion
Our researcher Theresa Züger talks about AI for the public interest on Deutschlandfunk podcast "KI verstehen". (In German)
Scientists, get involved!
Our researcher Ali Gümüsay writes in DIE ZEIT that it is no longer enough to simply analyse the facts. Otherwise the populists will win.
Data Governance Guide
A digital handbook to support German municipalities in implementing digitalisation projects in a structured, legally compliant and sustainable way. (In German)
AI and discrimination: why data are not facts
Katharina Mosene and Felicitas Rachinger about technology and societal responsibility. (In German)
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