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What Anthropic’s Amodei could do about AI overkill

In the FAZ, Matthias C. Kettemann compares Dario Amodei's call for an emergency stop with the UN Secretary-General's report on global AI inequality.

A Question of Context

According to a new HIIG whitepaper, how companies introduce generative AI and employees use it depends not on the technology itself, but on the professional field.

Founders, what has to change?

What's slowing startups down in Germany? And how can it be fixed? We want to hear from founders where the friction is and what should be redesigned. We are collecting answers until 10 October.

What Meta’s billion-euro settlement means for young people and parents

Matthias C. Kettemann analyses on web.de which changes to strengthen youth protection the tech giant has agreed to (in German).

Independence through openness

In a guest article for Tagesspiegel Background, our researcher Judith Faßbender, together with Ben Burmeister, calls for open source to be used strategically by the state (in German).

Social media: Is the power of tech giants a threat to democracy?

Our Research Director Jeanette Hofmann discusses the regulation of social networks with other experts on Deutschlandfunk (in German).

Anonymised Collection and Use of Mobility and Movement Data

In this joint research project, the HIIG examines the extent to which anonymised mobility data still counts as personal data from a legal perspective.

The global AI capacity-building network AICDN

On Deutschlandfunk, Theresa Züger explains how HIIG and other network members aim to empower more countries to partake in the global AI discourse.

The Future of Ownership

This project assesses steward-owned companies to investigate how purpose-driven ownership models shape economic performance, ecological sustainability and social equity.

Research Lead (m/f/d): Democratic Change and Knowledge

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to lead, shape and develop our research focus at the intersection of democracy, knowledge and digitalisation.

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