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Two generations, one topic: Internet

Jeanette Hofmann talks about the development of the internet in the "Hintergrund" programme on Deutschlandfunk radio. (In German)

Humans and machines in lending

A guarantee of fairness? On the eFin blog, Katharina Mosene examines the role of human expertise in automated financial decisions.

Practical report on automated credit decision-making

How can human-machine interaction in the financial sector be adequately designed?

Science communication with generative AI

New perspectives of Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD) for the use and governance of AI, to take advantage of opportunities and counter fears. (In German)

Spotlight: Strengthening Democracy Against Polarisation

What methods help to prevent our society from drifting apart?

Content moderation: Human and machine

Matthias C. Kettemann on the question of how AI can meaningfully moderate content on social media and where humans are still needed. (in German)

AI skills in the creative industry

Fabian Stephany looks at how AI will change the world of work, and the new skills that self-employed workers in particular will need to develop. (In German)

KAPAZ Summer School

Applications are now open for the next Summer School on 'Resilience against hostility through science communication'.

Digitaler Salon: Update Unbekannt?

How can we think about the future in the digital age? The panel found answers and imagined a future where we remain flexible. (In German)

Musk as a supporter of the AfD

A data analysis of Alice Weidel's posts on X, carried out by Sami Nenno (HIIG) and Philipp Lorenz-Spreen (Synosys), is analysed in reports in the international press.

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