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Research for the digital society<\/a><\/h1>

Global, interdisciplinary, in dialogue.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe institute’s DNA\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

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Learning Kit<\/p>\t\t\t\n

Your Data. Your Choice?<\/a><\/h2>\n \t

Through three 90-minute modules young people aged 16+ in schools and youth work learn how personalised advertising works.<\/p>\n \t\n\t\t

Call for Projects<\/p>\t\t\t\n

Participate in our Impact AI Assessment<\/a><\/h2>\n \t

Are you using an AI system to support a societal cause and sustainability? Apply to become one of the next projects to be assessed by Impact AI.<\/p>\n \t\n\t\t

Call for applications<\/p>\t\t\t\n

Impact AI Fellowship 2027<\/a><\/h2>\n \t

Want to explore the impact of AI on society and the environment? As a fellow, you will spend ten weeks evaluating one specific use case.<\/p>\n \t\n\t\t

Press<\/p>\t\t\t\n

Germany needs special innovation zones<\/a><\/h2>\n \t

In a guest commentary in Handelsblatt, Ali G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015fay calls on Germany to redesign its innovation system and close the gap between research and technology spin-outs.<\/p>\n \t\n\t\t

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The main problem is a lack of responsibility<\/a><\/h2>\n \t

Theresa Z\u00fcger contextualises several tech CEOs’ call for a pause in AI development. She argues that it is not speed that causes harm and that we need AI systems in the public interest.<\/p>\n \t\n\t\t

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What Anthropic’s Amodei could do about AI overkill<\/a><\/h2>\n \t

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.<\/p>\n

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Platform governance<\/h2>\n

\n How can the goals of corporations and the values of society be reconciled on online platforms?\n <\/h3>\n<\/a> \n \t\n

Data governance<\/h2>\n

\n How can the technical, organisational and regulatory mechanisms of data sharing and use serve the public interest?\n <\/h3>\n<\/a> \n \t\n

Artificial intelligence and society<\/h2>\n

\n How can we better understand the complex and reciprocal relationship between AI systems and social processes?\n <\/h3>\n<\/a> \n \t\n

Digitalisation and sustainability<\/h2>\n

\n How can technology be used responsibly, taking into account social, economic and ecological dimensions?\n <\/h3>\n<\/a> \n \t\n

Digital future of the workplace<\/h2>\n

\n How will digital organisation, digitalisation, and AI in the workplace transform the world of work?\n <\/h3>\n<\/a> \n\t\t
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Tackling hostility towards science<\/a><\/h3>

What can be done when research comes under pressure? This resource collection supports researchers and institutions with strategies and tools for responding to hostile attacks.<\/p>\n\t\t

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AI compass<\/a><\/h3>

AI is embedded across many areas of society, from medicine to nature conservation. Our card game presents concrete applications and invites players to critically examine their uses and implications.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Data governance guide<\/a><\/h3>

Why does the potential of municipal data so often go unrealised? This handbook supports public administrations in planning and implementing data-driven projects in legally sound ways.<\/p>\n\n