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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.
HIIG brings European research expertise to global AI capacity-building
HIIG has become the first German member of the "Global AI Capacity Development Network", launched with the accompaniment of the United Nations.
The Many Faces of Deepfakes
On rbb | radioeins, Dr.. Jeanette Hofmann discusses whether synthetic media are always intended to deceive or whether they can also have legitimate uses.
The Pope and AI
On ZDF’s heute journal, Matthias C. Kettemann comments Pope Leo XIV.'s first encyclical on artificial intelligence.
AI and Gender Equality
We identify research gaps in the area of structural disadvantage of women in the context of AI systems, to inform policy and practice.
Regulating AI through creative agency
In the FAZ, Ali Gümüşay and Matthias Kettemann examine discretion and judgement in the use of new technologies by public authorities and courts.
US court rules that social media platforms are bad for mental health
Matthias Kettemann discusses the court case lost by Meta and Google in the US on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
The digital 2000s: the rise of smartphones, computer games and social media
Jeanette Hofmann talks about the digitalisation between 2000 and 2009 on radioeins.
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