Calling all emerging scientists - it’s time to send us an application! 😉😎 Lead your own #MaxPlanck Research Group w/ €2.7M in funding over 6 yrs, full independence & resources to hire staff. State-of-the-art infrastructure awaits you!🌟 Apply today➡️mpg.de/career/max-pla…

✌ Day 2 of the Berlin Summer School of Artificial Intelligence and Society 2024 brought fascinating insights into the relationship between AI, urban development, and ethics. bifold.berlin/education/summ… 📸 Photos by Kevin Fuchs (Kick-Off, 09.09.2024)

HIIG-Internetrechtsexperte Matthias C.Kettemann im #Interview mit ZEIT ONLINE über das Kartellverfahren gegen #Google. Was passiert jetzt? "Eine Zerschlagung ist sehr unwahrscheinlich bis unmöglich. Am Ende wird es vermutlich auf eine Geldstrafe hinauslaufen." 👉zeit.de/digital/intern…

Die Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft hängt davon ab, Informationen und Dienste im Internet nutzen zu können. „Vereinfachte Sprache kann dazu beitragen, diese Lücken zu schließen“, sagt Freya Hewett, vom HIIG - und hat die passende Lösung entwickelt. reset.org/digitale-sprac…

KI als letzte Revolution in der Arbeitswelt? HIIG-Forscherin Sonja Koehne ist als #KI-Expertin bei der Engineering- & IT-Tagung der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung & IG Metall. Thema: Chancen, Risiken & offene Fragen beim KI-Einsatz in Betrieben, Unternehmen & Konzernen? 👉boeckler.de/de/aktuelle-ve…

Beyond excited to have received my author copies of AI Snake Oil (w/Arvind Narayanan)! The book is out in 2 weeks, but the entire intro (30+ pages) is now available online: press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove… Read a summary of all chapters in our latest post: aisnakeoil.com/p/starting-rea…

Bitte ein Beat: #KI-generierte #Musik wird besser & beliebter – doch was sagt das #Urheberrecht dazu? Droht der Branche der nächste Gau? Braucht es neue Vergütungsmodelle? Das & mehr im Digitalen Salon am 25.9. um 19 Uhr, live & am HIIG! Zum Event: hiig.de/events/digital…

On Sept 21, in the panel "Decolonising AI", allapopp, Milagros Miceli, Marwa Fatafta مروة فطافطة, and Walid El Houri will discuss how #digitaltechnologies in #migration contexts are programmed for #tracking, #surveillance, and #profiling. Learn more: dnlb.org/33 #HackingAlienation #DNL33

Herzlich Willkommen am CAIS in NRW! Zum 5. Vernetzungstreffen der deutschen Internetinstitute begrüßen wir alle Teilnehmenden in Bochum🩵- bidt, digilog@bw, Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung , HIIG Berlin, Weizenbaum-Institut, #ZEVEDI

How can universities turn resistance into positive change? In our latest #DigitalSociety Blog post, Bronwen Deacon & Melissa Laufer explore the complexities of resistance against #EdTech & offer insights on overcoming these challenges for lasting impact.👇hiig.de/en/resistance-…

Can #AI make language more accessible? F. Hewett, Hadi Asghari & M. Stede (Universität Potsdam) present their work on elaborative #simplification for German texts Kyoto University, exploring how large #language models can simplify texts by adding useful information. 👉 2024.sigdial.org/main-program/

Only a few days left to apply for our #Internet & #Society #Fellowship 2025! Don’t miss the chance to work with HIIG's leading researchers to explore hot topics such as #AI, #science hostility, and platform regulation. Deadline: 30 Sept! 👉 Apply here: hiig.de/en/fellowship-…

Explore Freya Hewett’s blog post on #Simba - our new #AI tool that simplifies German-language texts online! Discover how our #research team turned theoretical principles into practice & the lessons they've learned for future projects. 👇Read now: hiig.de/en/a-journey-i…

[New article] Our latest article critically discusses platforms’ non-compliance with data access and offers recommendations for improving the right to access – based on a collaborative policy effort from scholars engaging in data donation studies: policyreview.info/articles/analy…

Job alert! 📣 We are looking for a #PostDoc researcher and short-term visiting researchers in socio-technical transformations through digitalization and AI ➡️ mediachange.ch/news/182/ IKMZ #AcademicJobs

Our research group is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Science 👩‍🎓 If you are interested, all relevant information can be found here: wzb.eu/de/node/83565 Feel free to share the announcement! ✉️

How do we look past the constraints of the present to theorize a prosperous future? Join us on Wednesday 9 October for an IGP 10th Year Anniversary Lecture with Prof Ali Aslan Gümüşay Universität München HIIG Berlin eventbrite.co.uk/e/desirable-fu…

We at Technology, Power, and Domination Research Group are looking for a postdoc in political science - yes, political science, no other discipline accepted - who studies with us digital forms of power and domination at Weizenbaum-Institut. Details: wzb.eu/de/node/83565. Pls retweet, we hope for many good candidates!

AI, a public good? On 18 November, Theresa Züger is a keynote speaker FARI - AI for the Common Good Institute Conference! Join her in #Brussels to explore how #AI, #Data, & #Robotics can serve the public interest. How can we ensure these advancements benefit all? 👉Register now: conference.fari.brussels/program

2nd Workshop on Public Interest AI on 23 Sept! Led by Theresa Züger & Daniel Pothmann, it explores AI projects for the public good, covering ethics & practical aspects from health to sustainability. Featuring keynote by Lucie-Aimée Kaffee from Hugging Face. 👉hiig.de/en/events/2nd-…