Das Bundesinnenministerium will mehr biometrische Gesichtersuche im Asylverfahren und streicht dafür Vorgaben zu Transparenz und Datenschutz. Die Pläne könnten gegen EU-Recht verstoßen. netzpolitik.org/2025/gesicht...

Le CHAT ou le CHATgpt? 🐈 By simply letting your cat go thirsty for a week, you can save enough water to generate an image of a cat drinking from a water faucet. (Not this one. This one is real.) #SavetheAI and think carefully next time your cat wants to drink water. Join our cause: savethe.ai/water

Digital Humanism in Vienna?!? human-centered digital technology development? Seriously? AI Needs Your Help!! NO COFFEE FOR YOU - AI NEEDS ITS FILL Energy and water are scare resources. Ask yourself: shouldn’t I save that water and electricity for AI? savethe.ai #SafeTheAI @savetheai.bsky.social

International Workers Day in Vienna ✊ This young demonstrator shows us how it’s done. For more Solidarity with AI!! Don‘t apply to that job. AI needs it more than you. #SafeTheAI @savetheai.bsky.social

American police departments are spending hundreds of thousands on Massive Blue’s unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected traffickers.

Die Anwältin Mercy Mutemi führt in Kenia mehrere strategische Verfahren gegen Tech-Konzerne. Im Interview erzählt sie, warum Content-Moderator:innen Gerechtigkeit verdienen und wie ihre Vision für eine selbstbestimmte digitale Zukunft Afrikas aussieht. netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...

Published this week in the MIT faculty newsletter: A Call for Courage in the Face of Rising Antisemitism, White Supremacy, Misogyny, and Authoritarianism medium.com/data-feminis...

At the Paris AI Action Summit, Dr. Alondra Nelson was an invited speaker at a private dinner at the Elysée Palace hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. Here are her remarks on “three fundamental misconceptions in the way we think about artificial intelligence.”

This week Mon-Wed, if you are in Vienna check this out! brut-wien.at/de/Programm/...

The politically motivated replacement of Nick Clegg by Trump supporter Joel Kaplan is a stark reminder that reliance on US owned digital infrastructure is not tenable. www.bbc.com/news/article...

+++ ETAC6-Konferenz +++ Call for Papers +++ Wir verlängern die Einreichsfrist auf den 11. Dezember. www.oeaw.ac.at/ita/veransta...

Wow! This is intense!

Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings restofworld.org/2024/buenos-...

Job vacancy notice! Become an Academy Scientist at ITA. We are currently seeking experts with a background in natural sciences and social sciences, as well as experience in the area of governance of nanotechnologies and advanced materials. tinyurl.com/2p2nanck Deadline: Nov 8

Einladung zur nächsten #ÖAW Gender und Diversity Lecture: KI und Geschlecht im öffentlichen Leben, 3. Dezember 2024, 17:30 Uhr www.oeaw.ac.at/detail/veran...

"Diversität in Forschung und Entwicklung: Zugänge und Nutzenperspektiven" ITA-Seminar am Dienstag, 27. Februar, 13:30 mit Roswitha Hofmann, WU Wien www.oeaw.ac.at/ita/detail/e...