Wir regen an, selbst aktiv zu werden und laden alle ein, die sich für eine gute digitale Zukunft interessieren, mit uns auf der #DigHum2026 zu diskutieren. Ein schöner Überblick zur Konferenz jetzt zu lesen auf @futurezone.at​ ✨✨✨. @eudhit.eu​ @digitalhumanism.at​ @wwtf.at​ @oeaw.bsky.social​

When in Vienna … 📅 Am Donnerstag gibt’s den 74. Netzpolitischen Abend u.a. mit @socialhack.bsky.social von @epicenter.works zum Thema #Altersnachweis auf Social Media. Vorbeikommen @werkzeugh.bsky.social oder reinhören im Audiostream!

At the inaugural Digital Humanism in Vienna, Dr. David Passarelli, Director of UNU-CPR, hosted a panel on the future of digital governance, as part of the Global Governance Innovation Platform: unu.edu/cpr/project/...

🎧 Listen to the full audio recording of the panel “Governance architectures for our digital future”, hosted by David Passarelli @ununiversity.bsky.social​, with Julia Morse, Julia Black and Daria Gritsenko. #DigHum2025 #Recap

Watch the discussion on the “Platforms as new institutions” panel, hosted by Michael Stampfer @wwtf.at, with Virgilio Almeida, Annabelle Gawer, @b-snaith.bsky.social​ and Philipp Staab.

📽 Explore the panel “Re-imagining AI through social innovation”, hosted by Katja Mayer, with Gabriella Waters, Mirko T. Schäfer and @reemaspatel.bsky.social​. #DigHum2025 #Recap

📽 Rewatch AI's technical trajectory panel hosted by @carlessierra.bsky.social​, with Edward A. Lee, Ute Schmid and @mmbronstein.bsky.social​ (@aithyra.bsky.social​). #DigHum2025 #Recap

Catch the replay of the panel “Cybersecurity in new times”, hosted by Misha Glenny @iwm.at​, with @lindorfer.in​, Rafal Rohozinski and @matteomaffei.bsky.social​. #DigHum2025 #Recap

Have a listen to the panel "Funding a digital future worth living", hosted by @martingiesswein.bsky.social​, with Karin Tausz, @gklambauer.bsky.social​, Michael Stampfer, Marie Ringler and Fridolin Herkommer. #DigHum2025

Der Award „Digitaler Humanismus in der Praxis“ zeichnet Initiativen aus, die technologische Innovation und gesellschaftliche Werte verbinden. Ein paar Fragen dazu: (1/11) 🧵

Tune in to “AI and democracy”, hosted by Astrid Mager @oeaw.bsky.social​, with Sebastian Kneidinger @epicenter.works​, Siddhi Gupta, Teki Akkuetteh and @michae.lv​. #DigHum2025 #Recap

Tune in to the Social media and AI workshop with @julianeidhardt.bsky.social​, Fariba Karimi, Brigitte Krenn @ofai-at.bsky.social​ and @solecheler.bsky.social​. #DigHum2025 #Recap

Explore the panel “Implementing Digital Humanism in practice”, hosted by Georg Krause, with Clara Neppel, Natalia Postek, Gabriele Bolek-Fügl and Martin Giesswein @martingiesswein.bsky.social​. #DigHum2025 #Recap

There are few things in life that I hate more than listening to my own voice, but I was lucky to share this keynote session with MIT’s Michael Cusumano, so this reposting is for him. Please stop listening at minute 47!

Rewatch the keynotes to “Innovation in the AI age”, with Michael Cusumano @mitsloan.bsky.social​ and @basharnuseibeh.bsky.social​, hosted by @eugeniaunivie.bsky.social​. #DigHum2025 #Recap

Catch the replay of the workshop “The EU Digital Humanism Initiative (EUDHIT)”, hosted by Erich Prem, with Ivonne A. Herrera @ntnusamforsk.bsky.social​, Clara Neppel and Carlos Montalvo. #DigHum2025 #Recap

Listen to the panel on Accountable AI with I. Nalis @tuwien.at​ @jku.at​, @swachter.bsky.social​, S. T. Köszegi, @peterknees.bsky.social​ and N. Oder.

Listen to the audio recording of the panel “Public service media and AI”, hosted by Klaus Unterberger, with Madiana Asseraf @ebu.ch​, Matthias Pfeffer and Stefan Kollinger @skollinger.bsky.social​. #DigHum2025 #Recap

Video recording of the "AI and eco-social regeneration" workshop, hosted by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, with Veronika Liebl, Martine Jarlgaard, Marlies Wirth, Johann Dorn, Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff and Mark Coeckelbergh.

Audio recording of the exhibition and lightning talks "10 DigHum projects in action", hosted by Petra Steinkogler, with Matthias Zeppelzauer, Lisette Espín-Noboa, Jan Maly, Agata Ciabattoni, Hossein Kermani, Margarete Jahrmann, Laura Koesten, Pia Pachinger, Peter Knees and Eugenia Stamboliev.

Video recording of the “AI meets society” panel, hosted by Sabine T. Köszegi, with Toby Walsh, Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Katja Bühler.

Replay the panel “From social media to AI: Lessons Learned”, hosted by @noshir.bsky.social​, with Sunimal Mendis, @maxschrems.bsky.social​ and @chrisbail.bsky.social​. #DigHum2025 #Recap

Get it while it's hot! The recording of this lecture is now available on my web site: md.ekstrandom.net/talks/2025/v...

Yesterday I taught at the interdisciplinary summer school "Towards Human-Centered, Inclusive, and Equitable Artificial Intelligence" in Pisa, Italy, organised by Francesco Marcelloni as part of our Circle U. (European University Alliance) AI hub activities

If you're in Vienna, and are wondering what Victorian romance, Ukrainian progressive metalcore, library science, Brazil (1985), the Pope, and more have to do with ethical, human-driven information access, and whether we should put LLMs into everything, come join us tomorrow evening!

LLMs produce responses that are plausible but that contain factual inaccuracies. Its time for accountability! Precedents are established that companies are liable for answers they provide eg 2013 German Google case thx @financialtimes.com @johnthornhill.bsky.social for ft my work on.ft.com/46deNjr

Heute ist Internationaler Tag der Demokratie und ihr könnt ihn aktiv mitgestalten. Wo? Beim Wiener Demokratie-Tag! In 14 Bezirken hat das Büro für Mitwirkung der Stadt @wien.gv.at mit vielen Partner*innen 40 Stationen vorbereitet, u.a. die Demokratie-Fitness. 1/2 wien.orf.at/stories/3321...

Video recording of the panel "Governing AI", hosted by George Metakides, with Dame Wendy Hall, Marc Rotenberg, Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis and Anja Wyrobek.

#Eventtipp: In zwei Wochen findet die IMAGINE Vision 2025 statt - mit allem rund um Digitale und Schlüsseltechnologien. Gemeinsam mit der @ffg.bsky.social holen wir einmal im Jahr Projekte, Forschende und Expert:innen vor den Vorhang und fördern den Austausch innerhalb der Community 🚀

✎🗒 ˎˊ˗ Mark your calendar for the upcoming week! Michael Ekstrand @md.ekstrandom.net​ will share his views on #DigitalHumanism on Thu/6pm at @tuwien.at​​, as part of the CDL-RecSys Lab summer school. Details at https://caiml.org/news/200/ @dighum.bsky.social​ @acm.org​ #RecSys2025​

Highlights of the first day of the Digital Humanism Conference 2025, which explored critical questions about AI, ethics, and society. ₊ ⊹ . 📽

We congratulate @myvardi.bsky.social wholeheartedly! 🎊🎊🎉°🥂⋆.ೃ🍾࿔*:･

Congratulations to Moshe Vardi on receiving the IEEE TCCH Outstanding Leadership Award! The honor was presented last night at the IEEE Cyber Humanities 2025 Conference in Florence, Italy. The award recognizes his global impact in advancing the field of cyber-humanities. bit.ly/4m9ryjo

🎥 Missed the panel on Sunday? You can rewatch the Digital Humanism panel on human vulnerability in the digital age at Ars Electronica Festival now. #DigitalHumanism #ArsElectronicaFestival

“How to Build a Truth Engine” Join us for a public screening followed by a Q&A with the director and filmmaker @friedrichmoser.bsky.social 10.09.25 18:00 @ TOP Kino, Rahlgasse 1, 1060 Wien infos caiml.org/dighum/annou... trailer youtu.be/rWN72dfvd3I reserve your tix pretix.eu/CAIML/TruthE...

In einer zunehmend digitalisierten Welt verändern sich auch die Grundlagen für politische Teilhabe. Beim Internet Summit Austria am 11. September beleuchten Expert:innen aus Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft, die Wechselwirkung der Digitalisierung auf die Demokratie.

starting at 18:00 Virginia Dignum "Beyond Hype and Fear: Responsible AI for Societal Transformation" caiml.org/dighum/annou... livestream youtu.be/d_bgYwWbOJY

⊹ Today marks the start of the 4th ACM Europe Digital Humanism Summer School at @informatics.tuwien.ac.at​​. We wish all students a great week ahead! Join the public programme today, on Tue (online DIGHUM lecture) and Wed (public screening of “How to Build a Truth Engine” at Topkino.

𓇼 Are you at @ars.electronica.art Festival this weekend? Join Erich Prem & his guests at the Digitality & Vulnerability panel on Sunday at 3pm! ⤷ 🔗 https://ars.electronica.art/panic/en/view/digitality-and-vulnerability-24238ddb450c817394e2f4bd5c9c2380/ #DigitalHumanism #Digitality #ArsElectronica

In Defense of Dignity and Independence Statement by the Digital Humanism Initiative on the US attacks on EU Digital Regulation. caiml.org/dighum/annou...

When platforms replace institutions – what happens to democracy and public discourse? ✮ With V. Almeida @harvard.edu​​, A. Gawer @uniofsurrey.bsky.social​​,​ @b-snaith.bsky.social​‬, P. Staab @humboldtuni.bsky.social​, and host M. Stampfer @wwtf.at​. #Recap

What drives AI forward, and what should hold it back? The “AI’s Technical Trajectory” panel explored current AI frameworks, examining the balance between progress and ethical considerations. 💬 With @carlessierra.bsky.social​, @mmbronstein.bsky.social​, Edward A. Lee and Ute Schmid. #Recap

What happens when AI dictates the rules of democracy? How should democratic institutions react? 🎙️This insightful session, moderated by @claudiazettel.bsky.social, featured professors Lawrence Lessig (@harvard.edu​) and Moshe Y. Vardi (@ricecompsci.bsky.social​). #Recap

"Math has a core beauty." Moshe Y. Vardi about finding the beauty in computer science.

When AI meets society, what questions matter most? How do we ensure AI serves the public, not just private interests? At #DigHum2025, Sabine T. Köszegi moderated a panel with Ricardo Baeza-Yates​ @upf.edu​, Katja Bühler @vrvis.bsky.social​​, and Toby Walsh @tobywalsh.bsky.social​ (UNSW). #Recap ​

Only 4 days left! ☄️☄️☄️☄️ Register now for the European Digital Humanism Summer School in September hosted by dighum.bsky.social / @dighumtuwien.bsky.social.

How about we try to enforce some kind of ‘Polarization Tax’? Concept was mentioned during keynote on ‘AI and democracy’ by Lawrence Lessig (@lessig) and Moshe Vardi ( @vardi) at this event: https://dighum.wien/programme/ #DigitalHumanism #digihum #aaronswartz #Fediscience

🎙️🎧 Tune into episode 16 of the "Zur Zukunft Europas" podcast! #DigHum2025's speaker Alexander Schmoelz joins Gabriel Diakowski to discuss Europe’s humanistic digitalisation – or is Mars the better option? 🚀🚀 #DigitalHumanism #DigHum @fhbfiwien.bsky.social

In May, several of our SemSys group members had the opportunity to participate in the first ever Digital Humanism Conference @dighum.wien! The three day event featured exciting key notes, panels and discussions, read all about it in our newest blogpost: semantic-systems.org/semsys-at-th...

At #DigHum2025 conference this week in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier🌞 and excited to kick off Day 2 themed around AI, platforms & power! Happy to also contribute by discussing our ongoing project on algorithmic content moderation /w @pia-p.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @julianeidhardt.bsky.social 🙂