Our Polish team recently took part in the “Free Will, Robots, and Criminal Responsibility” workshop at Jagiellonian Uni. Iza and Kacper presented “What is reasonable for AI?”, sharing recent empirical findings on laypeople’s expectations of artificial agents.

What is the folk concept of FAKE NEWS? Miklos Kurthy & Markus Kneer show that falsity and source deception independently increased fake-news classifications. Many did not treat "fake news" as a synonym for "false news". Conservatism also played a role. bit.ly/4sLTe1J

🧠🎭 Deepfakes won’t automatically trigger an “infocalypse”. In Tages-Anzeiger, Markus Christen argues society can adapt to a world of cheap, realistic fakes, with stronger verification and trusted institutions. More on our website: talkingtobots.net?page_id=57

🚨Fresh NIHAI publication: “The Sorrows of Young Chatbot Users” (Topoi, 2026) by Voinea, Register, Porsdam Mann, Savulescu & Earp, digs into chatbot harms and the big question: who’s morally responsible? Follow our research: talkingtobots.net?page_id=34

Great experience at the Knowledge Exchange for Slow Hope conference in Nottingham with the HERA/CHANSE Crisis teams. A powerful reminder of NIHAI’s wider mission—and an inspiring city to explore. 🌿✨ #NIHAI #CHANSE #HERA #SlowHope #ResearchCommunity #Nottingham

New preprint: “Trust and Responsibility in Human–AI Interaction” (Markus Kneer, Michele Loi & Markus Christen). tinyurl.com/3fhp9xr5 📊 N=1276 across 5 AI domains 🤝 ~50% trust AI as much as humans when capacities match ⚖️ No folk “responsibility gap”, but a real “retribution gap”.

Curious what the #NIHAI team has been up to lately? 🧠✨ Check out our latest talks, papers, and events here: talkingtobots.net?page_id=34

🚨 Exciting news! Markus Kneer will be giving the keynote talk at the upcoming Society for Philosophy of AI (PhAI) conference in Amsterdam this Thursday, Oct. 23. 📅 Full program here: lnkd.in/eDusRyUK

We had a great time at the AI Assertion conference at IDea_Lab Graz! Keynotes by Saskia Nagel, Jean-François Bonnefon, Bertram Malle, Mark Alfano & Edouard Machery on AI, responsibility & social cognition. Thanks to all who joined! 🔗 talkingtobots.net

Conference on AI Assertion. Program here: talkingtobots.net?page_id=15

Join us at the AI Assertion Conference (June 22–23, Graz) exploring AI “testimony” through philosophy, cognitive science, linguistics & HCI. Submit a 500-word anonymized abstract (PDF) by May 18 to [email protected]. Decisions by May 21. #AI #CFP #HCI #CognitiveScience #Philosophy