Events

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Lesung und Gespräch: In seinem Buch beleuchtet William Mahan die Darstellung von Hackern als Helden in deutschen Filmen und Fernsehsendungen. Die Lesung findet in englischer Sprache statt, das Gespräch auf Deutsch.

Workshop

We are thrilled to invite you to an interdisciplinary workshop based on the book "Hackers as Heroes in German Cinema and Television" by William Mahan. This workshop is presented by the Weizenbaum Institute in collaboration with netzpolitik.org and will be held in English.

The world of AI is powered by millions of people who are precariously employed and politically dispersed. In the Data Workers Inquiry, they tell their stories.

Distinguished Lecture

Book Presentation with Petra Molnar

Weizenbaum Conference

The Weizenbaum Institute is organizing its sixth Annual Conference: “Uncertain journeys into digital futures: Inter- and transdisciplinary research for mitigating wicked societal and environmental problems”. The conference will take place at Silent Green Kulturquartier in Berlin from 17 to 18 June…

Weizenbaum Forum

Nach der Europawahl 2024 stellt das Weizenbaum-Forum die Rolle sozialer Medien im digitalen Wahlkampf in den Mittelpunkt. Mit unseren Gästen diskutieren wir darüber, wie Parteien ihre Social-Media-Strategien gestaltet haben, welche Themen die Debatten dominierten, ob es gelungen ist, diese auf…

Distinguished Lecture

Doxing is the malicious disclosure of personal information to influence societal and political discourses. This has serious consequences for the victims. Since there are few studies on the perspective of the victims, Jason Thatcher presents his study, which takes this perspective into account.

Symposium

Conference of the Research Group “Reorganization of Knowledge Practices” in cooperation with the DGS-Section “Science and Technology Studies”.

Weizenbaum Forum

In the upcoming Weizenbaum Forum we will outline Russian gendered propaganda and disinformation during the war in Ukraine.

Lecture

This talk will be given by Weizenbaum Fellow Nicholas Berente, Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.

Panel Discussion

The EU-funded Change Agents project invites you to project presentations and discussions.

Lecture

New digital means of communication offer new prospects for radical democracy. They create new opportunities for participation and inclusion as well as possibilities to express our inner diversity by creating multiple selves online.

Weizenbaum Forum

Anlässlich der Veröffentlichung des „Weizenbaum Reports 2024“ am 9.4.2024 werden in diesem Forum erste Befunde der repräsentativen Befragung der deutschen Bevölkerung von Ende 2023 vorgestellt. In der Diskussion richten wir einem besonderen Blick auf die Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung für…

Lecture

Don't miss the presentation of the new book by Virgilio Almeida: "Algorithm Institutionalism: the changing rules of social and political life" (Oxford University Press).

Renowned tech policy scholar, Orly Lobel, will be visiting the Weizenbaum Institute as a fellow this month. Join us in discussing her newest book: The Equality Machine. Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future.

Symposium

Scholars from different fields – lawyers, economists, computer scientists, and social scientists – will be coming together at the Weizenbaum Institute to gather their knowledge around a central question: what will define the future of AI ecosystems?

Weizenbaum Forum

How are individuals (de)classified, and (re)defined so that machines can perceive them, and what are the consequences?

Plamadiso Talks

We offer a first analytical study of the economic consequences of the Data Act, the new law forthcoming in the European Union that regulates access to the data produced by IoT devices. Let's talk about it and join us for the next PLAMADISO Talk with our guest Georgios Petropoulos

Plamadiso Talks

The talk will cover a recent study on the ability of two large language model (LLM)-based chatbots, ChatGPT and Bing Chat, rebranded to Microsoft Copilot, to detect veracity of political information.

Weizenbaum Forum

Die digitale Jugend steht vor einzigartigen Chancen und Herausforderungen in einer Welt, die von Smartphone, Social Media und KI geprägt ist. Welche Auswirkungen hat u. a. die ständige Verfügbarkeit auf die heranwachsende Generation?

Plamadiso Talks

The Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition published a position statement on the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), laying down harmonised rules for core platform services provided or offered by gatekeepers.

Lecture

As part of the series "Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence," WI researcher Ingmar Mundt talks about the use of predictive algorithms and the kind of knowledge they produce.

Lecture

As part of the series "Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence," WI researcher Esther Görnemann will address the social challenges and ramifications in light of recent developments in the area of Generative Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models.

Weizenbaum Forum

Klimabedingte Extremereignisse, Industrieunfälle, Terroranschläge oder Unfälle bei Großveranstaltungen verdeutlichen immer wieder die komplexen Abhängigkeiten zwischen Menschen, Technik und Infrastrukturen.