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The language of digital fascism. Roland Meyer on AI, aesthetics and ideology

In his article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Roland Meyer analyzes how right-wing extremists and tech companies use generative AI to package ideological messages in familiar, seemingly harmless visual styles, e.g. in the style of Studio Ghibli. He warns of the political power of these aesthetics and criticizes the exploitative… Read More »The language of digital fascism. Roland Meyer on AI, aesthetics and ideology

How people perceive AI risks: New study by the University of Zurich

A recent study by the University of Zurich shows that people are more concerned about the immediate risks of artificial intelligence, such as job loss or discrimination, than about speculative future scenarios in which AI threatens humanity. Three online experiments with over 10,000 participants from the USA and the UK… Read More »How people perceive AI risks: New study by the University of Zurich

Participants wanted for health study

The University of Zurich is currently conducting the FIDO (Fatigue Investigation using Digital Outcomes) study and is looking for healthy participants aged between 18 and 65. The aim of the study is to find out how smartphones and wearables can be used to measure fatigue and remotely monitor health status,… Read More »Participants wanted for health study

DigInCiteS

Inclusive Digital Citizen Science: a technology-driven applied linguistics project within a disability studies framework The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires signatories to ensure the full participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of society. Digital citizen science, as an emerging participatory methodology… Read More »DigInCiteS

MedLitGrasp

Leveraging large language models to unlock and synthesize the expanding volume of medical research The overwhelming volume of published research hampers evidence-based medicine. The project team aims to develop MedLitGrasp, an online tool for researchers and clinicians, that uses large language models to automatically synthesize large volumes of biomarker data… Read More »MedLitGrasp

EnablEd

Empowering stakeholders in school education for digitality The EnablEd project investigates how school staff can be empowered to help shape the digital transformation. It uses a range of different methods to determine the conditions for success in school staff development and thus develops an empowerment model that supports school leaders… Read More »EnablEd

MATHiL

A math tutor to provide support for individual learning needs The project aims to provide targeted support for students with low achievement in mathematics through an intelligent tutoring system. By combining instructional psychology, subject-specific didactics, and state-of-the-art technology, a personalized learning environment is created that contributes to greater educational equity.… Read More »MATHiL

Simplify!

Reducing administrative burdens in social services through a generative translation tool for simplified language This project addresses the non-take-up of social benefits caused by language and administrative barriers. It proposes the use of a generative AI tool that translates complex social administration documents into plain language. The project aims to… Read More »Simplify!

ChirpScan

Biodiversity monitoring of grasshoppers with an AI-supported mobile app The aim of the project is to develop the “ChirpScan” app, which uses artificial intelligence to automatically classify grasshoppers based on their songs. The app enables efficient monitoring of biodiversity and serves as a didactic tool to promote biodiversity education. It… Read More »ChirpScan