08 July 2026
The Problems with “General Purpose AI Detectability”
As AI-generated media flood our information ecosystems, detecting synthetic content has become an urgent regulatory challenge – in fact, not one challenge but many, as synthetic media breeds problems across a range of digital contexts, including deepfakes and disinformation, scamming, and content moderation. The EU's new "Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content" – the first concrete articulation of Article 50(2) AI Act, the EU's approach to AI-content detection – gives sensible answers to several open questions and will advance the global regulatory debate. Continue reading >>
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21 August 2024
Datenschutz gegen digitalen Autoritarismus
Die Datenmacht des Staates stellt für Bürger*innen und ihre Rechte im heutigen Zeitalter eine zentrale Gefahr dar. Unabhängige Datenschutzbehörden sollen Missbräuche dieser Datenmacht verhindern. Autoritäre Kräfte, die nach den anstehenden Landtagswahlen auch in deutschen Landesregierungen beteiligt sein könnten, könnten allerdings versuchen, diese Kontrolle zu neutralisieren. Continue reading >>07 February 2024
Examining the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act
Finally, consensus on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. The academic community is thus finally in a position to provide a (slightly) more definitive evaluation of the Act’s potential to protect individuals and societies from AI systems’ harms. This blog post attempts to contribute to this discussion by illustrating and commenting on the final compromises regarding some of the most controversial and talked-about aspects of the AI Act, namely its rules on high-risk systems, its stance on General Purpose AI, and finally its system of governance and enforcement. Continue reading >>
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