Digital Humanism Conference

Everyone agrees tech should serve people, not profit. But it's not easy to make investors care. “Good digital investment“ at @dighum.wien​ with E. Prem​ (eutema​, EUDHIT), R. Tabarés @tecnalia.bsky.social​, B. Prainsack @univie.ac.at​, A. Min (Camp.org), G. Krause (msg Plaut).

A #dighum #dighum2026 special – I've put all my thoughts about about "hyperscalers" and allegedly US AI in one place. Featured a bit is @helenamalikova.bsky.social of course #digitalGovernance #DMA #AIRegulation #antitrust #GAFAM #transnationalUtilities joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/06/work...

I was a bit late to hearing Bruce @schneier.com apparently read my slides at #digHum . Also repeating Moshe Vardi from yesterday too. (The utility thing I'm blogging about today because of some "interest" I got yesterday from the iaea.) Ironically, he's saying #genAI makes us all sound the same.

Saw this @dighum.wien Everyone in #AIEthics should watch it, though I did feel some parts went too far. But a lot of things seldom or never said are said, so that's good. @rebeccasear.bsky.social will appreciate the stats part.

What a special panel #dighum2026 in Vienna on how to sustain our digital commons @dighum.wien EU's "digital sovereignty" approach needs to include funding for our digital communities, which already providing alternatives, like open protocols. Public procurement needs to buy open, not just European.

We would like to draw your attention to the Call for Papers for the Digital Humanism – 2nd International Interdisciplinary Research Conference 📍 Munich, Germany 📅 March 10–12, 2027 Please find more details about the conference and submission process here: en.bidt.digital/dighum-confe...

Back in Vienna and ready to party! @dighum.wien

We had a very valuable non-public workshop @dighum.wien #Vienna about building public #infrastructure & organising #digital transformation in public administration. There were many experts on public #procurement exchanging knowledge about (legislative) problems with public procurement & #opensource

Save the date: I will be speaking at @dighum.wien on the 26th of June in #Vienna Katja Mayer is moderating our #dighum26 panel on "Sustaining #Digital #Commons. The future of #open #knowledge #stewardship" together with @mellifluousbox.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, Claudia Garád & Felix Stalder.

LAST CALL FOR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS: Become part of the Digital Humanism Conference 2026! We are still looking for some students to join our volunteer team. Support the conference and experience it from the inside. Apply by 10 June (tomorrow!) Find all details here: dighum.wien/call-for-volunteers

Mit dabei vom ITA @oeaw.bsky.social @astridmager.bsky.social & Fabian Fischer

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

“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.