Category: Blog
Have Social Media, Powered by AI, Become a Threat to Democracy?
Prof. Andreas Kaplan, Dean ESCP Business School Paris, Sorbonne Alliance Within only a decade, social media, enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, might have gone from being a facilitator of democracy to a severe threat of the same. Around ten years ago, it was said that social media would restore power to citizens.…
Media Brain and Xinhua AI news anchors
As a radio journalist for years, I am interested in the development of media technology and the impact on media landscape. I closely followed the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Chinese media industry. In December 2017, China’s Xinhua News Agency launched its AI Media Brain platform. In March 2018, the agency premiered the first…
Deepfakes Unmasked
Deepfakes are definitely fascinating technology, and they can be employed for a wide range of entertaining and educational purposes. Despite positive use cases of deepfakes exist, these highly realistic AI-generated fake videos still hold an unprecedented high deceptive potential. Researchers, policymakers and institutions are thus joining forces to develop debunking strategies to counter the spread…
Voice Assistant technologies powered by AI
My name is Olya Kudina and I’m an Assistant Professor in the Ethicist and Philosophy of Technology in the TPM faculty here at TU Delft. In my work, I focus on the dynamic interaction between values and technologies. I help to analyze and establish technology development with ethical reflection and cultural sensitivity as integral counterparts.…
