Hub AI and society

Artificial Intelligence is a key technology that can help us solve major societal challenges such as climate change, energy supply, healthcare, education or logistics. AI can solve specific problems more effectively by supporting us in decision-making, automating solutions and thus scaling them, or discovering completely new solutions. But the use of AI also poses new risks, for example when it comes to surveillance or questions of social justice.

What is our society doing with AI – and what is AI doing to our society? We shed light on this question in our AI and Society Content Hub.

AI and society

Apr 13, 2025Apr 13, 2025

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xAI alters Grok chatbot to shield Elon Musk from misinformation claims

AI and society

Apr 8, 2025Apr 8, 2025

OpenAI wants Europe to build the infrastructure it needs to profit from European markets

AI and society

Feb 19, 2025Feb 19, 2025

"Unlimited genius" for all: Altman's naive dream of AI equality

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Apr 23, 2025Apr 23, 2025

AI pioneers warn OpenAI's corporate overhaul could betray its original mission for humanity

AI and society

Apr 21, 2025Apr 21, 2025

UAE bets big on AI to literally rewrite the rules

AI and society

Apr 20, 2025Apr 20, 2025

Students delegate higher-level thinking to AI, Anthropic study finds

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Apr 16, 2025Apr 16, 2025

OpenAI wants to fix its image problem with a new nonprofit advisory board

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Apr 15, 2025Apr 15, 2025

Nvidia shifts AI production to US amid changing trade landscape

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Apr 14, 2025Apr 14, 2025

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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is investigating whether X used personal data from EU users without valid consent to train its AI system Grok. The investigation focuses on public posts from users in the EU and European Economic Area. X had previously committed to permanently stop this practice following a court case last year, which led the DPC to end its earlier investigation. The renewed scrutiny may have been triggered by Elon Musk's xAI acquiring X. As Ireland's lead EU regulator, the DPC can impose fines of up to four percent of a company's global revenue for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation. X was last fined €450,000 by the DPC in 2020. Elon Musk, X's owner, and former US President Donald Trump have repeatedly criticized EU regulations targeting US tech companies.

Reuters