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Dancing Robots, Archives and AI at the Winter Conference

Does AI affect the authenticity of our heritage? What are the impressions of those working with heritage archives on AI? These are some of the questions I am currently exploring as my research is on...

Call for Applications—Project Initiation Grants

Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society (WASP-HS) is offering up to 250 000 SEK to support emerging research ideas that require multi- or interdisciplinary...

Winter Conference 2025—Strengthening AI Research and Collaboration

Over 120 researchers from the WASP-HS program gathered at Stockholm University on February 5-7 for the Winter Conference 2025, focusing on the multifaceted impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on...

Interactions With Pseudo-Sapiens: User Perception of Anthropomorphism, Mind, and Trust in Humanlike Social Agents—New PhD defense

Kashyap Haresamundram defends his doctoral thesis, “Interactions with Pseudo-Sapiens: User Perception of Anthropomorphism, Mind, and Trust in Humanlike Social Agents,” at Lecture Hall E:A, building...

Queering AI—New Report

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in reinforcing biases, the balance between regulation and inclusivity, and the power of generative AI in shaping worldviews were among the key issues...

Essays on Women in the Labor Market: Technology, Inequality, and the Future of Work—New PhD Defense

Malin Backman defends her doctoral thesis, “Essays on Women in the Labor Market: Technology, Inequality and the Future of Work,” at Lecture Hall 2, Ekonomikum, Kyrkogårdsgatan 10, Uppsala...

AI as Existential Media—Keep Asking the Difficult Questions

What do you do if you enter into a room in which the conversation about something important—to you as a human being and as a scholar—has already begun? And what do you do when central debates about...

“Machine Auguries”—What Is Real in a World with AI?

We find ourselves increasingly uncertain of what is real and what is generated by artificial intelligence (AI). This resonates as real birdsong is slowly taken over by machine-generated song in...

Open Call for WASP-HS Research Clusters

WASP-HS opens a call for research clusters with a funding of 25 to 40 million SEK per cluster. This initiative aims to create a collaborative space for researchers from various disciplines...

The Swedish AI Commission’s Strategic Roadmap Dodges Question Zero

Last week, the AI Commission in Sweden submitted its report, Färdplan för Sverige, detailing a national roadmap for artificial intelligence (AI) engagement. We were happy to see nuance in bits of...

WASP-HS in the News

Experternas AI-spaningar: Fem saker du behöver veta om AI 2025

Johanna Björklund
Februari 10, 2025
Sveriges Radio
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Agenter ska öka antalet svenska organdonationer

Jason Tucker, Fabian Lorig
Februari 13, 2025
Malmö Universitet
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Oro för AI-kapprustning mellan USA och Kina

Moa Johansson
Februari 2, 2025
Göteborgs-Posten
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AI kräver rätt balans mellan teknik och människa

Virginia Dignum, Kristina Höök, Jonas Ivarsson, Stefan Larsson, Simon Lindgren
December 9, 2024
Dagens industri
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Möjligt att få fler väljare med hundvisslor

Asad Basheer Sayeed, Björn Rönnerstrand
November 21, 2024
Göteborg University
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Kräver konst mänskliga erfarenheter?

Palle Dahlstedt
October 25, 2024
Fabriken, Sveriges radio
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Biometrins nya trick: Läser ditt beteende

Amanda Lagerkvist
October 25, 2024
Dagens industri
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AI: Do Healthcare Professionals Have Trust Issues?

Michael Strange
October 23, 2024
Malmö University
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”AI-debatten sitter fast i valet mellan utopi och dystopi”

Jonas Ivarsson
October 21, 2024
Dagens nyheter
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Working Together for a Less Biased World

Ericka Johnson, Katherine Harrison
October 17, 2014
Linköping University
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