AI in the Swedish Election Campaign – Democracy on New Terms
How does AI affect democracy and opinion formation? That was the focus when researchers and Members of Parliament met in the Swedish Parliament on 28 January for a seminar arranged by Rifo and WASP HS. The discussion showed that technology now plays an increasingly...
Open Call for WASP-HS Nordic Collaborative Workshops
To stimulate new collaborations across the Nordic countries WASP-HS invites applications to organize a series of Nordic collaborative workshops. Applicants can request up to 500,000 SEK per session for a series of 2–3 workshops. The call is now open, with deadline...
Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds — PhD Defense
Alicja Ostrowska defends her PhD thesis, “Life and AI at NASA: An Ethnography of How Scientists and Engineers Make Tools to Explore Other Worlds” on 30 January at Chalmers University of Technology. See event page. Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly...
Developing New Tools to Reveal Hidden Errors in Synthetic Data
Synthetic data is increasingly used in research and development. In the WASP‑HS project “Social Complexity and Fairness in Synthetic Medical Data,” Ericka Johnson identified intersectional hallucinations and has now received additional funding from the Wallenberg...
