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Welcome!

This is the homepage of the research group Ethics in Information Technology  at Universität Hamburg. Our team researches the ethical, legal, social and political implications of contemporary information technologies and big data practices.

Here you can learn more about our research group and interdisciplinary team, the research, and teaching we do within and beyond the department of informatics and find latest news about activities from members of the research group.

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EIT Public Lecture Series: TAMING THE MACHINES

We are looking forward to welcoming Dr. Lucy Osler (University of Exeter) on 6 May 2026 with her lecture "Talking to Myself With AI: From Self-Knowledge to Solitude". Join us this summer semester for six engaging talks as part of our new program - in Hamburg and online. 

Please also browse our past programs and stream previous talks. The lectures by José van Dijck, Sven Ove Hansson, Darian Meacham and Jocelyn Maclure from winter semester 2025/26 are now available for streaming.

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6 May 2026|Event

Public Lecture: Talking to Myself With AI: From Self-Knowledge to Solitude

In her talk on 6 May 2026, Dr. Lucy Osler explores the possibilities and limitations of using AI chatbots for talking to and with oneself. From artistic experiments with old diaries fed into ChatGPT to everyday conversations with a chatbot, she asks, drawing on Hannah Arendt’s work on the importance of solitude, whether AI...

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29 April 2026|Event

Public Lecture: Artificial Intelligence and Progress? A Pragmatist, Justice-Oriented Critique

AI in its many forms is often presented as a driver of “progress”: improving lives, accelerating solutions, and expanding human possibilities. Prof. Dr. Jan-Heilinger’s (Universität Witten/Herdecke, DE) talk on 29 April 2026 offers a critical framework for assessing such claims by arguing, from a pragmatist and...

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25 April 2026|Event

taz lab 2026: Macht KI unsere Leben zum Alptraum?

Prof. Dr. Judith Simon ist zu Gast im taz lab am 25. April 2026. Künstliche Intelligenz wird unsere Leben verändern – viele meinen: zu Alpträumen machen – und zwar in allen Hinsichten. Was aber macht KI genau? Wem nützt sie? Zu was ist sie vielleicht auch gut? Wo kommt sie schon zum Einsatz – bei Schularbeiten, in der...

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25 April 2026|Interview

radioeins: EU‑App zur Altersverifikation: Schutz für Kinder oder neues Risiko?

Die EU plant eine App zur Altersverifikation für soziale Medien. Doch Expert:innen warnen vor Sicherheitsrisiken und zweifeln an der Wirksamkeit. Der radioeins Podcast „Die Profis“ spricht mit Prof. Dr. Judith Simon über die App zur Altersverifikation und welche Alternativen es gibt.

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16 April 2026|Administration

European Commission: Special Panel on child safety online

The Special panel advises the EU Commission President on child safety online and potential age limits for social media and other online services in Europe. Prof. Dr. Judith Simon was invited to participate in the second meeting. The agenda focused on existing measures to protect minors in the EU and around the world, and...

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15 April 2026|Event

Dis/Trusting Generative AI? Assessing Four Types of Deception Through Generative AI

On April 15, 2026, Prof. Dr. Judith Simon is guest speaker at the "Digital Complexity: Beyond Human Understanding" lecture series organized by the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research at RWTH Aachen. In her talk Prof. Dr. Judith Simon proposes the notion of quadruple deception to capture a distinctive feature of...

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26 March 2026|Publication

Preprint: Assessing Age Assurance Technologies: Effectiveness, Side-Effects, and Acceptance

In this preprint, Wouter Lueks, Stephan Dreyer, Hannes Federrath, and Judith Simon provide an overview and evaluation of different types of age assurance technologies (AAT). The preprint is available on arXiv.

the image is a critique of genAI and its toolmen, forcing genAI into our lives, families and homes. It frames genAI as a power(ful) tool to control and influence behaviour.

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22 January 2026|Event

Einstein Forum: Gegen KI – Zur Notwendigkeit der Auseinandersetzung für Wissen, Beziehungen und Demokratie

Die starke Nutzung insbesondere Generativer KI, bspw. von Chatbots oder Bildgeneratoren, hat innerhalb kürzester Zeit dazu geführt, dass etablierte gesellschaftliche Praktiken einer Neubewertung unterzogen wurden und werden. Das Einstein Forum hat Prof. Dr. Judith Simon eingeladen, um darüber zu sprechen.

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22 January 2026|Event

ARIC Brown Bag Session: Hype, Hope und Statistik: GenAI aus ethischer Perspektive

GenAI ist in aller Munde: Als Zukunftstechnologie, als Next Big Thing, in Gestalt enttäuschter Erwartungen, oder als Gesellschaftsdystopie. Dr. Jan-Philipp Kruse wird diese Wahrnehmungen sortieren und aufzeigen, wo der Einsatz Generativer KI erhebliche ethische Herausforderungen mit sich bringt (und wo vermutlich eher...

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