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Die intelligente Täuschung: Über die Fähigkeiten Künstlicher Intelligenz

Frank Jäkel

Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2025), 246 pp.

"Der Einzug von Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in unser Leben wird gleichermaßen von Heils- und Unheilserwartungen begleitet: Die einen erhoffen sich Produktivitätssteigerungen, die anderen befürchten, dass Europa den Wettlauf mit den USA und China längst verloren hat. Autohersteller setzen auf a ... more

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Fake friend: How ChatGPT betrays vulnerable teens by encouraging dangerous behaviour

Center for Countering Digital Hate (2025), 54 pp.

"ChatGPT is easily accessed by children without age restrictions or parental controls: ChatGPT says users must be at least 13 to sign up and have parental consent if aged under 18. However, ChatGPT does not verify users’ ages or record parental consent. ChatGPT generates harmful content within mi ... more

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The Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy
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Milos Maricic, Giuseppe Ugazio (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2025), xxv, 57o pp.

"The Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy acts as a catalyst for the dialogue between two ecosystems with much to gain from collaboration: artificial intelligence (AI) and philanthropy. Bringing together leading academics, AI specialists, and philanthropy professionals, it ... more

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From Crisis to Renewal: Addressing AI’s Impact on Our Information Ecosystem

Lena Maria Böswald, Roa Powell, Tyreese Calnan

Berlin: Interface – Tech Analysis and Policy Ideas for Europe (2025), 18 pp.

"AI-driven search-summary features, with Google's AI Overviews (AIOs) being the most promiment example, are rapidly transforming how people access news, with profound implications for our information ecosystem. While AI holds potential to improve access to information, its current deployment risks u ... ndermining the sustainability, diversity, and reliability of news. As AI summaries summarise information directly within search results, they can significantly reduce traffic to news publishers. Evidence suggests users are less likely to click through to original sources when AIOs are present on Google, threatening the financial viability of journalism. These impacts from AI summaries and AIOs in particular are unlikely to be evenly distributed and will play out in different ways across the news sector across Europe, with smaller and ad-funded outlets particularly vulnerable, raising concerns about declining media plurality. At the same time, AI-generated summaries often fail to provide accurate and diverse information. Research shows that AI tools disproportionately rely on a narrow set of sources, marginalising smaller publishers. In addition, persistent issues with accuracy – including misleading or incorrect outputs – risk distorting public understanding and weakening trust in information systems. Current regulatory frameworks in both the EU and UK are struggling to address these challenges effectively. While multiple legal instruments are relevant and already in place – including competition law, platform regulation, copyright, and AI governance – none are fully equipped to respond quickly and comprehensively to the harms of monopolisation and the lack of remuneration for media outlets posed by AI summaries. We argue that competition policy offers the most effective and immediate route to intervention, with digital regulation serving as a secondary lever. The UK’s approach, based on flexible, case-specific competition rules, enables faster action through tailored conduct requirements for dominant firms like Google. In contrast, the EU’s framework is broader but slower, relying more heavily on traditional, time-intensive antitrust investigations and ongoing debates around copyright and remuneration for publishers. Both systems offer complementary strengths, and policymakers should learn from each other’s approaches. We therefore recommend a “competition-first” policy package to ensure fairer outcomes. Key measures include enforcing fair ranking and attribution practices, preventing unauthorised use of publisher content, and potentially requiring platforms to compensate news organisations. However, competition policy alone is not the key. We therefore propose additional long-term interventions, including greater transparency through “nutrition labels” for AI-generated content and increased public or democratic funding for journalism. These measures aim to strengthen the resilience and independence of the news sector, ensuring that trustworthy information remains accessible in an information ecosystem shaped by AI." (Executive summary) more

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A Companion to Digital Ethics

Luciano Editors: Floridi, Mariarosaria Taddeo

Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons Ltd Wiley-Blackwell, 1st (2025), 352 pp.

"This multidisciplinary reference work examines ethical challenges arising from digital technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, data use, online platforms and digital governance. Its relevance to COMMBOX lies especially in chapters on AI ethical principles, fairness and transparency, exp ... more

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Reconceptualizing Gatekeeping in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Theoretical Exploration of Artificial Intelligence-Driven News Curation and Automated Journalism

Dan Valeriu Voinea

Journalism and Media, volume 6, issue 2 (2025), pp. 1-19

"Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how news is produced, curated, and consumed, challenging traditional gatekeeping theories rooted in human editorial control. We develop a robust theoretical framework to reconceptualize gatekeeping in the AI era. We integrate classic media theories—gat ... more

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Digitale Ethik: Eine Einführung

Dagmar Fenner

Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag (2025), 585 pp.

"Die rasch voranschreitende Digitalisierung und der damit verbundene tiefgreifende Kulturwandel erfordern dringend ethische Reflexionen und mehr gesellschaftliche Gestaltung. In dieser Einführung werden wichtige Grundbegriffe und normative Leitideen geklärt. Im ersten Teil Digitale Medienethik geh ... more

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The Influence Evolution: Harnessing AI Innovation While Preserving Human Connection in Social Media

Katja Muñoz, Maria Pericàs Riera

German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (2025), 10 pp.

"Social media stands at a pivotal juncture where technology and humanity converge. From productivity tools to fully autonomous AI agents, we are witnessing a fundamental shift in how content is created, distributed, and consumed. This evolution presents dual futures: one in which AI influencers and ... more

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Atlas de Inteligencia Artificial para el Desarrollo Humano de América Latina y el Caribe
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Gustavo Beliz et al.

Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) (2025), 466 pp.

"La Inteligencia Artificial (IA) está reconfigurando las economías, las sociedades y la gobernanza en todo el mundo. En América Latina y el Caribe, el Atlas de IA para el Desarrollo Humano ofrece una guía estratégica para navegar esta transformación. El Atlas mapea el impacto de la IA en cuatr ... more

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AI in Africa: A Landscape Study

Rachel Adams, Fola Adeleke, Leah Junck, Samule Segun, Ayantola Alayande, Selamawit Abdella, Mark Gaffley, Fabio Andres Diaz Pabon, Funbi Salami

Global Center on AI Governance; African Observatory on Responsible AI (2025), 44 pp.

"Though comprehensive AI regulation is still nascent in Africa, there is an increased focus on national AI strategies, ethical guidelines and international collaborations. Over 40 countries have already established data protection and privacy laws, creating opportunities for harmonised regulations a ... nd a supportive environment for AI innovation. Key continental governance instruments and initiatives also include the African Union’s AI Strategy, the African Continental Free Trade Area and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. This report found that the increasing application of AI in key sectors across Africa, such as health, education, finance, agriculture, public services and the environment, necessitates a collaborative approach to ethical AI development and use. This requires addressing persistent infrastructural gaps, developing regional regulatory frameworks, investments in AI research and capacity building efforts as well as promoting multi-stakeholder AI governance initiatives. Key strategies identified include joint investment and funding, pooling resources and supporting sustainable and fair open-source projects, which will help direct efforts toward innovation and regional independence. Open Source AI models are particularly important in Africa where local tech startups can leverage global open-source initiatives to build context-specific solutions. However, concerns regarding data ownership, privacy and ethical AI deployment call for more robust policies for open source AI on the continent. To foster responsible AI innovation, African countries should establish comprehensive AI governance frameworks while adhering to existing laws as well as strengthen regulatory institutions to provide oversight over AI technologies. Regulatory sandboxing also offers a viable approach to enable sage experimentation with appropriate oversight. Regional and international cooperation as well as leveraging public-private partnerships can promote funding for expanding AI research and development initiatives, resolve talent shortages and promote infrastructure development. Africa has a unique opportunity to leverage AI, along with its resources and local young talent, for socioeconomic development. However, to ensure inclusivity and sustainable innovation, it is essential to address infrastructure challenges and establish regulatory frameworks that protect societal wellbeing. Embracing collaborative efforts, including open source initiatives, regional and international partnerships are critical for achieving the continent’s ambitious goals without leaving anyone behind." (Executive Summaty, page 3) more

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Zwischen Wertschätzung und Widerstand: Algorithmische Kompetenz junger Menschen am Beispiel der Kurzvideoplattform TikTok

Leonie Alatassi, Sascha Hölig, Philipp Kessling

Hamburg: Hans-Bredow-Institut (2025), 64 pp.

"In der vorliegenden Studie wurde untersucht, was Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene über die Funktionsweise des algorithmischen Empfehlungssystems (AES) von TikTok wissen, inwiefern sie damit interagieren und welche Emotionen dabei involviert sind. Dazu wurden sechs Fokusgruppen (n=31) in drei deuts ... chen Großstädten mit jungen Menschen im Alter zwischen 16 und 24 Jahren sowie Follow-up-Einzelinterviews (n=12) durchgeführt. Es zeigt sich ein übergreifend hohes Bewusstsein für algorithmische Empfehlung bei TikTok als erlebter Zustand („knowing“), der sich aus der eigenen Nutzungserfahrung ergibt. Es gibt altersbezogene Unterschiede beim Wissen um Einflussfaktoren und insgesamt ein begrenztes Wissen zur Datensammlung und -verarbeitung sowie damit einhergehend geringe Bedenken und Reflexionen über die Preisgabe personenbezogener Daten. Such-, Video-, Profil- und Sozialinteraktionen sind in die alltägliche Nutzung der Plattform eingebettet und finden größtenteils unbewusst, ohne explizite Steuerungsabsicht, statt. Die Teilnehmenden können innerhalb der von der Plattform vorgegebenen Strukturen agieren und Handlungsziele durchsetzen, erleben die (technischen) Grenzen jedoch als kaum beeinflussbar. Häufig fehlen Wissen und Motivation, um tiefergehende Einstellungen, etwa zum Datenschutz, der personalisierten Suche oder Profileinstellungen, aktiv zu verändern. Emotionen spielen in der Interaktion mit der For-You-Page (FYP) eine große Rolle. Die Teilnehmenden erleben positive Gefühle der Wertschätzung, indem der Algorithmus als personalisierter Begleiter erlebt wird, der individuelle Vorlieben erkennt, inspiriert und das Nutzungserlebnis angenehm gestaltet. Gleichzeitig entstehen negative Emotionen wie Genervtheit, Unbehagen oder Kontrollverlust, insbesondere bei unpassenden Inhalten, einer wahrgenommenen Übersteuerung durch den Algorithmus oder der eigenen Nutzungsdauer. Diese Gefühle führen teils zu Widerstand in Form von aktiven Interaktionshandlungen oder zu selbstregulativen Strategien (z. B. Löschen der App) und sind Ausdruck eines Autonomiestrebens. Die Unterscheidung zwischen passiven Kontakten mit politischen Informationen auf TikTok (push: „ich schaue mir politische Videos an, die mir gezeigt werden“) und aktiven Informationshandlungen durch Kuratierungspraktiken wie das Liken von Videos, das Folgen und Nachschauen von Profilen oder die Nutzung der Suchfunktion (pull: „ich nutze die Plattform, um mich zu informieren“) ist essenziell. Grundsätzlich empfinden es die meisten Teilnehmenden als praktisch, wenn Nachrichten oder politische Themen in Form von kurzen Videos auf der FYP angezeigt werden, weil das passive Scannen dieser Inhalte das Gefühl erzeuge „auf dem aktuellsten Stand“ zu sein. Die wenigsten Teilnehmenden konsumieren gezielt politische Inhalte, indem sie nach Themen suchen, politische Videos favorisieren oder politische Profile anschauen und diesen folgen. Die Beschäftigung mit Nachrichten und Politik im Kontext der TikTok-Nutzung widerspricht dem Eskapismus- und Unterhaltungsbedürfnis vieler Teilnehmender. Es gibt eine Grundskepsis gegenüber TikTok, die sich zum einen auf das Image der Plattform, „nicht vertrauenswürdig“ zu sein, stützt, und zum anderen auf die Angst vor „falschen Informationen“ und die damit zusammenhängende Wahrnehmung, dass es sich bei TikTok nicht um eine „seriöse“ Quelle, sondern eine reine Unterhaltungsplattform handle." (Überblick über die wichtigsten Ergebnisse, Seite 5) more

Addressing power dynamics in participatory AI for crisis-affected communities: A case-study from Kakuma refugee camp

Sarah W. Spencer et al.

London: CDAC Network, beta version (2025), 8 pp.

"While calls for participatory artificial intelligence (AI) are increasing, there has been an absence of efforts to engage conflict- and crisis-affected communities in the design, delivery and governance of AI solutions in humanitarian contexts. Without meaningful participation, humanitarian AI solu ... more

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Trust, Responsibility, and Digital Governance: Regulation of AI and Blockchain Technology from a Capacity-Based Perspective

Sebastian Bücker, Marcus Düwell, Andreas Kaminski, Michael Leyer (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2025), 229 pp.

"Numerous ethical guidelines and regulatory frameworks have been developed to assess and shape digital systems. However, these efforts often rest on the dubious assumption that individuals and organisations possess the necessary capacities to assess such systems in terms of justice, reliability, and ... more

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Künstliche Intelligenz im medialen Diskurs: Wird soziale Gerechtigkeit ausgeblendet?

Elke Grittmann, Lina Brink, Peter Kann

Frankfurt am Main: Otto Brenner Stiftung (2025), 84 pp.

[.] Auf Basis von über 2.000 Artikeln aus neun reichweitenstarken Print- und Onlinemedien untersuchen die Autor*innen, welche Themen in der Berichterstattung über KI gesetzt, wie Bezüge zu Fragen sozialer Gerechtigkeit hergestellt werden, welche narrativen Muster sich zeigen und welche Akteur*inn ... more

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Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task

Nataliya Kosmyna, Eugene Hauptmann, Ye Tong Yuan, Jessica Situ, Xian-Hao Liao, Ashly Vivian Beresnitzky, Pattie Iris: Maes Braunstein

Cambridge (MA): MIT Media Lab (2025), 206 pp.

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AI Literacy & Communication

Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI), AI and Journalism Working Group (2025), 25 pp.

"This briefing focuses broadly on journalistic communication about AI. We first summarize research and frameworks that address the following questions about societal AI literacy: What does the public currently know about AI, and what does the public need to know about AI? We then move on to a synthe ... more

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Artificial Intelligence's Impact on Persons with Disabilites in Africa
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Jerry John Kponyo, Bernard Chiira, Christopher Harrison, Hanyurwimfura Damien (eds.)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST); Assistive Technologies for Disability Trust (AT4D); Next Step Foundation; Tangaza University College; Kenya National Commission for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NACOSTI) (2025), ix, 169 pp.

"Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve the daily lives of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Africa in practical, cumulative ways—transcribing, translating, summarizing, personalizing, and predicting to reduce routine frictions in school, work, health, mobility, and access to publi ... c services. The study surveys this emerging landscape across Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, and comparator contexts, mapping how AI augments assistive technologies (AT) and mainstream services while clarifying the policy, data, and delivery conditions that determine real-world impact. Across sectors, we find promising AI use cases beyond traditional AT. In education, adaptive tutors, captioning, and sign-language tools can widen access, though localized content and language coverage remain thin. In employment, AI can support job matching, accessible applications, task breakdown, and on-the-job accommodations, especially when paired with employer guidance and incentives. In mental health, chatbots can extend scarce services and offer stigma-free entry points to care; caregiver tools use voice, translation, and simple workflows to ease coordination and stress. Mobility and independent living benefit from computer vision, speech interfaces, and early robotics, with African innovators piloting sign-language avatars, personalized speech recognition, and lower-cost bionics. The potential of these advances is real but uneven—most remain pilots, and scale requires fit-for-purpose data, infrastructure, and financing. One binding constraint is data. Disability is systematically under-counted in official statistics and under-represented or misrepresented in AI training sets, creating a “disability data desert” that limits accuracy for African contexts (from atypical speech and local sign languages to recognition of mobility aids). Without deliberate collection, curation, and governance that center PWDs, models will continue to miss or misread disabled users, with downstream harms in inclusion, safety, and opportunity. Building representative, ethical datasets—especially for African languages and disabilities—emerges as a first-order priority alongside affordable computing and connectivity. Policy momentum is encouraging but incomplete. The African Union’s Continental AI Strategy (2025–2030) explicitly names disability inclusion, calling for accessible datasets, skills, and governance. Ghana’s and Kenya’s AI strategies also advance infrastructure, data sharing, and public-sector adoption, although explicit disability provisions are still maturing. Convergence around rights-based, inclusive AI is visible; however, its delivery depends on procurement standards, budgeting for accessibility, and participation by Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) in the design and oversight process. The study’s central conclusion is pragmatic: AI’s near-term value for disability inclusion is unlocked where three conditions meet. First, inclusion by design—co-creation with PWDs and OPDs, localized languages, and multi-modal accessibility baked into products and datasets. Second, enabling rules and rails—national strategies that mandate accessibility in digital services, robust disability-relevant data, and align incentives for inclusive procurement. Third, sustainable delivery—hybrid human-AI service models, community channels, and financing that lower costs for users and caregivers while supporting innovators to move from pilots to scale. Where these conditions hold, AI can measurably widen access to learning, work, and care; where they do not, tools plateau as proofs-of-concept and risks of bias and exclusion grow. Overall, the path to disability-inclusive AI in Africa is clear: invest in representative data and affordable infrastructure; mandate accessibility and accountability; and deliver through locally grounded, human-centered services. Done together, these steps turn today’s pilots into equitable, reliable systems that expand agency and opportunity for millions of Africans with disabilities." (Executive summary) more

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Antiqua et nova: Note über das Verhältnis von künstlicher Intelligenz und menschlicher Intelligenz

Dikasterium für die Glaubenslehre, Dikasterium für die Kultur und die Bildung

Bonn: Sekretariat der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz (2025), 83 pp.

"Es ist daher von entscheidender Bedeutung, einzelne Anwendungen in bestimmten Kontexten kritisch zu bewerten, um festzustellen, ob sie die Würde und Berufung des Menschen und das Gemeinwohl fördern oder nicht. Wie bei vielen Technologien sind die Auswirkungen der verschiedenen KI-Anwendungen zu B ... more

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Me, myself and AI: Understanding and safeguarding children’s use of AI chatbots

London: Internet Matters (2025), 56 pp.

"This report explores how children are interacting with AI chatbots, which are computer programmes designed to simulate conversation with a person. Our findings show that while these tools can offer clear benefits, such as 24/7 learning support and a non-judgemental space to ask questions, they pose ... more

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AI for Good Innovate for Impact. Interim Report 2025

Geneva: ITU (2025), xxxiv, 828 pp.

"Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way we address complex societal challenges, offering new possibilities in areas such as healthcare, climate resilience, education, and digital inclusion. The Innovate for Impact project was launched in 2024 to identify, support, and showcase practical A ... more

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Atlas de Inteligencia Artificial para el Desarrollo Humano de América Latina y el Caribe Deep Insights

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The Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy
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Atlas de Inteligencia Artificial para el Desarrollo Humano de América Latina y el Caribe
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Artificial Intelligence's Impact on Persons with Disabilites in Africa
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