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Between Fear and Magic: Why Understanding Artificial Intelligence Is a Matter of Democracy

Between Fear and Magic: Why Understanding Artificial Intelligence Is a Matter of Democracy 1536 856 Antonis Papakostas, Androniki Tzomaka

[Διαβάστε το άρθρο στα ελληνικά] Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often presented through two extreme narratives, diametrically opposed yet equally misleading. On the one hand, it appears as a magical solution…

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Stadt Wien beim IEEE Central European AI Summit in Budapest

Stadt Wien beim IEEE Central European AI Summit in Budapest 2560 1437 Klemens Himpele

Digitaler Humanismus trifft Standardisierung: Künstliche Intelligenz verändert öffentliche Leistungen, Verwaltungsarbeit und den digitalen Alltag von Millionen Menschen. Gerade deshalb braucht es Orte, an denen Praxis, Werte und technische Standards gemeinsam diskutiert…

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Saving Childhood: A Global Shift Toward Age-Appropriate Digital Design

Saving Childhood: A Global Shift Toward Age-Appropriate Digital Design 1536 856 Konstantinos Karachalios, Denia Psarrou

Children today grow up in an environment shaped by digital systems that were never designed with their best interests in mind. Long before they can understand consent, privacy, or persuasion,…

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Reversing the innovation flow: Agricultural AI’s new pioneers in developing countries

Reversing the innovation flow: Agricultural AI’s new pioneers in developing countries 1536 856 Stéphanie Camaréna

AI is enabling developing countries in developing countries to skip decades of conventional agricultural development, leapfrogging directly to sustainable food systems. More than 15,000 farmers across Kenya, India, Ethiopia and…

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An artist’s illustration of artificial intelligence (AI). This illustration depicts how AI could help understand ecosystems and identify species. It was created by artist Nidia Dias as part of the Visualising AI project launched by Google DeepMind.

Flora, Fauna and Data: How to Stem an Artificial Disaster

Flora, Fauna and Data: How to Stem an Artificial Disaster 870 489 Antoine Glory

You don’t see what you’re losing. Environmental scientists often talk about what they term the sixth mass extinction, but why should we care? Building on a joint IEEE-Global Partnership on…

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The Hidden Cost of AI: Unpacking its Energy and Water Footprint

The Hidden Cost of AI: Unpacking its Energy and Water Footprint 1536 857 A. Garg, I. Kitsara, S. Bérubé

This blog post is cross-published with OECD at the following link. A recording of the event is available on OECD.ai YouTube channel.  On 12 February 2025, the OECD and IEEE…

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Survival of the greenest: can sustainability hold its ground amid the GenAI free-for-all?

Survival of the greenest: can sustainability hold its ground amid the GenAI free-for-all?

Survival of the greenest: can sustainability hold its ground amid the GenAI free-for-all? 1536 856 Antoine Glory

Say you want to look up who Ada Lovelace was – and maybe you do, now! If we’re in 2020 there’s a 95% chance you will use Google or a…

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5 climate-related assessment and reporting frameworks you need to know about

5 climate-related assessment and reporting frameworks you need to know about 1536 856 IEEE Europe

The tools and methodologies used by an organization to determine their impact on the environment are essential for addressing climate change issues and building strategic mitigation policies. Metrics and indicators…

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A circular economy: Moving from supply and value chains to networks

A circular economy: Moving from supply and value chains to networks 1536 857 IEEE Europe

Every year, around 62 million tons of electronic waste (e‑waste) is produced globally, less than a quarter of which is properly recycled. And the waste from electric and electronic devices…

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