IViR Lecture

IViR is pleased to announce thatProf. Estelle Derclayewill give a lecture entitledThe UK copyright law’s approach to issues generated by AIon 6 February 2025 The UK was both preceding (with the introduction of the TDM exception in 2014) the EU and is now lagging behind the EU in its treatment of issues created by the… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: The UK copyright law’s approach to issues generated by AI

IViR is pleased to announce thatProf. Victor Pickardwill give a lecture entitledReimagining Local Media Infrastructures: Non-Reformist Media Reforms to Better Serve Democratic Needson 18 December 2024 We learn as children that democracy requires a functional press system as a prerequisite for a self-governing society. There is also a general consensus that all communities have informational… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: Reimagining Local Media Infrastructures: Non-Reformist Media Reforms to Better Serve Democratic Needs

IViR is pleased to announce thatDr. Cecilia Rikapwill give a lecture entitledIntellectual Monopoly amid the AI and Cloud ageon 22 November 2024 The world’s largest corporations are knowledge and information predators. They turned these intangibles into assets and craft narratives that further enable them to capture value from society at large. They capture knowledge co-produced… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: Intellectual Monopoly amid the AI and Cloud Age

IViR and the Law Centre for Health and Life (UvA) are pleased to announce thatLeonardo Cervera Navaswill give a lecture entitledArtificial Intelligence and Data Protection,a view from the European Data Protection Supervisoron 18 October 2024. The AI Act is a leadership call for a human-centered approach to the regulation of new technologies. The EU aims to… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection, a view from the European Data Protection Supervisor

IViR is pleased to announce thatProfessor Kate Klonickwill give a lecture entitledBig Speechon 31 May 2024 The massive scale of Big Tech platforms is widely viewed not just as a threat to market efficiency or consumer welfare, but to the integrity of the public sphere and democracy itself. This is especially true when it comes… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: Big Speech

IViR is pleased to announce thatProf. Eldar Haberwill give a lecture entitledGenerative Crimeson 26 April 2024 The advent of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has ushered in a new era of technological innovation, poised to revolutionize various sectors by democratizing creativity, enhancing productivity, and fostering advancements across a myriad of fields. But this technology also has… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: Generative Crimes

IViR is pleased to announce thatProf. Ben Wagnerwill give a lecture entitledManaging Visibility in Online Platforms: Transparency and Accountability after the DSAon 2 February 2024 Ben Wagner is Associate Professor Human Rights and Technology at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management and Director of the AI ​​Futures Lab at TU Delft. He is also Professor of Media,… Continue reading IViR Lecture: Managing Visibility in Online Platforms: Transparency and Accountability after the DSA

IViR is pleased to announce thatProf. Colin Bennettwill give a lecture entitledBiometrics and the Registration and Authentication of Voters: Is there a Global Trend?on Friday 23 June 2023 All democratic countries require reliable methods to authenticate the identity of eligible voters. They need ways to ensure that only those eligible to vote are included in… Continue reading IViR Lecture: Biometrics and the Registration and Authentication of Voters: Is there a Global Trend?

IViR is pleased to announce that Daniel Müggewill give a lecture entitledEffective AI regulation in the face of global interdependenceon Friday 9 September 2022 Across the EU, stakeholders currently debate how artificial intelligence should be regulated, building on the 2021 Commission proposal for an AI Act. There is insufficient recognition, however, that both the shape… Continue reading IViR Lecture: Effective AI regulation in the face of global interdependence

IViR is pleased to announce that Professor Mireille Hildebrandtwill give a lecture aboutHow to regulate AI?on Friday 26 November 2021 In this talk professor Hildebrandt will reflect on what it means to develop legal norms to constrain the development, provision and deployment of computational systems. Legal norms are text-driven, whereas computational systems are driven by… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: How to regulate AI?