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The ITAS project “Systemic and Existential Risks of Artificial Intelligence” is posting several tenders for expert assessments – on systemic risks of interacting AI, on environmental impacts, and on technical conditions for existential risks of AI.
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How do models influence our view of energy futures? In a new KIT project, Armin Grunwald and Daniel Lang are contributing knowledge from ITAS on how scientific models can become more transparent and participatory with the help of real-world laboratories.
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The combination of onsite and offsite work has become widespread in Germany in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new TAB study explores the current prevalence of these forms of work, their acceptance, and their health, economic and social impacts.
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How can we heat in a climate-friendly way in the future? In the KOMM-WÄRME project, ITAS researchers examine how the municipal heat transition can succeed with measures at the interface between technology and society.
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