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In 1987 Robert Kraut, then a Bell Labs scientist, asked whether and how technology can be introduced “to exploit its usefulness without exploiting its users”. More than three decades on, we continue...

“The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care” is a newly published book written by WASP-HS Assistant Professor Carl Öhman at Uppsala University....

At the WASP-HS-arranged event on 26 March 2024, participants from different domains such as cyber security development, border control, and academic research convened. The participants came together...

In the realm of technology and artificial intelligence (AI), we stand at a critical juncture that forces us to confront questions as ancient as humanity...

On December 8, 2023, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the final compromise text[1] of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). It...

We live in a time when dinner conversations more often than not veer towards gloomy subjects – whether it be issues of national safety, planetary health or the ‘threat’ of AI for democracy, the...

On February 16th, the research team working on the WASP-HS funded project The Ethics and Social Consequences of AI & Caring Robots. Learning Trust, Empathy, and Accountability hosted an...

WASP-HS invites researchers and practitioners to participate in shaping the dialogue surrounding artificial intelligence (AI). To facilitate vibrant discussions and interactions with, and within,...

Last week, February 7-9, WASP-HS arranged the annual Winter Conference, a conference specifically dedicated for the PhD students within the program. The conference served as a platform for in-depth...

To visualize the efforts and impact of the program, WASP-HS has just published the report “This is WASP-HS 2023”. The document exemplifies the endeavors of the program since its launch in 2019 until...