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The World Economic Forum's AI Governance Alliance

Prof. Gasser is part of the World Economic Forum's AI Governance Alliance, which is led together with IBM and Accenture as knowledge partners. The alliance brings together three core workstreams (Safe Systems and Technologies, Responsible Applications and Transformation, and Resilient Governance and…

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Trustworthy Tech Challenge

The Trustworthy Tech Challenge is a collaborative research initiative between research groups at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, the University of Exeter, and the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology. The project aims to understand which data practices by big-tech companies…

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Staatsminister Markus Blume zu Besuch beim TUM Think Tank

Am 6. Februar 2024 besuchte Markus Blume, Staatsminister für Wissenschaft und Kunst, den TUM Think Tank. Mit dem Team um Urs Gasser, Markus Siewert, Fabienne Marco und Noha Lea Halim, diskutierte er über das Quantum Social Lab und die Generative AI Taskforce, sowie über andere anstehende…

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Insights from Building an AI Governance Clinic in Thailand

To the launch of the Global AI Ethics and Governance Observatory by UNESCO, the International Telecommunication Union and other partners, Prof. Urs Gasser and Constanze Albrecht have published an essay on the the ongoing effort to bolster AI governance implementation capacity in Thailand.

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Field Trip to the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre

As part of the class “Governing Innovative Technologies: Cloud X Sustainability” taught by Sofie Schönborn, students received a tour through one of Europe’s most powerful supercomputing centres, the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ). This excursion provided a real-world experience of data center…

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Launch of the Stanford Center for Responsible Quantum Technology

Prof. Gasser joins the new Stanford Center as a non-resident fellow and teams up with the Global Network of Centers and Digital Asia Hub to focus on the emerging global agenda.

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Regulatory Sandbox on Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection

Prof. Gasser participated in a webinar hosted by the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados) on its AI and Data Protection Regulatory Sandbox pilot project.

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Prof. Urs Gasser joins a Conversation with Faculty and Students at Chulalongkorn University

On October 19, Prof. Urs Gasser joined a conversation with faculty and students at Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Law, covering a broad range of tech, law, and society topics.

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Prof. Gasser visits the Thailand Development Research Institute

At the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), a leading policy Think Tank, Prof. Gasser joined a discussion on the puzzles of global AI governance.

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Digital technologies and democracy - Prof. Urs Gasser at the Geneva Democracy Week

How have digital technologies shaped democracy? What about emerging interaction patterns between AI and the rights, processes, and institutions that are at the core of democratic societies? How can we strengthen democracy in a world in which technologies (can) play an important role.