The use of mobility data raises ethical challenges that go beyond technical and economic concerns. The Institute for Data Applications and Security IDAS has developed an ethical framework for Posmo as part of the InnoSuisse project. This framework guides Posmo's ethics board to ensure responsible data handling. By emphasizing…

In the digital era, inclusion is not only a social necessity , but also a technological one. To ensure that the entire population can benefit from technological advances, the state must act proactively . Social inclusion is key to paving the way for ground-breaking innovations.

In our increasingly digital society, the…

Over the last few decades, there have been numerous films dedicated to the topic of artificial intelligence (AI). But how has it been portrayed? Our specialist, Mascha Kurpicz-Briki, describes the most common interpretations.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a central theme in the film industry in recent decades.…

The Swiss electorate does not want an e-ID that is operated by the private sector. With the vote on 7 March 2021, they sent a clear signal: Responsibility for a digital identity should lie with the state. Parliament then called on the federal government to develop a state e-ID that takes particular account of data protection…

As the number of AI models grows, it becomes clear that many new applications share similarities with existing ones. Transfer learning and domain adaptation harness this overlap by repurposing previously trained models. This approach accelerates training, reduces data requirements, and improves model performance, making…