Dialogue-oriented artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in mental health care. It supports psychoeducation, self-management exercises, progress monitoring, and the implementation of structured therapeutic techniques. At the same time, its use raises fundamental questions: What does it mean when AI simulates empathy and care without itself bearing responsibility or values?… Read More »DSI Insights: AI in psychotherapy
ChatGPT is also sparking intense debate in educational research and is increasingly becoming the subject of scientific investigation itself. But what do we actually know about how well AI helps with learning? In the latest episode of Schampar digital, we talk to Joshua Weidlich, DIZH bridge professor at the University… Read More »Learning with ChatGPT. Research meets hype
Merlin Hebecker researches new forms of precarious work at the Public Data Lab. Since September 2025, Merlin Hebecker has been a doctoral student in labor geography at the University of Zurich and a member of the Public Data Lab. In his dissertation, he examines how new forms of precarious work,… Read More »On Precarious Work and Invisible People
The Re-Experiencing History project has been completed. An interactive platform has been developed that allows users to visually design historical scenes from antiquity themselves. With the help of AI and specially trained models, users can create their own visualizations via a prompt interface, whether of Roman triumphal processions or everyday… Read More »Project closure: Re-Experiencing History
The TRUST-RAD project team has published a comprehensive dataset for the development of AI assistance systems for X-ray image interpretation. RadVLM Instruction Dataset is now available to the scientific community on the PhysioNet platform. The dataset comprises over 1.1 million image-instruction pairs from chest X-rays and covers various radiological tasks:… Read More »TRUST-RAD: New dataset for reliable AI assistance tools in radiology published
The Swiss Centre for Responsible AI (SCRAI) has begun its work. It connects research, industry, and politics to promote the responsible and human-centered use of artificial intelligence. The kick-off event, “Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Responsible AI,” took place as part of the Zurich AI Festival. Experts… Read More »Launch of the Swiss Center for Responsible AI
The new Immerse Lab at PH Zurich is a dedicated space for exploring and advancing immersive technologies in education. The lab is part of the IMMERSE project, which is funded in the 2nd Structure Call. Its aim is to promote the pedagogically sound use of emerging visual technologies such as virtual… Read More »PH Zurich opens Immerse Lab
The manual “Designing Podcasts” was presented on October 1. It was developed in collaboration with CAST / Audiovisual Media at ZHdK, the Department of Applied Psychology at ZHAW, and Podcastschmiede. The handbook combines media dramaturgical analyses of German-language podcasts with media psychology studies on listening behavior. It provides insights into… Read More »Manual “Designing Podcasts”
As a bridge professor for digital cultures and arts, Roland Meyer combines teaching and research at ZHdK and UZH. The DIZH bridge professorship “Digital Cultures and Arts” is now online with a new website. The professorship combines media and visual culture studies and deals with digital visual cultures, platform capitalism,… Read More »New website for the DIZH Bridge Professorship “Digital Cultures and Arts”
The research project on combating propaganda and disinformation in digital media has been successfully completed. As part of the project, the browser extension Apollolytics was developed to help users recognize and critically evaluate propagandistic content in online news. The tool uses large language models (LLMs) to identify propaganda techniques and… Read More »Project closure Apollolytics: Automated Propaganda Detection in the Browser