Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been established in digital tools that translate texts into other languages or generate subtitles. However, the technology for sign language translations for deaf people and audio descriptions for blind people is still a long way from being fully developed. DSI Professor and computational linguist Sarah… Read More »How AI can break down barriers in videos
What makes a podcast worth listening to? In this special episode, we welcome two guests for the first time and talk about what we do ourselves: podcasts. Pascal Streule (ZHAW) and Eric Andreae (ZHdK), together with an interdisciplinary team and the production company Podcastschmiede, have produced a comprehensive scientific analysis… Read More »Designing Podcasts: How podcasts are created and how they work
The study ‘Collaborative Design and Development of a Patient-Centred Digital Health App for Supportive Cancer Care: Participatory Study’ was published in JMIR Human Factors. The study describes the collaborative design and development process of the digital health app OncoSupport+, which is specifically tailored to the needs of supportive cancer care.… Read More »Collaborative development of a digital health app for cancer care
Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), anyone can now produce error-free, perfect-looking text in a matter of seconds with just a few pieces of information and instructions. However, the entire writing process should not be left to AI, says Noah Bubenhofer, director of the DSI and professor of German linguistics. He… Read More »Why writing should not be left to AI
How does a spider perceive its surroundings? The research project Being a Spider uses virtual reality to enable an unusual change of perspective and investigates whether this can change attitudes towards arachnids. In the VR installation, visitors slip into the role of a four-spotted orb-weaver spider and go hunting for… Read More »VR installation ‘Being a Spider’ explores changing perspectives for species conservation
Since the release of OpenAI’s video AI Sora 2, clips featuring historical figures have been flooding social media platforms. Stalin steals chips from McDonald’s, Cleopatra feeds an admirer to crocodiles. In an interview with Der Spiegel, Roland Meyer explains why these seemingly entertaining videos are dangerous. AI-generated image from a… Read More »AI-generated history videos: Between entertainment and danger
Between June 2024 and March 2025, five events were held for members of the Zurich Cantonal Council. June 2024: Digitalisation and data protection August 2024: Digitalisation in education – what works? October 2024: Cybersecurity needs more than just technology January 2025: Digital administration: what can it do, what is it… Read More »Project closure: Digital MasterClass Kanton Zürich
Generative AI is increasingly changing how bodies and beauty are portrayed. AI-generated images show seemingly perfect bodies that have little to do with reality. Such representations shape societal ideals of beauty and can have a lasting impact on young people’s body image. The UnRealBody project developed a video-based educational format… Read More »UnRealBody: Protecting Young People from Unrealistic AI-Generated Body Images
Children and young people no longer use Google, they ask ChatGPT. They know that not every answer is correct, but they often lack the strategies to critically question AI content. This is exactly where the Digital Resilience: Tool for AI and Deepfake Competence in Young People project comes in. The… Read More »Strengthening digital resilience: Interactive learning tool for AI skills among young people
How do we deal with the daily flood of news? The UZH News article Lost in bad news shows how negative headlines and constant push notifications can lead to information overload. Anne Schulz, assistant professor of political communication at UZH, examines how we can stay informed without jeopardising our mental… Read More »Stay informed without feeling overwhelmed