Topic: Digital responsibility
The digital transformation in all areas of life leads to ethical and legal issues when digital technologies are used for the common good, ranging from ensuring digital participation to data security.
Interdisciplinary challenges on the way to public value-oriented software engineering
Nowadays, the implementation of values in different types of software-intensive systems – from social media to AI – continues to be topical in many countries around the world. More and more legal frameworks are starting…
Legal freedom or legal mush – Which law applies to the internet?
Digital content is ubiquitous, the legal systems of states are local. Conflict of laws is usually the legal solution, but it does not always and not completely fit. Comprehensive and functional comparative law can be the methodological…
“Digitalisation is shaking the law to its foundations”
Lawyer Dirk Heckmann relies on creativity to shape such a dynamic field as digitalisation. Interdisciplinary cooperation, which is what bidt is all about, is also crucial.
What is … Explainable AI
AI is the abbreviation for Artificial Intelligence – but what is Explainable AI all about? Ute Schmid explains the term.
Engineering responsibility: How “Ethical Deliberation In Agile Processes” can contribute to the upcoming European regulation of AI
Alexander Pretschner explains in the article how ethical deliberation in agile processes can contribute to the upcoming European regulation of AI.
Why AI & Ethics?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now much more than a science fiction subject – it is making its way into our everyday lives. In this article, we explain what AI and machine learning are and what role ethical considerations…
What is software?
What is software? The word Software is on everybody’s lips; software engineering is considered the key discipline par excellence and it is said that software “eats the world”. In this article, we explain: what software…
Embedding ethics into every step of emerging technologies
What exactly does it mean to ‘embed’ ethics into technology and how can this be effectively accomplished? Here we outline our Responsible Robotics project, along with some challenges and benefits of the embedded ethics…
What is … Sharenting
When parents publish photos of their children in social media or forward them via messenger, they may be violating their personal rights. The lawyer Katharina Starz examines the phenomenon of “sharenting”.
Piggybacking data
The right to data portability is hardly known and difficult to implement. A bidt project is investigating how users can gain more control over their own data.