ECAT is hosting its third annual research workshop in Seville on 25 November 2026, with a particular focus on how generative AI is changing platform design, user experiences and impacting systemic ris...

The public, mental health practitioners, and policymakers don’t know enough about the impacts of AI use on the human psyche, writes Chris Mills Rodrigo.

The European Commission strongly condemns the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton.\nFreedom of expression is

Let’s work together to fix tech and strengthen democracy. Sparkable, Build Up, and MyPolis are organizing an informal in-person Tech + Democracy meetup in 🇵🇹…

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Empowering Researchers with unprecedented Data Access

Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Longtermists don't actually care about avoiding human extinction. They don't care about the long-term future of humanity. And they don't really care about future people.

The delegated act on data access under the Digital Services Act enables researchers to obtain unprecedented access to platforms’ internal data to contribute to a safer online world.

ECAT is hosting a workshop in Seville on 12 November 2025, and we are inviting researchers to submit contributions on systemic risks.

Important Dates Submission deadline: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (AoE) Acceptance notifications: Friday, June 6, 2025 (AoE)

Large language models like ChatGPT cannot learn independently or acquire new skills, meaning they pose no existential threat to humanity.

Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.

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Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.

Join this online Q&A session for researchers looking to learn more about data access under the DSA.

The Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP) is opening a selection tender for one Research Student Fellowship (BI – Bachelor) for research activities in the scientific su...