IEEE has an article on real-world testing of AI systems ‘in the wild’. An interesting new development in cyber-physical systems. The article describes some of the experiments run “by Andon Lab…

Hey, it’s been a while since the last post… Interesting short read on The Conversation by Joanna Gibson, about how algorithmic culture is pushing genericness in urban design and culture. I’m thinki…

Do you want to help Dutch cities to become more resilient by connecting change methods and local policy and decision-making? We are looking for a 3-year postdoctoral researcher at the chair group Urba...

<p>Do you want to help Dutch cities to become more resilient by connecting design and policy? We are looking for a 2-year postdoctoral researcher to develop an evaluative framework for urban policy pr...

Several people informed us that the link of our special issue in Leonardo Electronic Almanac from our research group on urban interfaces from 2019 (Leonardo Electronic Almanac issue 22, no. 4) is d…

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The Justice Education Project's Nicholas E. Stewart says AI used in policing, schools, and courts cannot rely on trust in technology companies.

May - June 2026 | Utrecht University Cities today are especially vulnerable to what has been called a ‘polycrisis’, where multiple risks converge and amplify each other. These include a nature crises ...

A new consultation aims to lead to new laws expanding the use of the technology by more police forces.

Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat. Dat moet stoppen, zeggen Rens Bod, Remco Breuker en Ingrid Robeyns.

NWO has allocated project funding within the “NWA KEM” call. The project will receive €3.142.022. This programme focuses on developing knowledge about methods that support policymakers in successfully steering societal transitions.

In two earlier posts I reblogged about a RealPage collusion scheme to jack up rent prices. After some time, Ars Technica now reports on a pending court settlement that requires RealPage to change h…

A Flock camera on the south side of Emerson Street, east of McCormick Boulevard, is seen on Sept. 24 covered up by black plastic secured with tape to the

Do public controversies about AI matter? Can they really make a difference to how AI is taken up or imposed on society? This introduction to the Special Issue o...

In yet another update to the Amazon Ring doorbell series, Ars Technica reports that Amazon is now partnering with Flock Safety. Flock’s payoff is “Shaping the Future of Safety, Together” and touts …

The EU should not re-do the entire digital stack but confront the structural bottlenecks that sustain Europe’s digital dependence, writes Zuzanna Warso.

: If you build it, they will come and expect the service to be free

De investeringen in zogenaamde “AI” zijn een enorme bubbel. Het is slechts een kwestie van tijd voordat die barst. En we weten nu al: het kapitaal wil dat gebruiken om de economie grondig te herbouwen...

The Synthetic City A Dossier for Mediapolis: A Journal of Cities and Culture Guest Editors: Scott Rodgers, Helena Atteneder, Lou Therese Brandner, Marcos Dias, Diogo Pereira Henriques and Sara Tren…

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Bunkers, bomb shelters, mines and mountains all play critical roles protecting against our latest existential threat: the terrifying prospect of data loss.

GDS organizes a festive book launch of the edited volume Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values.

Dutch news channel NOS reports that the Spanish national government is taking down over 50.000 vacation rentals from online platforms. In Spain over the last few years there has been increasing dis…

Authors explore the implications of the emergent interaction between humans and AI technologies. They provide a fine-grain view of the social forms associated with the use of AI technologies, using symbolic interactionist concepts such as identity, reflexivity, the self, the generalized other, time, place, and more as pivots of analysis.

One critic says Salesforce Park was designed “from the get-go” to exclude homeless people. Parkgoers don’t seem to mind.

The Master's Open Day at Utrecht University.

The Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society calls for papers for a special issue marking the 60th anniversary of ELIZA, one of the first chatbots developed by Joseph Weizenbaum.

Several Dutch news outlets, like local Amsterdam news channel AT5 and National news channel NOS, report on the terrible circumstances of Indian laborers in a so-called ‘dark kitchen’ in Weesp. A da…

A few years ago i had a talented student who did an internship for Amsterdam municipality, researching the rise of super-apps and their potentials for the city. At that time I had to admit that I h…

404 Media report on a phenomenon that appears to be on the rise: the use of GenAI videos on a variety of platforms about highly politicized situations in cities for political purposes. In this case…

The Dutch city of Utrecht has used camera drones during demonstrations seven times out of 522 total in 2024, according to tech news website Tweakers. This is part of wider developments of using sur…

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