Generative AI has the potential to pollute the public information sphere with made-up content, posing a significant threat to the cohesion of societies at large. This paper offers the first…

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have the potential to significantly influence political debates. This suggests a new study by researchers at the University of Passau.

A study by the University of Passau shows that tech companies can also be prosecuted under German law if they tolerate abuse.

The development of more powerful Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has expanded its capabilities and the variety of outputs. This has introduced significant legal challenges, including gray a...

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Data protection regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the US affect how software may handle the pers...

Researchers at the University of Passau have had human examiners compete against OpenAI's ChatGPT – and were themselves surprised by some of the results. The study has been published in the renowned N...

Large Language Models (LLMs) are capable of answering many software related questions and supporting developers by generating code snippets. These capabilities originate from training on massive...

OpenAI’s new research explains why language models hallucinate. The findings show how improved evaluations can enhance AI reliability, honesty, and safety.

Arne Rubehn, Johann-Mattis List. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers). 2025.

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Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in code understanding and generation; however, their effectiveness on non-code Software Engineering (SE) tasks remains underexplo...

This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...

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Eine Ringvorlesung an der Universität Passau befasst sich im Sommersemester 2025 mit den Fähigkeiten und Grenzen generativer Sprachmodelle.

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ICSE, the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering, is the premier software engineering conference. It will be held April 12-18 2026 in Rio de Janeiro. Core conference days will be We...