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07.05.2024 | 15:00 - 16:00 (CET)

AI-Café on "Generative AI in Media: societal, ethical & legal perspectives"

The AI Café organised by the AI4Media project on May 7th, will focus on the transformative role of Generative AI in the Media sector, exploring legal, ethical and societal perspectives.

AI-Café on "Generative AI in Media - May 7th

On May 7th, 2024 AI4media project organises an engaging session of the AI Café focused on the transformative role of Generative AI in the media sector, exploring legal, ethical and societal aspects. 

Generative AI offers numerous opportunities across the media cycle, from news gathering to distribution. However, it also brings forth significant societal, ethical, and legal challenges. Our upcoming AI Café will explore these multidisciplinary considerations with insights from leading researchers:

- Anna Scjøtt Hansen – University of Amsterdam
- Noémie Krack – Centre for IT and IP law (CiTiP) of KU Leuven
- Lidia Dutkiewicz – Centre for IT and IP law (CiTiP) of KU Leuven

The speakers will explore the impact of Generative AI on societal structures, creativity, the environment, and the media’s role in information dissemination and copyright issues. The session will also cover the implications of new EU legal frameworks, like the AI Act, on these challenges.

The event will conclude with the introduction of the AI Media Observatory, an interactive platform providing extensive resources on AI in media. Learning how you can both benefit from and contribute to this essential resource.

Please, register for free here to secure your spot. More information is available here.

We look forward to your participation in what promises to be a thought-provoking discussion on the intersections of AI, media, and society.

Speakers

Anna Schjøtt Hansen - University of Amsterdam

Anna Schjøtt Hansen is a technological anthropologist and PhD Candidate at the Media Studies Department at the University of Amsterdam. Her PhD research consists of multiple case studies where she ethnographically explores how responsible AI is conceptualised and pursued in practice in the media sector – predominately in Europe – to critically examine the politics of AI design processes and their implications. She does her research as part of the AI4Media project, where she among others has co-authored a whitepaper on societal, economic and political impacts of AI in media and several other short reports. She is also the current editor-in-chief of the AI Media Observatory.

Noémie Krack - Centre for IT and IP law (CiTiP) of KU Leuven

Noémie Krack is a researcher at the Centre for IT and IP law (CiTiP) of KU Leuven - imec. Her research focuses on media law, artificial intelligence and the challenges that technology raises for fundamental rights. Currently, she is studying the impact of the use of AI and Generative AI for information and content manipulation through the lens of fundamental rights and new EU legislations. She has worked on several European Union interdisciplinary projects on technology and media, including AI4Media and MediaFutures. She provides guest lectures in the Media law class of the KU Leuven programme Master of Intellectual Property and ICT Law (LL.M.). In AI4Media, she conducted legal and ethical research on content moderation, AI regulation and developed policy recommendations for the use of AI in the media sector. She also contributed to the creation of the European AI Media Observatory, led by UVA, of which she is also an Editorial Board Member.

Lidia Dutkiewicz - Centre for IT and IP law (CiTiP) of KU Leuven

Lidia Dutkiewicz is a doctoral researcher at the Centre for IT and IP law (CiTiP) of KU Leuven - imec. In her Ph.D. research, she analyses the phenomenon of “platformization” of news and the impact of algorithmic content moderation on media freedom, media pluralism, and editorial independence. Lidia acts as an ethical advisor in vera.ai (VERification Assisted by Artificial Intelligence) project focusing on AI disinformation and she assesses legal requirements for trustworthy news recommender systems in the ALGEPI project. In the AI4Media project, she studies the impact of AI media applications (including generative AI) on fundamental rights and she investigates the EU regulation of content moderation. She provides legal and ethical guidance and develops policy recommendations for the use of trustworthy AI in the media sector. She is also an Editorial Board Member of the AI Media Observatory.