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Evidence-based analyses and topic overviews on ethical, societal and legal issues surrounding algorithms and AI.

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Researching AI, Society & Democracy in Switzerland

RAISD – all results

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June 18, 2026

Restricted (Over)view: How we collected and analyzed tens of thousands of Google’s and Bing’s AI summaries on the 10 million initiative

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June 1, 2026

The AI Climate Hoax: Behind the Curtain of How Big Tech Greenwashes Impacts

January 14, 2026

AlgorithmWatch’s guideline to use generative AI responsibly

December 16, 2025

Automatically rejected? How AI systems can discriminate in hiring processes.

June 25, 2025

Using AI responsibly: Our Impact Assessment Tool

February 7, 2025

Fighting the Power Deficiency: The AI Energy Crisis

June 26, 2024

What is algorithmic discrimination?

June 26, 2024

How and why algorithms discriminate

February 27, 2024

What trade unions need to know about algorithms in the workplace

December 15, 2023

AI Chatbot produces misinformation about elections

November 18, 2023

How employees can influence the use of algorithms in their workplace – a legal perspective

May 20, 2022

Council of Europe creates rules for Artificial Intelligence

June 10, 2021

Automated Decision-Making Systems in the Public Sector – An Impact Assessment Tool for Public Authorities

January 27, 2021

Read now: Swiss Edition of the Automating Society Report 2020