Publications

Read our comprehensive reports, analyses and working papers on the impact and ethical questions of algorithmic decision-making, written in collaboration with our network of researchers and civil society experts.

June 18, 2026

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The AI Omnibus: a rollback of AI safeguards before they even apply

In a joint analysis, several European organizations, including AlgorithmWatch, point out the risks and deficiencies of the recently approved AI Omnibus – and highlight the risks that this process in the name of simplification could have for future legislative procedures.

A row of strips displays a photo of the Atomium in Brussels, laid in a pattern over the checkered surface of a statistical programme.
**Alt Text:** > Illustration of rose-tinted glasses against a smoggy, industrial skyline with factory smokestacks and hazy orange skies. Through the lenses, a utopian green city with futuristic architecture and blue skies is visible, symbolizing an idealized or distorted view of environmental reality.

June 1, 2026

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

A collage of a female office worker seated at a desk surrounded by stacks of paperwork while multiple firehoses spray streams of fiery liquid around her.

April 9, 2026

Could AI Chatbots influence a Government’s Decisions?

January 14, 2026

AlgorithmWatch’s guidelines to use generative AI responsibly

March 28, 2025

Automating Injustice: “Predictive” policing in Germany

December 18, 2024

Large Language Models Continue To Be Unreliable Concerning Elections

March 4, 2024

Taking (Policy) Action to Enhance the Sustainability of AI Systems

February 14, 2024

Ensuring Legitimacy in Stakeholder Engagement: The ‘5 Es’ Framework

December 15, 2023

AI Chatbot produces misinformation about elections

November 21, 2023

SustAIn Magazine #3 – A Different Take on AI: We Decide What AI Has To Do for Us

A data scientist had found that their work (the algorithm depicted on their laptop screen) has ‘jumped’ out of the screen and threatens to cause problems with a variety of different industries. Here a hospital, bus and siren could represent healthcare, transport and emergency services. The data scientist looks shocked and worried about what trouble the AI may cause there.

August 1, 2023

How to define platforms’ systemic risks to democracy

July 6, 2023

New Study: Data Practices and Surveillance in the World of Work

March 15, 2023

New study on AI in the workplace: Workers need control options to ensure co-determination

March 13, 2023

AI and the Challenge of Sustainability: The SustAIn Magazine’s new edition

February 23, 2023

New study highlights crucial role of trade unions for algorithmic transparency and accountability in the world of work

September 7, 2022

AutoCheck workshops on Automated Decision-Making Systems and Discrimination

July 5, 2022

Policy Brief: Our recommendations for strengthening data access for public interest research

June 28, 2022

New magazine on how sustainable AI can be put into practice

June 21, 2022

How to combat algorithmic discrimination? A guidebook by AutoCheck

January 27, 2022

Data altruism: how the EU is screwing up a good idea

January 25, 2022

Sustainability criteria for Artificial Intelligence – evaluation approach presented

December 9, 2021

Tracing The Tracers 2021 report: Automating COVID responses

September 24, 2021

Domestic COVID certificates: what does the evidence say?

August 5, 2021

Making sense of digital contact tracing apps for the next pandemics

July 8, 2021

Digital contact tracing apps: do they actually work? A review of early evidence

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