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Emotional prompting amplifies disinformation generation in AI large language models
Introduction: The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs), which can produce text that closely resembles human-written content, presents both opportunities and risks. While these developments offer significant opportunities for improving communication, such as in health-related crisis communication, they also pose substantial risks by facilitating the creation of convincing fake news and disinformation.…
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Mi fa male la scienza
Federico Germani e Giovanni Spitale esplorano le meraviglie e le contraddizioni della scienza: la sua straordinaria capacità di espandere i confini del sapere, ma anche le sue fragilità, i suoi inciampi e le forze che la influenzano. Dalle pandemie alle infodemie, dalla crisi della fiducia nell’era della post-verità alle sfide dell’intelligenza artificiale, Mi fa male la…
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The role of AI in election interference and political propaganda in Europe
Notes for the panel discussion “Artificial Intelligence: A double-edged sword for truth” @ Voices 2025 Introduction Existing and emerging digital technologies pose significant concerns, challenges, and risks for the functioning of healthy and full democracies (see: EGE 2023). AI-driven disinformation and misinformation pose a growing threat to society’s information ecosystem. Advances in generative AI enable…
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Evaluating Transformers on the Ethical Question of Euthanasia
We evaluate the ability of transformers to test if they can reliably predict the recom–mendation by a euthanasia commission on whether, given the report of the commission, euthanasia was justified. As evaluation strategy we prompt the transformer to give binary yes/no answer in chatbot mode, which we then compare to the final verdict on the…
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TERA – Translating Ethics into Regulatory Action
The TERA Project explores the critical interface between ethics and policy-making, focusing on how structured ethical work—such as frameworks, theories, and principles—can be effectively translated into actionable governance practices. With the increasing complexity of global governance, driven by technological advancements, globalization, and multi-level decision-making structures, the need for ethics-based policies has never been more urgent.…
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Digital Democracy and Emergency Preparedness: Engaging the Public in Public Health
The intersection of digital technology and democratic processes presents a transformative avenue for enhancing public health responses during health emergencies. This special issue, titled “Digital Democracy and Emergency Preparedness: Engaging the Public in Public Health,” explores how digital platforms and democratic engagement can work together to strengthen EP (emergency preparedness) and response mechanisms. The advent…
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Women’s Perceptions of the Medicalization of Pregnancy and Their Preferred Models of Care: A Qualitative Analysis
Abstract The concept of women-centered care during pregnancy and childbirth has received increasing attention. It addresses the question of the right degree of medical care during pregnancy. Consequently, it further opens a debate about the medicalization of pregnancy, which puts pregnancy into the realm of medicine and treats it as a medical problem. The experience…
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The Dual Nature of AI in Information Dissemination: Ethical Considerations
Infodemics pose significant dangers to public health and to the societal fabric, as the spread of misinformation can have far-reaching consequences. While artificial intelligence (AI) systems have the potential to craft compelling and valuable information campaigns with positive repercussions for public health and democracy, concerns have arisen regarding the potential use of AI systems to…
