XAI4Covid is as part of the supplementary funding module of the Volkswagen Foundation that aims at supporting research projects whose findings not only contribute directly to overcoming the crisis, but can also provide impetus for overcoming major societal challenges in the medium to long term. XAI4Covid investigates how research on explainability of AI systems could be translated and applied to… read more →

Current debates about increasing polarization of the online public sphere stress the role of AI-mediated information access in creating and/or amplifying “filter bubbles” and “echo chambers”. Such polarizing developments have been linked to both the biased way in which AI algorithms provide recommendations, as well as to well-known cognitive limitations and biases that hinder people from being able or willing… read more →