A Blog of the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
What are the benefits and threats of generative AI for business use cases? Representatives of companies like Accenture, Wirz Group, and Voicetechhub came together with researchers from the ZHAW and University of Zurich to discuss current practices and issues such as copyright law, explainability of AI models and AI literacy. The quest for AI is […]
Was ist der Einfluss von KI-Tools wie ChatGPT auf Cybersecurity? Im Januar 2023, drei Monate nach der Veröffentlichung von ChatGPT, gab Cybersecurity-Experte Marc Rennhard eine erste Einschätzung zu den Chancen und Risiken des KI-Tools. Nun gibt es das KI-Tool schon ein Jahr: Was hat sich in der Zwischenzeit bewahrheitet oder geändert? Wir fragen ZHAW Expert:innen, […]
Neue Technologien haben einen grossen Einfluss auf die Lehre, auch an der ZHAW. Im Fremdsprachenunterricht zunächst als Bedrohung wahrgenommen, können Tools wie DeepL und ChatGPT von Dozierenden aber auch genutzt werden, um wichtige Kompetenzen zu vermitteln. Das Wechselverhältnis zwischen Menschen und Maschinen war ein grosses Thema an der Internationalen Delegiertenkonferenz des Internationalen Deutschlehrerinnen- und Deutschlehrerverbandes, […]
Es mag ja Menschen geben, die ihren Strandurlaub am liebsten mit einer VR-Brille und Sangria im eigenen Wohnzimmer verbringen. Für sie – und alle anderen – hat ZHAW digital ein paar Lesetipps für den Sommer. Hier ist für alle etwas dabei: Das Werk eines Literaturnobelpreisträgers (Klara und die Sonne), die Industriegeschichte des Fliessbands (America’s Assembly […]
In a data-driven world, ZHAW data scientists are in high demand and work on a plethora of problems. The Swiss Data Science Conference 2023 reflected the currently strong emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI), but there is more to data science than AI. The ZHAW projects show, that at the heart lie applications and approaches that […]
We all make mistakes: we are human after all. But what about machines? As they are programmed by humans, they are also prone to errors. In the case of automatic text generation, researchers from the Center of Artificial Intelligence (CAI) developed a new way of proof checking the various systems – fully automated. Machines evaluating […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making headlines recently. AI tools that can create text or images (e.g., ChatGTP or Dall-E) are on the rise. Felix Schmitt-Koopmann asked himself how AI could automatically detect mathematical formulae in a text and ultimately help visually impaired people. He created the new database “FormulaNet” to take a step closer on […]
The distinction between Finance and Sustainable Finance is what motivates Alexander Posth, Linus Grob and David Jaggi from the Institute of Wealth and Asset Management at the ZHAW School of Management and Law. The institute recently acquired a new supercomputer with which they can process huge volumes of alternative data and thereby detect companies engaged […]
Data Science is everywhere at the ZHAW. The ZHAW Datalab is a group of experts from all departments, solving practical problems with data. And the new Bachelor’s program “Data Science” at the ZHAW School of Engineering has started well in the last semester. But what does the career of a data scientist look like? Catherine […]
To create the political and economic framework conditions for Artificial Intelligence (AI), policymakers rely on advice from people in science and academia. Ricardo Chavarriaga, Head of CLAIRE Office Zurich and researcher at the ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI), is driving the responsible use of AI with the pan-European CLAIRE network. He explains what politicians […]