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AI products and services are spreading rapidly and have a major impact on society. The ITA has developed a self-assessment tool that companies can use to analyze the ethical and social consequences of their products. The goal is to establish a culture of responsibility in this sector.

Video: International experts discussed the importance of TA and the direction of the new TA project at the OECD-BNCT workshop in Vienna from June 7-9.

We need more and more electricity. But how stable is our grid? The ITA has taken a look at what is needed to constructively shape the transformation of the energy infrastructure and prevent blackouts. The highlights of the parliamentary study are now available as a dossier.

Google's supremacy is problematic in many aspects. Real alternatives would require open access to data, which in turn poses legal problems. A new ITA dossier sheds light on how it would still be possible to compete with Google.

Resistance to antibiotics, artificial snow, AI diplomacy — the ITA analyses which future topics are important for Austria in a current monitoring report for the Austrian Parliament.

The ITA is now part of the new ÖAW campus in the center of Vienna.

Author Alexander Bogner sheds light on the struggle for "better knowledge" in times of crisis, and on why good policy needs more than scientific facts in this new ITA Dossier.

An ITA Study for the Austrian Chamber of Labour (AK) shows the power of AI over consumers. In a press conference, AK and ITA criticise the often incomprehensible decisions made by algorithms and call for a more far-reaching EU law.

Natural disasters, migration due to crises - temporary forms of housing can provide relief in all these situations. A team of researchers has designed various models for "pop-up housing" in Vienna that are tailored to different needs.

A new book focuses on the relationship between technology and freedom. Among the authors are Oxford professor Philipp Howard, Gerda Falkner (member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) and ITA director Michael Nentwich.