{"id":9518,"date":"2019-03-20T14:28:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T13:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&#038;p=9518"},"modified":"2026-08-06T14:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:32:44","slug":"artificial-intelligence-intermediaries-and-the-public-report-to-ofcom","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/artificial-intelligence-intermediaries-and-the-public-report-to-ofcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Intelligence, Intermediaries, and the Public. Report to OFCOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9516 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-Intermediaere-und-Oeffentlichkeit.-Bericht-an-das-BAKOM_Dreyer_Schulz_Teaser-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Cover des Berichts &quot;K\u00fcnstliche Intelligenz, Intermedi\u00e4re und \u00d6ffentlichkeit. Bericht an das BAKOM&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-Intermediaere-und-Oeffentlichkeit.-Bericht-an-das-BAKOM_Dreyer_Schulz_Teaser-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-Intermediaere-und-Oeffentlichkeit.-Bericht-an-das-BAKOM_Dreyer_Schulz_Teaser-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-Intermediaere-und-Oeffentlichkeit.-Bericht-an-das-BAKOM_Dreyer_Schulz_Teaser.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The report, authored by <a href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/stephan-dreyer\/\">Dr. Stephan Dreyer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/wolfgang-schulz-2\/\">Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz<\/a> for the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFKOM), examines the influence of AI and information intermediaries on the formation of public opinion. It focuses on risks such as a lack of transparency, as well as the need for regulation, algorithmic transparency, and provider accountability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"de\"> Dreyer, S.; Schulz, W. (2019): K\u00fcnstliche Intelligenz, Intermedi\u00e4re und \u00d6ffentlichkeit. Bericht an das BAKOM (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakom.admin.ch\/dam\/de\/sd-web\/kfcyyRpepm-d\/studie-kuenstliche-intelliganz-intermediaere-oeffentlichkeit.pdf\">Link<\/a>). <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1804,"template":"","tags":[398],"class_list":["post-9518","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-miscellaneous"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Artificial Intelligence, Intermediaries, and the Public. 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