Projects
SustAIn: The Sustainability Index for Artificial Intelligence
How sustainable is Artificial Intelligence? At this point in time, we are aware that a lot of energy is needed in the development and application of AI, that so-called click workers classify data sets for training AI systems under very poor working conditions and that these systems quite often reinforce existing patterns of discrimination. In view of an increasing number of AI systems in use, there is an urgent need to discuss how AI can be made more sustainable. This is where our project SustAIn comes in.
9 February 2021
Tracing the Tracers
The ‘Tracing the Tracers’ project provides a platform to continuously update the public on how automated decision-making systems are being used in Europe — and the rest of the world — in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our analyses, search the database and contribute by flagging ADM systems not yet listed here!
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Project, 15 September 2020
DataSkop
DataSkop is a platform designed to analyze algorithmic decision-making systems through data donations. Interactive experiments and visualizations help users learn to understand data streams and get an idea of the impacts that algorithms have.
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1 September 2020
Automating Society
The project ‘Automating Society’ aims at composing a previously unreleased mapping and analysis of automated decision-making (ADM) applications in the public policy sphere in Europe.
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Data donation, 15 July 2020
Towards a Monitoring of Instagram
Help us unveil the secrets of Instagram's algorithm
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28 April 2020
In the realm of paper tigers – exploring the failings of AI ethics guidelines
AlgorithmWatch upgraded its AI Ethic Guidelines Global Inventory by revising its categories and adding a search and filter function. Of the more than 160 guidelines we compiled, only a fraction have the necessary enforcement mechanisms in place and the overwhelming majority comes from Europe and the US.
Read more1 March 2020
Bestehende und künftige Regelungen des Einsatzes von Algorithmen im HR-Bereich
Read more28 February 2020
Leitfaden zur Überprüfung essenzieller Eigenschaften KI-basierter Systeme für Betriebsräte und andere Personalvertretungen
Read more27 February 2020
Rechte und Autonomie von Beschäftigten stärken – Warum Gesetzgeber, Unternehmen und Betriebsräte handeln müssen
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14 November 2019
Data Trusts: Why, What and How
How do we, the general public, gain greater control over the estimated 2.5 quintillion bytes of data that is recorded, stored, processed and analysed, every day? Anouk Ruhaak about the concept of data trusts as a way to claw back some control over the digital utilities that we rely on for our everyday lives.
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2 September 2019
First stakeholder convening of the Governing Platforms Project to take place in October
Read more25 April 2019
Governing Platforms
This project aims to identify the negative effects of intermediaries on public discourse. In a participatory process involving civil society and other interest groups, we will develop proposals for innovative governance measures and other instruments to be incorporated into the political processes of the EU and its member states.
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9 April 2019
AI Ethics Guidelines Global Inventory
AlgorithmWatch's inventory of principles, voluntary commitments and frameworks for an ethical use of algorithms and AI (work in progress)…
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2 April 2019
Atlas of Automation
With the "Atlas of Automation" AlgortihmWatch aims to map the state-of-the-art of automated decision-making (ADM) systems in Germany from a participatory perspective.
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27 January 2019
OpenSCHUFA
The project OpenSCHUFA examines the scoring process of Germany's largest credit agency based on a large-scale crowdsourcing campaign.
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22 January 2019
Automated Human Resources Management and Labor Rights
The AlgorithmWatch project explores the use of automated decision-making or decision –support (ADM) systems in human resources (HR) management and its implications on labor rights – funded by Hans Boeckler Stiftung.
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