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  • Report on how AI can influence democratic elections published

    Report on how AI can influence democratic elections published

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    Mateusz is a co-author of a report published by the HELM Foundation on the potential impact of artificial intelligence on democratic elections. In the report, Mateusz described how large language models can be manipulated – both through the use of GEO methods and LLM grooming, as well as through direct instructions issued by the model…

  • Memes as weapons: memetic warfare and cognitive security in Poland

    Memes as weapons: memetic warfare and cognitive security in Poland

    Mateusz and Dr. Katarzyna Mika-Łabuz published peer-reviewed article titled “Memetic warfare as a threat to cognitive security. Legal approaches and non-legal safeguards in Poland” in Prawo i Więź (No. 4/2026). Would you see memes as a weapon? Well, you better do so! Memes spread extremely fast, carry emotion, and are hard to regulate without hitting…

  • Information security and resilience: Mateusz at the Podkarpackie Innovation Forum

    Information security and resilience: Mateusz at the Podkarpackie Innovation Forum

    The Podkarpackie Innovation Forum (21-22 October 2026, Rzeszów), organised by the regional government of Podkarpackie, ran under the motto “Resilience and preparedness”. In the block on cybersecurity and crisis communication, Mateusz gave the expert address “Battle over minds. Do we still have a chance to win it?”. He then moderated the panel “Bezpieczeństwo informacyjne i…

  • Artificial intelligence or superintelligence? Mateusz on Polish Radio’s “Klub Trójki”

    Artificial intelligence or superintelligence? Mateusz on Polish Radio’s “Klub Trójki”

    On 8 October, Mateusz joined “Klub Trójki”, the evening current-affairs programme of Polish Radio Trójka, for a discussion hosted by Paulina Wilk titled “Artificial intelligence or superintelligence?”. The conversation asked whether the race towards ever more powerful AI systems is heading for machines that surpass humans, and who would control them. Mateusz argued that the…

  • Falling in love with an algorithm: Mateusz on AI companions and digital afterlives

    Falling in love with an algorithm: Mateusz on AI companions and digital afterlives

    Chatbots are becoming confidants, partners and even replicas of people who have died. Mateusz discussed these synthetic relationships, a central theme of his book, across Polish media: Gazeta Wyborcza – interview with the leading Polish newspaper (link)Więź (no. 3/2026, online 16 September) – interview on the human relations with AI (link)Radio 357, audition “369” –…

  • Battle for minds in Nowy Sącz

    Battle for minds in Nowy Sącz

    Mateusz spoke at the first PL:ON Festival at the Academy of Applied Sciences (ANS) in Nowy Sącz, which brought together science, business, and new technologies experts. His talk “Battle of minds” looked at cybersecurity and cognitive warfare: how algorithms, AI-generated content and disinformation compete for attention and shape decisions, and how our infrastructure can be…

  • “Will we become less intelligent?” Mateusz talks AI with students in Myślenice

    “Will we become less intelligent?” Mateusz talks AI with students in Myślenice

    On 20 October, Mateusz went back to his old high school in Myślenice (southern Poland), to talk with students and teachers about artificial intelligence. He opened with a provocative question: “Will we become less intelligent?”. The talk looked at what generative AI does to learning and thinking. Mateusz explained the notion of “cognitive debt”: when…

  • “Protest is a democratic right, but also an opportunity for hostile actors”: Mateusz in JETZT

    “Protest is a democratic right, but also an opportunity for hostile actors”: Mateusz in JETZT

    In an interview with the Austrian magazine JETZT, Mateusz spoke about disinformation around the mass protests in France. The headline sums up his view: “Protest ist ein demokratisches Recht. Aber auch eine Chance für feindliche Kräfte” (“Protest is a democratic right. But also an opportunity for hostile actors”). The protests began in mid-September 2026, the…

  • Deepfakes, children and criminal law: Mateusz’s expertise for Polish lawmakers

    Deepfakes, children and criminal law: Mateusz’s expertise for Polish lawmakers

    This year Mateusz worked on closing legal gaps around sexualised deepfakes in Poland. Together with the Digital Democracy Observatory Foundation (Fundacja Obserwatorium Demokracji Cyfrowej), he prepared the expert paper for the Sejm’s Extraordinary Committee on Codification Changes. The committee held a dedicated sitting on patostreaming and deepfakes as new forms of digital violence, and Mateusz…

  • Will we become “thoughtless biomass”? Cognitive debt and the hidden costs of AI

    Will we become “thoughtless biomass”? Cognitive debt and the hidden costs of AI

    When we hand our thinking to chatbots, we build up “cognitive debt”: we lose skills we no longer practise, such as writing, remembering and critical thinking. Mateusz explained the concept and the wider costs of AI in several interviews: XYZ – “Czy staniemy się bezrefleksyjną biomasą? Ekspert o długu poznawczym i kosztach AI” (link)Wot Tak…

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