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Mateusz Łabuz was a speaker at the Friedenswerkstatt “Konflikte und Konfliktbearbeitung im digitalen Raum” organized by the Evangelical Church in Germany. The event was organized to better prepare social institutions in Germany for the challenges related to the development of modern technologies. In his speech, Mateusz talked about cyber threats and information threats, which are…
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In an OpEd for “Tagesspiegel Background Digitalisierung”, Mateusz Łabuz describes memetic warfare, looking at new forms of conducting cognitive activities aimed at controlling the narrative, and consequently also influencing the perception of reality by recipients. Mateusz draws attention to the relatively low social awareness, which makes societies and democratic systems more sensitive to sophisticated manipulation.…
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Mateusz Łabuz co-authored a policy report entitled “The Pervasive Influence of AI on Global Political Campaigns 2024”. The report was published by the Future Shift Labs and presented during IPE Campaign Expo 2025 in Cape Town, and during Political Tech Summit in Berlin. The study critically evaluates how AI was used for political campaigning in 2024, analyzing most…
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Mateusz Łabuz took part in the Promotionskolleg “Sicherheit und Entwicklung im 21. Jahrhundert” seminar organized by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. He presented a speech on the subject of systemic competition regarding the regulation of artificial intelligence. Mateusz raised numerous issues related to the confronting visions of governance in the field of AI and modern technologies, and…
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Mateusz Łabuz published a peer-reviewed article entitled A Teleological Interpretation of the Definition of DeepFakes in the EU Artificial Intelligence Act – A Purpose-Based Approach to Potential Problems With the Word “Existing”. The article offers a detailed analysis of the definition of deepfakes in the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. It focuses on the purposes behind…
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Matthias Schulze, 2.10.2024 On September 7, the FBI published a dossier on Russia’s systematic information operations against the West and Ukraine. The 270-page document reveals a kind of automated information warfare-as-a-service. The scope, frequency and methods of the information operations against Ukraine and the West are frightening. Is Germany able to counter this? Social media…
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Matthias Schulze 22. January 2024 A German version of this blog post appeared in Tagesspiegel Background Cyber. As in Ukraine, the current war in the Middle East is once again being accompanied by a digital conflict. After two months of war, it is now possible to draw some preliminary conclusions about cyber capabilities in the…
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Matthias Schulze, 14.10.2024 In the last blog post, we deciphered various elements of active cyber defense. We looked at technical definitions, analyzed the spectrum between defense and offense, and talked about deception. We concluded that active cyber defense might entail offense (i.e. engaging with the network of an adversary), but it does not necessarily need…
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Matthias Schulze, 07.10.2024 The aim of this multipart blog series is to take a closer look at the various definitions one can find and dissect what types of actions the term “active defense” describes and how it contributes to security. The confusion with it stems from multiple reasons. 1) it is a political term, a…
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Matthias spoke for Deutschland Funk’s podcast “Die Lügen der Anderen,” which addressed the issue of a post-truth world. These days, we can’t agree on even the most basic issues—often seemingly obvious ones. This isn’t even about politics. How do we navigate a world where truth is becoming a scarce commodity and lies can be spread…
Archive
- OpEd on strenghtening social resilience
- “Reverse Brussels effect”? Mateusz’s OpEd in The Loop
- OpEd on AI and why Leo XIV chose this name
- Matthias in podcast “Was ist da los?”
- #1 Und DAS glaubst du?! – Ist Desinformation eigentlich ein neues Phänomen? mit Dr. Matthias Schulze
- ICS activities in the first half of 2025
- Matthias in Table Briefings
- Mateusz has just defended his PhD Thesis!
- Annual Peace Report published!
- Podcast available on recent research activities by Matthias Schulze
- ICS supports research
- Commentary for Tagesspiegel Background
- Part 2: Doing active cyber defense
- Matthias in podcast from Deutschland Funk
- Matthias interviewed by Berlin Security Beat
- Comment for Tagesspiegel article