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Please do join me for my lecture "How geopolitics, deregulation, and the AI hype cycle threaten human rights protection” on the 16. Juni 2026 at 18:00 @oeaw.bsky.social I will present my new paper on EU tech regulation & geopolitics tinyurl.com/bdzfwb8e

Sandra Wachter beleuchtet bei einer Viktor Kaplan-Lecture an der ÖAW die Bemühungen der Tech-Industrie um umfassende Deregulierungen. Die Juristin und Professorin für Technologie und Regulierung beleg...

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Wie Geopolitik, Deregulierung und der Hype um KI den Schutz der Menschenrechte gefährden

My new paper "The Fallacy of Sustainable Generative AI: Limitations in EU Environmental Regulation of Data Centres and Paths Forward" w/Daria Onitiu & @bmittelstadt.bsky.social is out now! We show how EU laws are not well equipped to curb the carbon footprint AI leaves behind. tinyurl.com/54df65ha

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Only 1 more week left!

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So excitet about this lecture - cannot wait to see you all in Vienna!

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New EU reporting rules for data centre energy and water use may look like progress, but loopholes risk undermining genuine environmental accountability.

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OII | The efficiency paradox in EU data centre policy

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'Every fraction of a degree matters.' @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social's Associate Professor Noam Vogt-Vincent argues that it may not be too late to save our coral reefs, but it is imperative that we reach net zero as soon as possible ⬇️ https://bit.ly/43x6M6v

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⏰ Job alert ⏰ My colleague @swachter.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc (36+ months) to work on governance of emerging technologies at the Hasso Plattner Institute and collaborating with me & @cruss.bsky.social at @oii.ox.ac.uk. Deadline: June 18, 2026 jobs.plattnerfoundation.org/HPI/job/Pots...

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Sandra Wachter

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Technology and Regulation

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Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Technology and Regulation

Still time to apply!! Come & work with me at the Hasso Plattner Institute & @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @cruss.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk If you care about ethical, legal, and social aspects of AI, generative AI and other emerging technologies and EU tech laws, then apply now! tinyurl.com/556jty8t

Career highlight: I have been invited to give the prestigious Viktor Kaplan-Lecture @oeaw.bsky.social – I am incredibly humbled. Please join me for my lecture "How geopolitics, deregulation, & the AI hype cycle threaten human rights protection” on the 16. Juni 2026 at 18:00 tinyurl.com/bdzfwb8e

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