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For the next session of our seminar series 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜, Mathieu Corteel will present his new book. 📅 Tuesday, 3rd March 🕙 16.00–18.00 (Rome time) 📍 In person: Aula Valent, 4th floor, Malcanton-Marcorà, Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venice 💻 Remote: Gmeet link: meet.google.com/ihf-entv-jit

On Friday, Alexandra Deem will present a lecture titled “Automating Authenticity: AI Influencers and Persona Branding.” 📅 Friday, 5th June 🕟 16.00–18.00 (Rome time) 📍In person: Aula Valent, 4th floor, Malcanton Marcorà, Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venice 💻 Remote: meet.google.com/ygd-ddse-stg

On Thursday and Friday, we will be at ETH Zurich with two talks as part of the conference 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰-𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘌𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮? Please join us for two days of critical engagement with the transformations driven by contemporary science and technology. Info: hpm.ethz.ch

The World Algorithm Knowledge and Power in the New Global Order Symposium, 2-3 February 2026, Venice Call for papers: unive.it/worldalgorithm

Our symposyum 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝘼𝙡𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙢: 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙊𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 will take place on 2-3 February 2026. The 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 is now online: www.unive.it/worldalgorithm 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀: Grégoire Chamayou, Ben Tarnoff, Moira Weigel, Cédric Durand and Cecilia Rikap.

The AIMODELS team is about to expand once again, as the call for 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 is now open! The 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 for applications is 𝟮 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗮𝘁 𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗺 𝗖𝗘𝗧, and the expected starting date for both positions is around 1 March 2026. www.unive.it/data/50068/

Next week, the ERC project AIMODELS will host the launch of @e_flux issue 162, 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘮: 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳, 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘈𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 📅 5 May 2026 🕙 4:30–6:00 pm 📍 Aula Mario Baratto, Dorsoduro 3246, Venezia Info: www.unive.it/data/33113/1...

Tomorrow afternoon, Matteo Pasquinelli will give a lecture at Duke Kunshan University, in China’s Jiangsu province. Drawing on our research team’s perspective, the lecture will further investigate the notions of 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴-𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 and 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴-𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 by the Chinese philosopher Wang Hui.

On 27 May, Matteo Pasquinelli and Tommaso Guariento will be presenting a talk titled 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘙𝘩𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴: 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 at the conference 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘤𝘰 at the University of the Bologna. 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲: eventi.unibo.it/conference-u...

The World Algorithm. Knowledge and Power in the New Global Order 2-3 February 2026, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Trentin Hall The event remains open to all, but registration is required. For fu...

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