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The Journalist has met women who appear in deceptively real-looking AI porn against their will - as well as perpetrators who create such deepfake porn and have never been convicted. How can this be? What should the new government do?

Get actively involved — in performative settings, speculative tools, or digital gaming worlds.

At #rp25, author and expert on empathic leadership Lunia Hara will show why empathy is not a nice-to-have in the corporate world, but a force that shapes organizations and changes societies.

The programme special on digital transformation and innovative approaches in business.

How does the human brain represent language, and how do these representations compare to those in large language models? The neuro- and computer scientist Fatma Deniz will answer these questions at #rp25.

With the image and media scholar, we discuss how generative AI as a nostalgia machine and cliché amplifier lends itself to the creation of right-wing world views.

The Makerspace is about getting hands-on, trying new things, and meeting people who love making stuff. Whether you’re into tech, crafts or just curious about DIY projects, there’s plenty to check out.

How to lead a life together that's handled as a contridiction everywhere? In times of increasing polarisation, political scientist Saba-Nur Cheema and Meron Mendel, Director of the Anne Frank Educational Centre, plead for more tolerance of ambiguity.

Neurodiversity is often underestimated. What value does hold in a multi-perspective world? Psychologist André Frank Zimpel addresses these questions in his research - and at #rp25.

By describing generations as definable units, we often make historical connections invisible – for example in pop music. Diedrich Diederichsen on what is needed instead.

Can't keep up either? The historian, publicist and USA expert will bring you up to date at re:publica.

At re:publica 25 we will be discussing the world between the digital Middle Ages and illusory progress with the transformation researcher Maja Göpel.