Research

Investigative journalistic research from Switzerland and across Europe on algorithms and AI in our everyday lives.

April 16, 2026

Research

Could AI Chatbots influence a Government’s Decisions?

What does it mean for democracy, if our political leaders and government officials allow AI to shape their decisions?

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Illustrations of six data workers, working at computers in isolation from each other. Painted background includes hazy image of cubicles; digital overlay of glass fractures.

August 12, 2025

The AI Revolution Comes With the Exploitation of Gig Workers 

July 31, 2025

Infrastructure or Intrusion? Europe’s Conflicted Data Center Expansion

A black-and-white image depicting the early computer, Bombe Machine, during World War II. In the foreground, the shadow of a woman in vintage clothing is cast on a man changing the machine's cable.

May 22, 2025

Scams and Shadow Workers: A Black Market is Selling European Accounts for AI Training

Podcast False Positives Mockup with Mobile

February 6, 2025

«False Positives»: A Podcast on Financial Discrimination & De-banking

September 18, 2024

For trans people, online transitioning can be a nightmare

June 7, 2024

Some image generators produce more problematic stereotypes than others, but all fail at diversity

April 6, 2023

AI surveillance rumors: gay adult content creators face sanctions

March 10, 2023

Reels of Fortune: Instagram-shaped memories for a bigger reach

February 23, 2023

A dollar for your face: Meet the people behind Machine Learning models

February 1, 2023

What to expect from Europe’s first AI oversight agency

December 18, 2022

Wolt: Couriers’ feelings don’t always match the transparency report

August 29, 2022

Digital Bouncers: AI in Recruiting

August 5, 2021

Security tests on Swiss COVID certificate find 136 vulnerabilities, amid calls for further restrictions

June 8, 2021

Swiss COVID-19 certificate system subjected to public security test and gradually implemented

May 18, 2021

Centralized check-in apps reignite debate around digital contact tracing in Switzerland

March 12, 2021

Twitter apparently fixed their picture cropping

December 3, 2020

Health algorithms discriminate against Black patients, also in Switzerland

July 22, 2020

Swiss police automated crime predictions but has little to show for it

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