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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly significant role in research, education, and business operations. Our principle is that, as a sector, we maintain control over the application of AI and ensure that it is used responsibly.
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"AI is a blessing, as long as we teach students to think critically"

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When Anna Posthumus Meyjes (42) talks about her work, her enthusiasm is unmistakable. The lecturer-researcher in Biology & Medical Laboratory Research at Leiden University of Applied Sciences radiates passion. "It makes me happy to show students what I have experienced myself in the lab. If you manage to convey that enthusiasm, something truly special happens."

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Privacy risks Microsoft 365 Copilot to orange

SURF advises education and research institutions to exercise caution when deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot. That is the conclusion of a new DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment) on Microsoft 365…
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Nati Sack: responsible tech

AI could make people more creative

For philosopher and AI researcher Nati Sack, responsible AI is not just a concept to reflect upon. It is a way of doing things, of taking responsibility and of making conscious decisions. "Developers make what people want."
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DPIA EduGenAI

Working on safe and responsible AI in education

Together with Npuls, we are working on EduGenAI: a platform that enables the safe and responsible use of generative AI in higher education. We commissioned a data protection impact assessment (DPIA)…
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The governance challenge of AI

It's a conundrum. To reap the benefits of an innovation like AI, you have to give space to initiatives. But also make choices at the right time. How do you do that?
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The Netherlands aims for an AI factory

Together with the cabinet and NijBegun, a consortium comprising SURF, TNO, the Dutch AI Coalition, and Samenwerking Noord has applied for European funding to establish an AI factory in Groningen. In…
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There are opportunities and risks for AI in education, and the latter are mainly in the area of security and privacy.
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AI in Education

We voeren het gesprek over de kansen en risico’s die AI met zich meebrengt. We kijken naar de rol die het speelt bij onderwijsinnovatie én hebben oog voor maatschappelijke en sociale aspecten. Wil je meer weten, meepraten of kennisdelen? Kijk dan verder en volg de SIG AI in Education.
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