How the growing influence of artificial intelligence can affect our morals The debate on the ethical justifiability of artificial intelligence is currently focusing on the fact that machines shouldn't make unethical decisions that could reinforce existing prejudice. This con... Society Technology Feb 21, 2024
What does Switzerland think of Novel Foods? The following text is based on an extract from the GDI trend paper "Good Conscience From the Lab? The State of Acceptance for Cultivated Meat" , which you can download free of charge. Food and nutriti... Food Society Feb 15, 2024
How AI is changing our social relationships: a GDI meta-analysis GDI researcher Davide Brunetti summarises the results of selected studies investigating the social impact of AI in an overview. By "social impact" we mean all types of effects that AI has on our behav... Society Technology Feb 9, 2024
Research, innovation and leadership under the same roof In addition to trend research, the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute has expanded its services this year to include strategy and innovation consulting and leadership programmes. "Especially in times of in... Society Strategic Foresight Feb 9, 2024
"Self-thought" will become a quality feature GDI: From AI-generated images to intelligent contact management software: where does (social) AI begin, and where does it end? Karin Frick: AI systems learn quickly and are becoming universal tools. W... Technology Feb 8, 2024
The reinvention of luxury food: caviar from the bioreactor Caviar has long been a delicacy reserved for the wealthy. But a British company is now promising to bring the price down by producing the world's first lab-grown caviar. The process will bypass the le... Food Feb 7, 2024
How cultured meat achieves price parity with animal meat Instead of foraging hard from the fields, we could grow our meat in an air-conditioned laboratory – regardless of the weather, without the use of pesticides for feed, without antibiotics for livestock... Food Society Feb 7, 2024
An AI chatbot as a psychotherapeutic assistant Alison Darcy wants to make mental healthcare more accessible through her company Woebot Health. She has therefore developed the Woebot for this purpose. The AI chatbot uses cognitive behavioural thera... Health Society Technology Jan 10, 2024
AI-generated fashion models for more diversity in online retail In 2019, Michael Musandu and two business partners founded Lalaland, a software company that aims to make fashion more inclusive and diverse. Lalaland's generative AI creates digital avatars to enable... Retail Technology Jan 10, 2024
The key innovation trends of 2024 Circular commerce Alternatives to primary consumption are becoming more crucial: consumers, businesses and policymakers want to extend the lifecycles of products. Consumers will use existing items for... Food Health Retail Society Sustainability Technology Jan 5, 2024
How AI will significantly influence the world order of tomorrow Political scientist and renowned author Ian Bremmer divides today's world order into three distinct domains: a security order, an economic order and a digital order. The security order is and will pro... Society Technology Jan 4, 2024
GDI-Podcast: Akuter Zeitstress beeinflusst die Zufriedenheit Das Zeitmanagement ist zu einer der grössten Herausforderung im Alltag der Menschen geworden. Diese Entwicklung beeinflusst unsere Zufriedenheit massgeblich. Denn es zeigt sich, dass diejenigen Mensch... Health Retail Society Jan 4, 2024