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re:publica 26: AI and the New Fascism (in German). 18 May 2026, Berlin. Languages: 🇩🇪 + 🇬🇧 voiceover
Purpose Limitation for AI (with Hannah Ruschemeier). Chaos Communication Congress 38c3, 29 December 2024, Hamburg, Germany. Languages: 🇩🇪 + 🇬🇧 live translation Watch:
AI – Power – Inequality: Chaos Communication Congress 37c3, 28 December 2023, Hamburg, Germany. Languages: 🇩🇪 + 🇬🇧 live translation Watch:
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New article in F.A.S. on the White House’s politics of dehumanization
“They walk among us”: Daniela Hombach and I discuss in the 14 June 2026 issue of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung how the White House combines cons...
At phil.COLOGNE 2026
On 12 June 2026, I took part in two events at phil.COLOGNE in Cologne:
Talk: “Fascism and AI” – action week “Science Against Fascism”
Nationwide action week “Wissenschaft gegen Faschismus” (“Science Against Fascism”). Organised by the AStA of Osnabrück University.
Book Prize “The Political Book 2026” for Artificial Intelligence and the New Fascism
I am very happy about a special distinction: My German book Künstliche Intelligenz und der neue Faschismus (Artificial Intelligence and the New Fascism) has ...
re:publica 26: Monday, 17:30, Stage 1: “KI und der neue Faschismus”
This year, I will be speaking at re:publica 26 in Berlin with an invited talk. The topic is my new book Artificial Intelligence and the New Fascism.
Talk Show Guest on NANO Talk (3sat)
Broadcast on 9 April 2026, “New Fascism,” hosted by Alena Buyx, with Rainer Mühlhoff, Oliver Nachtwey, and Sven Reichardt.
Guest on Jung & Naiv
Interview with Tilo Jung (Jung & Naiv) from 2 April 2026: Rainer Mühlhoff on artificial intelligence and fascism (in German).
“Critique of AI” Roundtable – HU Berlin
Discussion with Roland Meyer, Rainer Mühlhoff, Anna-Verena Nosthoff, Matteo Pasquinelli, organized by Jacob Blumenfeld and Critical Theory in Berlin.
Marie-Luise Angerer Lecture, transmediale, Berlin
It is my honor to co-present at this year’s Marie-Luise Angerer Lecture at the transmediale Festival in Berlin. With Teresa Castro and Katja Davar, moderated...
Talk Show Guest on NANO Talk (3sat)
Broadcast on 22 January 2026, “New Colonialism – Struggle for Power in New Spheres,” hosted by Stephanie Rohde, with Rainer Mühlhoff, Lena Ulbricht and Aram ...
Keynote: Democracy and the Ideological Power of AI, Academy for Civic Education, Tutzing
Keynote on my book “AI and the New Fascism” (Reclam) as part of the conference “On the Way to Digital Authoritarianism? Current Social and Ethical Questions ...
Keynote at the Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin: The Power of AI – From Tech Ideologies to New Authoritarianisms
🗓️ Thursday 20 Nov. 2025, 18:30–20:00 Uhr 📍 Weizenbaum-Institut, Hardenbergstraße 32, 10623 Berlin
New BMFTR Project: Artificial Intelligence and Democracy
The Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space is funding our project “AI and Democracy: Rule of Law, Participation, Sustainability” from January 1 ...
What’s Left? The dark side of Silicon Valley: Tech Elites vs. Democracy”
Discussion at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, with: Francesca Bria, Aya Jaff, Tim Klüssendorf, Rainer Mühlhoff.
