The Swiss advertising agency "Enigma" has developed a tool that creates entire communication concepts based on AI in just a few seconds. This fall, politicians are already entering the election battle with machine-generated campaigns. Peter G. Kirchschlaeger considers this unregulated use of AI tools a threat to democracy and fair opinion-forming.

Prof. Dr. Peter G. Kirchschläger argues that people of faith and religion should engage even more vehemently in the democratic opinion-forming and decision-making process with regard to so-called 'artificial intelligence' and that religions should create spaces for the discussion of ethically relevant questions.

From 3-5 July 2023, scholars and students from all over the world met at the University of Lucerne for a research conference entitled "Fake Faiths: God, Beliefs, and the Rationality of Assent", under the direction of Giovanni Ventimiglia, Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Lucerne.

From 5 to 9 June, the Institute for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies - lucernaiuris hosted the 2023 edition of the Critical Times workshop.

Is there such a thing as fake faith, as there are fake news, fake money, and fake art? If so, what makes a certain faith fake? What distinguishes true faith from fake faith? The conference will address these questions with international experts in the field of philosophy and theology.

The ethical opportunities and risks of so-called "artificial intelligence (AI)", which is even more aptly called data-based systems (DS), are immense for humanity.

On the podcast "Laut + Leis", Prof. Dr. Peter G. Kirchschlaeger and the media scientist Matthias Zehnder debate AI. What are the opportunities and risks, how can AI be regulated and what role should the churches take on?

At the French Open, a young Ukrainian tennis player refused to shake hands with the Belarusian winner and was booed. Do athletes have an ethical responsibility to stand up for peace and human rights? An assessment from an ethical perspective by Prof. Dr Peter G. Kirchschlaeger.

The conference “Trade Law 4.0” co-organized by the University of Lucerne and Georgetown Law seeks to unpack contemporary data governance with a focus on the role of global trade law.

Martin Hartmann, Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Lucerne, addresses the question of how socio-economic inequality affects our ability to relate to each another on emotional and intellectual level in his new book.