Moderation: Anne K. Krüger (Weizenbaum Institute)

• Simon Egbert (Helmut Schmidt University): „Generative AI, Epistemic Power, and the Transformation of Military Knowledge Production“ → Abstract
• Andrea Heisse and Marvin Weibel (University of Vienna): „Communicative expertise in the age of ComAI: The case of bereavement support“ → Abstract
• Paula Muhr (Brand University of Applied Sciences Hamburg): „From Measurement to Evaluation: GenAI, Synthetic Imaging Data, and Shifting Expertise in Emerging Medical Research“ → Abstract
• Zachary Cooper (VU Amsterdam): „Code Unknown: The Privatisation of Creativity and Copyright in the Age of AI-Generated Works“ → Abstract
• Konstantin Mitrokhov (Leuphana University Lüneburg) and Alexander Campolo (Durham University): „From Language Models to Reasoning Behaviours“ → Abstract 

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• Bodong Zhang (Geneva Graduate Institute) and Ruiyi Guo (Beijing Foreign Studies University): „Ghost Workers, Visible Failures: How Annotator Agency Shapes AI System Behavior“ → Abstract 
• Philip Mong’Are Achoki (University of Essex) „Prompted by Power: Generative AI, Skill Formation, and Subjectivities in Kenya’s AI Work Infrastructures“ → Abstract
• Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Andreas Riedl (Universität Augsburg) and Tobias Rohrbach (Université de Fribourg): „Beyond Uniform Adoption: Gender, Inequality, and
  Task-Specific AI Use in Journalism“ → Abstract 
• Rainer Rehak (Weizenbaum Institute), André Ullrich (Weizenbaum Institute) and Gergana Vladova (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Berlin): „Contesting Openness in AI. Critiquing the participatory
  potential of open source AI“ → Abstract 
• Gregor Schubert(UCLA), Miao Ben Zhang (USC) and Michael Blank (Stanford University): „The Household Impact of Generative AI: Evidence from Internet Browsing Behavior“ → Abstract 

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• Annika Becker (University of Duisburg-Essen) and Frank Kleemann (University of Duisburg-Essen): „GenAI: Changes in experiential knowledge and workplace learning in organizations“ → Abstract
• Kendra Pöhlmann (OTH Regensburg) „From Augmentation to Agency: Transformational Skills in Human–GenAI Knowledge Work“ → Abstract 
• Laurence Dierickx (University of Bergen), Andreas L Opdahl (University of Bergen) and Carl-Gustav Linden (University of Bergen): „Strategic simplicity gets the most: Evaluating prompting techniques in AI-assisted fact-checking“ → Abstract 
• Peter Schulz (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena): „Dead Labor Learns to Reason: GenAI and the Manufacture of Knowledge“ → Abstract 
• Seni Kamara (Universidade Nova de Lisboa): „LLM Literacy and the Capability Paradox of Generative AI in Knowledge Work“ → Abstract 

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• Pauline Reitzer (University of Vienna, Institute of Advanced Studies): „Agentic AI and journalistic knowledge making in PSM newsrooms – who orchestrates whom?“ → Abstract
• Christine Gerber (WZB Berlin Social Science Center), Ann-Kathrin Katzinski (WZB Berlin Social Science Center), Marlene Kulla (WZB Berlin Social Science Center) and Florian Butollo (Goethe Universität Frankfurt): „GenAI at Work: Promise, Practice, and Impact“ → Abstract 
• Leon Hellbach (Weizenbaum Institute) and Philip Wotschack (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) & Weizenbaum Institut): „Beyond Output: Effects of generative AI on productivity in
  high-skilled knowledge work“ → Abstract 
• Sonja Koehne (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society): „Managing emergent work practices: HR initiatives and
  generative AI use“ → Abstract
• Niklas Ullrich (Zeppelin University) and Florian Muhle (Zeppelin University): „Reflexive Expectations of Digitalization: Explaining AI
  Adoption in Organizations“ → Abstract

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• Michael Heinlein (ISF München) and Judith Neumer (ISF München): „Between Human Judgment and Algorithmic Vision: Epistemic
  Power in AI-Assisted Medicine“ → Abstract
• Boli Yang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong): „AI Governance Upheaval within the Great Wall: China’s State-led Development First Model and its International Implications“ → Abstract
• Alice Ross (University of Edinburgh), Nina Markl (University of Essex), Catherine Lai (The University of Edinburgh) and Lauren Hall-Lew (The University of Edinburgh): „The Sound of Silencing: Identities and Ideologies in Commercial Text-To-Speech“ → Abstract 
• Lisa Koeritz (Internationales Zentrum für Ethik in den Wissenschaften (IZEW), Universität Tübingen) and Sonja Pfisterer (Internationales Zentrum für Ethik in den Wissenschaften (IZEW), Universität Tübingen): „Beyond the Principle-Practice Gap: How Digital AI Ethics Tools Fall Short in the Age of GenAI“ → Abstract 
• Julian Morgan (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Berlin): „The  configurations of epistemic power between trust and sovereignty: How the EU’s regulatory discourse articulates the governance of Generative AI“ → Abstract

Moderation:Florian Irgmaier (Weizenbaum Institute)

• Uli Meyer (Johannes Kepler University Linz) and René Werner (Johannes Kepler University Linz): „Making Choices Rational – The unquestioned premises on decision-making in modern AI systems“ → Abstract 
• Andreas Bischof (Technical University of Chemnitz): „From Knowledge Reservoir to Answer Standard: ChatGPT and the Resedimentation of Everyday Knowledge“ → Abstract
• Carsten Ochs (Universität Kassel), Jonathan Kropf (Universität Kassel), Markus Uhlmann  (Universität Kassel) and Klara-Aylin Wenten (Universität Kassel): „Recursive Escalation: How Generative AI Inceases Digital Society’s Demand for Reflexivity“ → Abstract
• Nadja Schaetz (Universität Hamburg, University of Bergen) and Emilija Gagrčin (University of Bergen): „Generative AI and Society: The emergence of a new media regime“ → Abstract
• Robert Seyfert (Universität Kiel): „Algorithmic Sociality and Assemblative Interrelationality. Rethinking Social Relations in the Digital Age“ → Abstract

w/ Nick Srnicek (Kong´s College London), Theresa Züger (HIIG) and Rainer Mühlhoff (Universität Osnabrück)

Chair: Esther Görnemann (Weizenbaum Institute)