Publications (index) - Knowledge Centre Data & Society

NL: Een onderwaterfoto, genomen met uitzicht op een grote cirkelvormige school vissen terwijl de zon schittert in het blauwe water. De afbeelding is echter enigszins vervormd door digitale artefacten.

EN: An underwater photo taken looking up to a large circular school of fish while the sun sparkles in the blue water. However, the image is slightly distorted by digital artefacts.

Is compliance enough? Rethinking ethics in the age of the AI Act

With the arrival of the AI Act, the discussion about responsible AI seems to have shifted from ethics to compliance. What does this mean for the impact of AI, and how can ethics and law strengthen and support each other? On 23 September the ‘AI and ethics in practice’ learning community came together to reflect on these questions.

06.10.2025

Event report

A brain diagram shows ChatGPT has replaced core functions of the brain, while a young girl in the bottom right covers her eyes in horror. Degraded imagery of screwdrivers and the words “Control of the Brain” frame the collage.

Een hersendiagram laat zien dat ChatGPT de kernfuncties van de hersenen heeft vervangen, terwijl een jong meisje rechtsonder met afgrijzen haar ogen bedekt. De collage wordt omlijst door vervormde afbeeldingen van schroevendraaiers en de woorden ‘Control of the Brain’ (Controle over de hersenen).

brAInfood: How to use GenAI critically and responsibly?

A new LinkedIn profile photo, a to-do list for the coming week, a social media post. You can use generative AI (GenAI) for all these tasks. But how do you, as a user, use GenAI in a considered way? In this brAInfood, you will discover several user tips.

16.09.2025

brAInfood

brAInfood: What should you be mindful of when using GenAI?

Generative AI (GenAI) is a technology capable of creating things like text, images or music on its own. It offers great potential. At the same time, GenAI raises critical questions: What does it mean for our jobs? What about privacy? And what is its environmental impact?

25.06.2025

brAInfood

Find the blind spots in your GenAI use

Are you planning to use generative AI (GenAI) in your organisation or for your work? In this article, we take a closer look at the ethical blind spots of GenAI and how the GenAI Blind Spots card set can help you identify and deal with them.

23.06.2025

Blog

How to develop a strategy for Responsible AI?

You want to use AI responsibly, but how do you approach this in a thoughtful and structured way? That was the central question during the ‘AI and ethics in practice’ learning community session on Tuesday, 20 May 2025.

05.06.2025

Event report

brAInfood: A strategy for responsible AI

Many organisations recognise the importance of responsible AI, but a clear strategy is often lacking. In this brAInfood, you will discover ALLY: an online guide that helps organisations develop an AI governance strategy step by step.

17.04.2025

brAInfood

brAInfood: How ecologically sustainable is GenAI?

How much water and energy does generative AI (genAI) consume? What impact does this have on our communities? In this brAInfood, we explore the current state of GenAI’s ecological sustainability and its broader implications.

27.03.2025

brAInfood

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What can ethics-by-design mean for responsible AI innovation? 5 key takeaways

On 11 March 2025, the ‘AI and ethics in practice’ learning community met to explore the topic of ethics-by-design. In this report, you’ll find the key takeaways from the two presentations and the community discussion that followed.

25.03.2025

Event report

Best practices for sustainable GenAI

On 10 December 2024, the ‘AI and ethics in practice’ learning community of the Knowledge Centre Data & Society came together at FARI - AI for the Common Good Institute to discuss best practices for sustainable GenAI.

20.12.2024

Event report

Insights on guidelines for generative AI

In the meet-up of the learning community 'AI and ethics in practice' on September 27, 2024, we talked about the best practices and challenges of GenAI governance.

06.11.2024

Event report

(NL) Aan de slag met lokale, privacyvriendelijke Large Language Models

Maak jij je ook zorgen over je privacy en ecologische voetafdruk als je ChatGPT om hulp vraagt? Dan zijn lokale LLM's (Large Language Modellen) misschien iets voor jou.

03.09.2024

Info sheet

A man's face is displayed through a grid of squares, creating a fragmented and abstract visual effect.

brAInfood: What is the connection between sustainability and AI

In the past few years, the use of AI to promote sustainability has gotten more and more notice. But what do words like "sustainability" and "sustainable AI" really mean?

25.04.2024

brAInfood

Vision texts on the use of AI: do’s, don’ts, and next steps

Vision documents, list of principles, ethical frameworks … A lot of us are contributing to these documents, but what purposes do they serve? Is it essential to create them, and are they worth the effort? How can we translate these theoretical constructs into actionable steps? These questions took centre stage during the learning community ‘AI and ethics in practice’ meet-up on February 20, 2024.

26.02.2024

Event report

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(NL) Een visie op verantwoorde AI in het onderwijs

Wij publiceerden samen met het Kenniscentrum Digisprong een ontwerptekst met een visie op verantwoorde AI in het Vlaamse onderwijs.

29.01.2024

Policy brief

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Insights on social sustainability from the learning community meet-up

How can new digital and AI innovations be implemented in a workplace in a social and smooth way? How to stay focussed on the people that will work with the new technology?

11.01.2024

Event report

brAInfood: What about fairness & AI?

Does the computer give you the job you deserve? AI systems that make important decisions for you can sometimes reaffirm existing biases. By applying fairness notions, developers can address this. We introduce some of these notions to you.

08.12.2022

brAInfood

brAInfood: How to develop responsible systems?

In this brAInfood, we take a closer look at the competency model "What qualifications are needed to develop responsible systems?".

19.09.2022

brAInfood

Competency model 'Skilfully developing data-driven systems'

A competency model for developing responsible data-driven systems and artificial intelligence.

20.06.2022

Report

brAInfood: Will you join a Datawalk?

In this brAInfood you can read more about the setup of a Datawalk and take a look at some examples of data hubs that you can encounter in the city.

26.04.2022

brAInfood

Hoe kan ik minimaal gegevens verwerken?

Hoe kan je gegevens minimaal verwerken? Ontdek het in deze fiche.

24.06.2021

Info sheet

What does a Digital Ethicist do?

It is important to develop technologies in a responsible way, to increase trust and acceptance and to avoid a negative social impact as much as possible. A Digital Ethicist helps to translate this vision into the working practice within an organisation.

07.12.2020

Report

News Recommenders and Cooperative Explainability

What does it mean for AI to be 'explainable'? In this vision paper, the authors argue that the answers to this question must take better account of explainability’s contextual and normative complexity

30.10.2020

Paper

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