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Informatics Institute in the media

Researchers and students of the Informatics Institute regularly appear on radio, TV or the internet to present their research and its applications, and to use their expertise to indicate the news. This is an overview of media appearances and articles in newspapers, magazines and other (online) publications.
In the media

Asking AI a question is energy-consuming
Ask ChatGPT something costs about as much power as leaving an LED light on for an hour. Yet one ‘sustainable’ company after another is introducing its own AI assistant. Where is it going wrong? Andy Pimentel was interviewed for this article.
18 February 2025 - NL Algemeen Dagblad
18 February 2025 - NL Het Parool

Maarten de Rijke was in the Financieele Dagblad twice
On January 27, he commented on the arrival of AI chatbot DeepSeek. On January 31, an extensive personal interview with him was in the same newspaper about, among other things, the Dutch AI landscape. 
31 January 2025 - NL Financieele Dagblad
FD interview via LexisNexis

27 January 2025 - NL Financieele Dagblad
FD DeepSeek article via LexisNexis

Big tech and geopolitical power and misinformation
Paul Verhagen talks about the statements from tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been on a collision course with European leaders since he was given a role in the Trump administration. What is Musk up to? And is his meddling dangerous?
07 January 2025 - NL  NPO Radio EO - Dit is de dag

Paul Verhagen discusses Mark Zuckerberg's announcement  to stop fact-checking on Meta.
07 January 2025 - NL NPO Bar Laat