Nicolas ZahnWhat does the Swiss Constitution tell an LLM?Large Language Models and their commercial applications like ChatGPT have spread like wildfire, gathering millions of users even quicker…Jun 21Jun 21
Nicolas Zahn2024: Embrace the chaosThe last years of troubling news around the world — from a pandemic to fragile supply chains coming to a halt with massive ripple effects…Dec 27, 2023Dec 27, 2023
Nicolas ZahnThe hidden message of failed crypto-projectsThe latest “Crypto Crash” has prompted critics of cryptocurrency and other distributed ledger technology (DLT) projects to finally feel…Jun 11, 2022Jun 11, 2022
Nicolas ZahnTrolling is the easy part: Preliminary lessons on cyber capabilitiesPerceptions matter enormously in international affairs and security policy. How an actor and his capabilities are perceived shapes…Mar 26, 2022Mar 26, 2022
Nicolas ZahnFrom laughing stock to real issue: how digital illiteracy puts us in dangerIt’s all fun and games, until it suddenly isn’t. Ever since the internet made its way into the mainstream it was very clear that there are…Feb 19, 2022Feb 19, 2022
Nicolas ZahnThe alchemy of cyber operationsSo far cyber operations are conducted much like the search for gold in ancient times. Promises about positive outcomes are paired with the…Feb 5, 2022Feb 5, 2022
Nicolas ZahnWhat links the Wild West to today’s digital economyThe digital economy has sometimes been linked to the “Wild West” referring to two aspects of the time period: i) digital companies as the…Jan 16, 2022Jan 16, 2022
Nicolas Zahn2022 bitte weniger naivDie Schweiz täte gut daran, sich im kommenden Jahr endgültig von drei naiven Ansichten zu verabschieden. Angesichts der internationalen…Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2021
Nicolas ZahnEurope and Digital Policy in 2022We are in the self-proclaimed “digital decade” of Europe yet a lot needs to change if the continent is to make serious progress on the…Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2021
Nicolas ZahnWeder Engel noch Teufel: warum wir im politischen Umgang mit sozialen Medien mündiger und…Egal ob in autoritären Systemen, frühen Monarchien oder modernen Demokratien: wer sich am politischen Prozess beteiligt, sei dies als…Oct 20, 20211Oct 20, 20211