Yesterday saw a historic meeting between representatives of various art law clinics from around the world, including Germany, Georgia, South Africa and Austria. The videocast conversation, hosted by Nikolaus Forgo from the University of Vienna, covers the history, current activities, challenges and future of these clinics. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkdQ5I9S5xg&t=1990s Here are the most important findings from […]
Author Archives: Thomas Hoeren
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May
May
What a surprise. More than 40 students (well over the limit) came to my first lecture on IT contract law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Among other things, we will be practicing the drafting of data and AI contracts. That will be exciting!
21
May
May
In the video created in my lecture on copyright law at the University of Vienna, Marcel and Umut from the University of Vienna deal with the complex topic of “AI and copyright in Austrian legal practice” in a deliberately satirical way. Through humorous exaggerations, stereotypical depictions of experts and absurd interview situations, it sheds light […]
13
May
May
Artificial intelligence, law and philosophy Yesterday I had a very exciting interview with my colleague Professor Dr. Holger Lyre (University of Magdeburg) about the possibilities and limits of AI. The famous philosopher of science spoke in detail about the dangers of deep learning and large language models. The interview can be seen on YouTube at
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May
May
On 6.5.25, Professor Dr. Said Gulyamov, Head of the Cyber Law Department at Tashkent State University of Law, delivered a compelling lecture on the legal implications of the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) as part of the LDE (Law of the digital economy) series. The lecture focused on how the DMA aims to regulate powerful […]
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Apr
Apr
Am vergangenen Freitag fand das „Competition Law Doctoral Forum“ von Prof. Thibault Schrepel an der VU Amsterdam statt. Neben vielen wertvollen Gesprächen und dem Austausch über die wettbewerbsrechtlichen Promotionsvorhaben von Forschenden in den Niederlanden, hat vor allem der Vortrag von Martijn Snoep, dem Präsidenten der niederländischen Wettbewerbsbehörde, besonders gut gefallen. Herr Snoep hat viele spannende […]
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Apr
Apr
That was a really exciting visit. Together with my students from the copyright law course, I visited Manz Verlag in Vienna. Managing Director Dr. Pichler and his staff gave us an introduction to the changes in copyright law that await publishers in the age of AI. His employees gave us a detailed and exciting explanation […]
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Mar
Mar
We continue! After developing and expanding the legal mentor at ChatGPT, we are now moving on to trainee lawyer training. We have created a new bot for prosecutor file processing. Many thanks to Ref. Stefanie Peters for her help. Since my experience as a public prosecutor is more than 30 years old, I would be […]
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Mar
Mar
We’re done !!! I have now dedicated myself to the further development of the new AI project. After extensive brainstorming and numerous considerations (also by the tireless ITM employee Merlin Rombach – thank you, thank you, thank you), I can now present the first iteration of the RechtsMentor – ITM GPT (link below). In my […]
