Artificial intelligence is reshaping the political and security structures of modern societies. Automated disinformation, synthetic media, and algorithmically controlled information spaces are blurring the lines between information, manipulation, and control. This event explores how AI organises new forms of political power and what this means for democratic public spheres, security, and societal order

With: 

• Prof. Dr. Alexander Libman, SCRIPTS, Freie Universität Berlin
• Jakob Hensing, Global Public Policy Institute
• Roderich Kiesewetter, MP, CDU
• Julia Smirnova, CeMas – Center für Monitoring, Anaylse und Strategie
• Moderation: Gesa Ufer

Other events in the series

• 3 Nov 2026, 6:30 pm, ZfL: AI, Narratives, and the Construction of Reality

• 10 Nov 2026, 6:30 pm, WZB: AI, Labour, and Social Inequality

"AI, Power, and Societal Control – Between Freedom, Security, and Inequality": A series by SCRIPTS in cooperation with the Leibniz Centre for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL), the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), and the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), as part of Berlin Science Week.