Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University

Ahead of his two debates at Folkemødet next week, Professor Kasper Green Larsen has spoken with AU Naturvidenskab about the growing role of AI in our everyday lives, and why we should be mindful of how we use it.

“𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦,” Kasper says.

As AI becomes an increasingly integrated part of everyday life, it also brings new risks. AI can be used for much more than helping with shopping lists, coding, or offering advice. It can also be used for manipulation, fraud, and influence operations on a large scale.

“𝘈𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥.”

Kasper researches artificial intelligence and the principles behind how these systems are designed and operate. He emphasizes that AI does not develop itself or set its own goals. Instead, it functions according to the patterns and rules that humans have built into it and trained it on.

However, not everyone has good intentions. When AI is developed or exploited by malicious actors, problems such as data breaches, fraud, and manipulation can arise.

You may have received an email from what appeared to be a trustworthy sender asking for your personal information. These are phishing emails, and AI can be used to make them more convincing, tailor messages to specific individuals, and automate parts of an attack. As a result, attackers can operate faster, on a larger scale, and more persuasively than ever before.

“𝘈𝘐 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯,” he says.

The professor is also mindful that his own AI research could be misused in the wrong hands.

“𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥,” he concludes.

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐃𝐅𝐎𝐂𝐒'𝟐𝟔, 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐏𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐫ü𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧! 🦊

ADFOCS'26 is a 5-day summer school in August. This year the summer school will address what foundational theoretical knowledge a machine learning researcher should have.

ADFOCS’26 is suitable for early-career researchers and students with no prior background in machine learning.

Read more and sign up here 👉 https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/algorithms-complexity/adfocs/2026/welcome

Vil du være med til at hacke sundhedsvæsenets udfordringer? 🏥
Den 24. juni inviterer Region Midtjylland til en intens og lærerig hackathon-dag, hvor du sammen med ledere og medarbejdere fra sundhedsvæsenet arbejder med virkelige udfordringer fra hospitaler, psykiatri, socialområdet og administrationen.

På bare én dag skal I gå fra udfordring ➡️ idé ➡️ prototype ved hjælp af AI og vibe coding. Du behøver ikke kunne kode, det vigtigste er, at du er nysgerrig, kreativ og klar til at byde ind med nye perspektiver.

Du får:
✅ Erfaring med virkelige problemstillinger fra sundhedsvæsenet
✅ Indsigt i samarbejde med fagfolk fra praksis
✅ Erfaring med AI og prototyping
✅ Diplom til CV'et
✅ En dag fyldt med energi, netværk og nye idéer
✅ Morgenmad, frokost, aftensmad og snacks

📅 24. juni 2026 kl. 8.30–20.00
📍 Kitchen, Aarhus Universitet
💸 Gratis

⏰ Tilmeldingsfrist: 18. juni, men begrænset antal pladser.
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TEST OF TIME AWARDS ⏱️
Congratulations to Claudio Orlandi, Ivan Damgård and Diego F. Ar**ha on receiving the two prestigious IACR Test of Time Awards presented at Eurocrypt 2026 🎉

The award recognizes research papers published 15 years ago that continue to have a lasting impact on the field of cryptography. Receiving both Eurocrypt Test of Time Awards in the same year is extremely rare and highlights the quality and breadth of cryptography research at Aarhus University!

Read more on our website https://cs.au.dk/news-events/news/show-news/artikel/two-test-of-time-awards-to-crypto-researchers

A huge congratulations on this international recognition of research with long-lasting impact 👏


AU Naturvidenskab

𝐓𝐚𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐩å 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥!☀️

CyberBridge Summer School er for dig, der er teknisk interesseret, nysgerrig på cybersikkerhed og klar til at blive klar til dit første fuldtids- studiejob eller praktikophold.

CyberBridge er en 2-ugers cyber-sommerskole, hvor vi bygger bro mellem teknik og forretning og lærer om, hvordan man arbejder med cybersikkerhed i praksis.

Ansøg hurtigst muligt om en plads i Aarhus eller København – der er 30 pladser i hver by, og vi tildeler løbende fra juni.

Ansøg her 👉 https://www.cyberskills.dk/cyberbridge/

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞? 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐒!
A new interdisciplinary network at Aarhus University, NAIS (Network for AI in the Natural Sciences), is launching, and everyone interested in AI and collaboration across research fields is invited to the kickoff event on 26 May.

Expect keynote talks, workshops, networking, posters, discussions, and lots of opportunities to meet researchers, staff, and students working with AI across the natural sciences.

NAIS brings together researchers working with AI methods and applications across the natural sciences and aims to strengthen collaboration, knowledge sharing, and new ideas across disciplines. For more info, see ➡️ https://projects.au.dk/nais

📅 26 May 2026, 9:00-16:00
📍 INCUBA Store Aud., building 5510-103, Aabogade 15, 8200 Aarhus N
🎟️ Free to attend, but registration required via https://event.au.dk/events/nais-kickoff-event

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 👀 NAIS is looking for a logo 🎨 Submit your design ideas to [email protected] for a chance to have your logo become the official face of the network!

𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐆𝐅 ⚽️🏆

This past week Aarhus has lived up to it's nickname as The City of Smiles.

AGF has won the Super Liga and are national champions! 🥳

A CS-student, Rasmus Vestergaard Knudsen, has an interesting and unusual job as a developer for the football club.

Click to read about Rasmus' life as a computer science student at Aarhus University and his work at AGF.

https://cs.au.dk/news-events/news/show-news/artikel/rasmus-scored-a-job-at-agf

𝐈𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐚 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺'𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘦-𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 2026

Wish you knew more about what it's like to do a PhD in data science? In doubt about which career paths a PhD may open? Want to meet young and senior data science researchers and professionals sharing their work & experiences and answering your questions in an informal setting? Pre-Grad 2026 is the place to go.

📅 August 12 - 13
🌐 Rødding Højskole, Flors Allé 1, 6630 Rødding, Denmark
💰 Free participation incl. accommodation & meals
🚊 Transport to Vejen Station at your own cost
🚌 Free bus pick-up between Vejen Station and Rødding
⏳️ Application deadline June 15

Read more and apply here: https://ddsa.dk/pre-graduate-retreat/

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 ☀️📚🎓
Applications are open for our first Summer School on 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘓𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺.

From August 10-14, PhD students and advanced BSc/MSc students will have the opportunity to join leading researchers in Aarhus for a week of intensive courses on programming languages, formal methods, type theory, static analysis, and software security.

Participants will explore topics such as theorem proving, concurrent separation logic, language-based security, and static program analysis. You will learn from experts such as Bas Spitters, Lars Birkedal, Amin Timany, Daniel Gratzer, Aslan Askarov and Anders Møller.

📍 Department of Computer Science
📅 August 10-14, 2026
📝 Application deadline: June 7, 2026
💰 Funding opportunities to support travel and registration

Read more and apply her ➡️https://conferences.au.dk/pls

We look forward to welcoming participants from around the world to Aarhus 🌍