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11DEC 2025
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AI training and copyright –a landmark ruling in Munich?
US AI companies often violate German and European law when training their language models. FAU lawyer Prof. Dr. Paulina Pesch discusses the case of GEMA versus Open AI.
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10DEC 2025
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Cinema with a difference
Would you like to watch blockbusters, cartoons or silent movies for free? You can in the Faculty of Engineering’s lecture hall cinema. Jan and Rajesh from the lecture hall cinema team take us behind the scenes. When lecture hall 7 at the Faculty of Engineering is still full to the brim at 8.15pm with students […]
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10DEC 2025
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Taking away the breeding ground of tumors
An interdisciplinary research team from FAU and Uniklinikum Erlangen (UKER) is pursuing a new tactic in the fight against liver cancer.
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Events

15
Dec
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Führungskräftetraining kompakt – was macht eine gute angehende Führungskraft aus?
91058 Erlangen, Freyeslebenstr. 1, Raum 02.4076 (2. Stock)
19
Dec
Vorlesungsfrei (bis einschließlich 6. Januar) / no classes (until January 6 inclusive)
07
Jan
Wieder an der Uni! / Back to uni!

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