Fabian Muniesa

A minimalistic hand-drawn textured illustration of people and watching eyes on a grid background. A metaphor for social anxiety and paranoia.

Hype, Paranoia, and the Fascist Propensity in Tech

Hannah Ruschemeier

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Source

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. 

AI Hype and the Capture of EU AI Regulation

Justin Hendrix

Demonstrators in London hold caricatures of Elon Musk and others on March 28, 2026. Tens of thousands of people marched against the far right, fascism and racism, and in support of migrants. (Photo by Vuk Valcic / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)

How to Study the Phenomenon of Tech Hype

Marché Arends

Kathryn Cleary

A digital collage showing electronic waste made of discarded batteries, hillside settlements, terraced farmland, and a detailed indigenous textile pattern. Yellow bounding boxes with red "XXXXX" labels loosely overlay the pictures, suggesting algorithmic image detection.

How AI Hype Masks the Exploitation of African Workers

Elke Schwarz

Two Ukrainian servicemembers make final preparations on a heavy bomber drone at the launch site before a close air support mission, in a hidden drone outpost on the Zaporizhzhian Front 15 kilometers from Russian positions on December 30, 2025. Photo by Justin Yau/ Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Tech, Venture Capital and the Hype of War

Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves

A digital collage blending classical and modern imagery. In the foreground, a hand holds a smartphone capturing a photo of an ancient Roman-style temple. Surrounding the scene are oversized receipts, coins with and a travel ticket. A long, blue receipt winds across the image. In the background, a painting of a European square with fountains and classical architecture is visible, merging past and present themes of travel, commerce, and documentation. The smartphone like a billing machine emits and endless receipt. 

Keep your Receipts by Nadia Nadesan & Digit / 

Why Tech Hype Is Rising and What Venture Capital Has to Do with It

Jascha Bareis

An underwater photo taken looking up to a large circular school of fish while the sun sparkles in the blue water. However, the image is slightly distorted by digital artifacts.

Distorted Fish School by Lone Thomasky & Bits&Bäume / 

Expanding Hype Literacy to Protect Democracy

A deep dive into tech hype as a political instrument: how inflated AI promises serve venture capital interests, capture regulators and undermine democratic accountability — and what "hype literacy" can do about it.

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The Hype Studies Series