In this issue, dotmagazine sheds light on the business potential of AI, and investigates what Europe needs to do to develop a thriving AI industry and support digital innovation.

The Service-Meister project was formally launched in Frankfurt am Main on 11 February 2020. Service-Meister was chosen for funding as part of the AI innovation competition of the German government.

The EU Commission has scheduled two groundbreaking digital policy papers to be launched on 19th February: the AI White Paper and the Data Strategy. In the opinion of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, this combination makes good sense: “A clear AI policy and a clear data policy are two sides of the same coin,” says eco Chair of the Board Oliver J. Süme.

#An update on the EPDP on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data The mere fact that the EPDP team produced its phase 1 report was quite a thing. Many observers in the ICANN community and beyond did not believe that a topic as challenging as Whois and a group with as diverse interests as the EPDP team could...