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.

Prof. Michael Rotert, eco Honorary President, looks at how industry and policy makers can shape and steer the impact AI has on human dignity and human rights.

#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...

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), eco – Association of the Internet Industry, and EuroCloud Deutschland_eco have joined forces. Norbert Pohlmann, Board Member of eco and EuroCloud, and Linda Strick, Director CSA EMEA, signed an agreement to this effect today in Berlin.

Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange, speaks to Julia Janssen-Holldiek from the CSA about innovation, open source systems, and Hotel California.

One of the hottest topics currently moving the digital industry is the roll-out of the fifth generation of mobile technologies (5G) and their application, for example in the area of Industry 4.0 or connected driving. And it goes without saying that a cancellation of MWC Barcelona 2020 is not tantamount to a rejection of a secure Internet of Things.

Oliver Süme, Chair of the Board at the eco Association, calls for an innovation-friendly environment, investment, and increased knowledge transfer between research and industry to promote AI in Europe.

Andreas Weiss, Head of Digital Business Models at the eco Association, explains what AI is currently capable of, and what impact it will have on the world of work in the future.

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.