Why do we actually develop AI?
By the end of yesterday’s German “KI Future Tech Summit”, hosted by eco – Association of the Internet Industry and Microsoft Berlin, no one was still asking this question.
The company case studies presented by E.ON, FUNKE, Linklaters Germany and Commerzbank AG were too vivid and compelling. In the subsequent panel discussion, Martina Farkas, Gerald Ertl and Dr Christian Essling shared their experiences from the implementation of concrete AI projects.
The political dimension was also well covered: In a speed talk, Dr Tina Klüwer (Head of the Department for Research on Technological Sovereignty and Innovation at the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space), Member of the German Bundestag Henri Schmidt, eco Chair Oliver Süme, and Member of the Bavarian Parliament Björn Franken discussed the framework conditions needed to strengthen Germany as a competitive AI location.
To conclude, Thomas Jarzombek, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Digital and State Modernisation, provided an outlook on the German federal government’s priorities for strengthening Germany as an AI and digital location. He made it clear that a strong position for Germany in the international AI competition ultimately serves to secure the state’s promise of prosperity to its citizens and thus ultimately serves democracy.
The summit simultaneously marked the conclusion of the “KI Future Tech” project, through which eco, together with Microsoft Germany, brings artificial intelligence from theory into practice. For first impressions of the evening, visit our Flickr gallery here.
Further information about the project and all video reports on the company case studies can be found here in German language: https://ki-futuretech.de/
