On the occasion of the launch of the new Digital Technologies Forum in Berlin, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) presented the winners of the Artificial Intelligence innovation competition - one of whom was the eco-led Service-Meister consortium.

The eco Association will lead the consortium to develop Service-Meister. The Service-Meister Project has been chosen for sponsorship within the scope of the AI Innovation Competition of the German Federal Government. A panel of experts of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has awarded funding to the industrial project, which is based on artificial intelligence (AI).

An eco survey reveals that over a quarter of Germans are already using digital voice assistants. Meanwhile, high data protection standards are identified as being the key to the acceptance of AI technologies and services while, going forward, AI will need human intelligence for its own development.

Lucia Falkenberg from the eco Association, on working with AI, valuing the work of humans, and the need for lifelong learning in a changing working world. Read more on dotmagazine.

Dr. Thomas King from DE-CIX on the company’s first forays into AI for network infrastructure to maintain high-quality interconnection services. Read more on dotmagazine.

Oliver Süme & Niels Töllner from Fieldfisher outline the interplay between smart data, AI & law, & the impact on liability, accountability & data protection. Read more on dotmagazine.

Henrik Oppermann from USU, on AI for industrial use cases, companies sharing data, & how AI can support humans without replacing them. Read more on dotmagazine.

Prof. Norbert Pohlmann, on the need for transparency in algorithms, and keeping the human being in the decision-making loop in the development of AI systems. Read more on dotmagazine.

Andreas Weiss from the eco Association allays fears about artificial intelligence, and looks at how AI can be used to the benefit of society and how it can help overcome future challenges. Read more on dotmagazine.

It used to be thought that IT security could be solved purely with technical solutions, but now it seems that the human element has become much more important. dotmagazine spoke to David Kelm, CEO of IT-Seal, to find out how they use machine learning as a means to train staff in secure online behavior. Read more on dotmagazine.

Sebastian Kurowski from the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering looks at how artificial intelligence can be used to optimize IT security risk analysis in companies, offering relevant support for ITR specialists and for strategic decision-making. Read more on dotmagazine.

AI has the potential to offer support to small and medium-sized enterprises in their efforts to remain competitive in an increasingly complex global marketplace, Andreas Weiss explains. Read more on dotmagazine.

A brief history of the City of Kajaani and its journey to becoming the leading European HPC ecosystem - and an engine of AI - by combining bold regional development, higher education, readily available infrastructure, the right operators, and a winning mindset. Read more on dotmagazine.

Artificial Intelligence is writ large in the imaginations of many - but the fantasy is far from the truth. This month, dotmagazine looks at the reality of AI - what it can and can't do, what it needs to be a success, and how it can be used to the benefit of humans and society as a whole. Read more on dotmagazine.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to ensure the competitiveness of German SMEs in the long term. eco – Association of the Internet Industry is a network partner of a consortium which has developed a project proposal on how to best use AI to do so. The project has now been recommended for funding based on the positive reviews of the judges of the innovation competition “Artificial Intelligence as a Driver for Economically-Relevant Ecosystems” of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).

The main topic of the Digital Summit taking place in Nuremberg on 3 and 4 December is  that of artificial intelligence. AI is a decisive future technology and represents a crucial market for Germany as a digital location. In order to conquer this important technology field, the Alliance to Strengthen Digital Infrastructures in Germany argues that an integrated AI strategy is needed, with high-performance digital infrastructures being a crucial pillar of such a strategy.

eco's monthly English-language in-depth magazine opens its call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on the topics of Mobility, Logistics and Connected Car.

For the June 2018 issue focus topics will include E-Mobility, Carsharing & IoT Security for Mobility.

Interview with Michael Sahnau, Microsoft Germany, on IoT and AI. Michael is responsible for the area Digital Business Transformation (IoT) at Microsoft Germany. He can look back on more than 20 years of experience in the introduction of new innovative incubation approaches for information technology for companies like...