For the majority of the companies, what is currently most relevant is a strategy that strengthens their own value creation in the long term.

Ingobert Veith from HUAWEI offers insight into the benefits of AI, together with 5G and IoT technologies – for everything from networks to autonomous driving, and on to fighting Covid-19. Read more on dotmagazine.  

ImagineOn provides an overview of how to train artificial intelligence on a budget. Read more on dotmagazine.

Joseph Carson from Thycotic talks to dotmagazine about the ‘A’ in AI and the thought that needs to be put into developing AI solutions. Read more on dotmagazine.

How can people with disabilities benefit from digital technologies and artificial intelligence in the workplace? Hauke Timmermann introduces the research project KI.ASSIST. Read more on dotmagazine.

To fully harness AI’s potential, eco Chair of the Board Oliver J. Süme urges politicians to promote societal acceptance and to strengthen both digital infrastructures and research & development. Read more on dotmagazine.

Harald A. Summa, CEO of the eco Association, explains that we should focus on the objectives, not the tool, to understand the potential of AI. Read more on dotmagazine.

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.

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.

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

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.

Chance for Europe: Study shows potential of AI in Germany alone to generate approx. 488 billion Euros in 2025 eco recommends that companies across the board should promptly introduce AI Alongside targeted research and development, politics must also support high-speed and sovereign digital infrastructures, as well...

In this issue, dotmagazine explores how industry, government, law enforcement, and civil society can work together to make the Internet bigger, better and safer for everyone.

Rather than robots, it will be monitoring systems using AI that will enable people to live independently for longer, VIVAI’s Bettina Horster argues. Read more on dotmagazine.

What does it take for a company to successfully manage digital transformation? Saskia Steinacker, Global Head of Digital Transformation at Bayer AG and member of the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, explains. Read more on dotmagazine.

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.