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.

The eco Association is handing over the reins for the ongoing design and implementation of the botfrei.de safety campaign to its member company eyeo GmbH. eco will continue to support the project and will remain a partner in the project’s strategic delivery.

Yesterday, with the eco://award, the eco Association honored outstanding ideas and solutions of the Internet industry in 7 categories. A special prize was awarded to Tim Cole for his life's work.

The vast majority of decision-makers in German companies support digitalization, according to a current eco Association survey undertaken by YouGov. This finding, presented by the eco Association today as part of the eco://kongress in Cologne, is crystal clear.

Did you know that images of sexual violence against children are disseminated online every day? The complaints offices cooperate with law enforement agencies and support the prosecution of the perpetrators and identification of the victims. Watch the short video explaining their work.

For the “European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse”, the German Internet complaints offices inform about the spread of images of sexualized violence in the Internet, & about the cooperation of hotlines at national and international levels.

The digitalization of the working world makes it easier to balance work and family life – this is the opinion of around half of the people in Germany, according to a recent eco survey. In particular, Germans expect more flexibility in their work thanks to integrated phone and data lines via the Internet. All-IP solutions from the cloud increase companies’ international competitiveness.

There is still a lack of a holistic understanding of the decisive factors and interrelationships of the digitization ecosystem in the papers on artificial intelligence and a digital implementation strategy currently being discussed within the framework of the German federal government's digital hearing.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a decisive future-oriented technology and an important market for Germany as a digital location. In the view of the eco Association, in order to occupy this important technological field and turn AI into a core competency of German industry, a holistic AI strategy is needed which not only depends on targeted research and development but also high-performance digital infrastructures, and supports the societal acceptance of AI technologies.