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Germany needs special innovation zones
In a guest commentary in Handelsblatt, Ali Gümüşay calls on Germany to redesign its innovation system and close the gap between research and technology spin-outs.
The main problem is a lack of responsibility
Theresa Züger contextualises several tech CEOs' call for a pause in AI development. She argues that it is not speed that causes harm and that we need AI systems in the public interest.
What Anthropic’s Amodei could do about AI overkill
In the FAZ, Matthias C. Kettemann compares Dario Amodei's call for an emergency stop with the UN Secretary-General's report on global AI inequality.
A Question of Context
According to a new HIIG whitepaper, how companies introduce generative AI and employees use it depends not on the technology itself, but on the professional field.
Founders, what has to change?
What's slowing startups down in Germany? And how can it be fixed? We want to hear from founders where the friction is and what should be redesigned. We are collecting answers until 10 October.
What Meta’s billion-euro settlement means for young people and parents
Matthias C. Kettemann analyses on web.de which changes to strengthen youth protection the tech giant has agreed to (in German).
Independence through openness
In a guest article for Tagesspiegel Background, our researcher Judith Faßbender, together with Ben Burmeister, calls for open source to be used strategically by the state (in German).
Social media: Is the power of tech giants a threat to democracy?
Our Research Director Jeanette Hofmann discusses the regulation of social networks with other experts on Deutschlandfunk (in German).
Anonymised Collection and Use of Mobility and Movement Data
In this joint research project, the HIIG examines the extent to which anonymised mobility data still counts as personal data from a legal perspective.
The global AI capacity-building network AICDN
On Deutschlandfunk, Theresa Züger explains how HIIG and other network members aim to empower more countries to partake in the global AI discourse.
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