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<\/a>\n<\/a>\n\n\t\t Daniel Pothmann\n\t\t | 28. October 2026\n Planes have landed automatically since the 1950s. Why do we still need pilots? What aviation teaches us about humans, machines and responsible automation.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t What role do AI startups play in Germany’s position in the global AI race? This article draws on ten interviews to offer insight into their business models.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t A comparison between German and US-American public discourse shows how different narratives on AI shape the future of work.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t This article introduces a dataset of 98 AI projects claiming to serve democracy, built to help researchers test these claims.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t How do climate change and artificial intelligence interact? How AI can help in the fight against climate change?<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t Algorithms have a profound impact on people’s lives. This article explores why AI observatories are essential for democratic governance.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t The authors challenge the metaphor of artificial intelligence as a “killing machine” that will one day surpass its human creators.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t A real case of an AI agent publishing a smear piece raises new legal questions about responsibility and digital identity.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t How fair is automated credit lending? Where is human expertise essential?<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t How can we better understand the complex and reciprocal relationship between AI systems and social processes?<\/p>\n Dossier erkunden<\/a>\n\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KIStartups_Titelbild-1-1024x576.png\")
<\/a>\n\n\t\t Hendrik Send, Martin Wrobel\n\t\t | 6. October 2026\n AI startups made in Germany – Specialisation instead of computing power<\/h2>\n \t
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<\/a>\n\n\t\t A. Dumat, G. v. Richthofen, S. Bohn\n\t\t | 17. September 2026\n Brave new world of work? Narratives on AI and the future of work<\/h2>\n \t
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<\/a>\n\n\t\t S. Youssef, T. Z\u00fcger, L. Winter\n\t\t | 13. July 2026\n Can AI strengthen democracy? A data collection on AI projects aiming to serve democratic processes<\/h2>\n \t
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<\/a>\n\n\t\t Laura State\n\t\t | 5. May 2026\n AI between climate change and climate protection<\/h2>\n \t
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<\/a>\n\n\t\t Paola Cantarini Guerra\n\t\t | 10. April 2026\n Algorithms under scrunity: AI observatories as democratic infrastructure<\/h2>\n \t
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<\/a>\n\n\t\t Matthias C. Kettemann, Frederik Efferenn\n\t\t | 18. March 2026\n Forget the “killing machine”: why AI is a question of responsibility, not apocalypse<\/h2>\n \t
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<\/a>\n\n\t\t J. N\u00f6rz, M. Wiechert & W. Schulz\n\t\t | 11. March 2026\n The bot that bit back: AI agents, defamation and the digital construction of identity<\/h2>\n \t
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<\/a>\n\n\t\t Philipp Mahlow, Katharina Mosene\n\t\t | 8. December 2025\n The Human in the Loop in automated credit lending – Human expertise for greater fairness<\/h2>\n \t
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