Germany is known for its bureaucracy. With help from the EU, the country has created a complex system of rules and regulations. This affects citizens and businesses alike. Many people face long waits for approvals due to overwhelmed departments. According to the ifo Institute, businesses spend 146 billion euros yearly to manage bureaucracy. The government … Read more
The German Bundestag is a legislative machine. Every week, new drafts from the federal government arrive at the parliament, which need to be read and decided upon. While the specialist politicians in the committees might still have an overview, the general public is often left behind. The coalition had promised to launch a “digital legislative … Read more
The Federal Criminal Police Office has presented a report on crimes against women. The numbers are alarming: almost every day a femicide occurs in Germany. Digital violence against women has significantly increased, with over 17,000 cases registered in 2023, a 25% rise from the previous year. 62.3% of victims of digital violence are female. Crimes … Read more
In Germany, the growth of data centers is not keeping pace with demand. Bitkom, a digital industry association, highlights that companies and government agencies are increasingly relying on cloud capacities from other countries. This reliance signifies a gradual loss of digital sovereignty. Currently, German data centers have an IT connection capacity of 2.7 gigawatts, expected … Read more
Vor etwas mehr als einem Jahr begann ich, Videospiele zu spielen. Unser Weihnachtsgeschenk für die Kinder, eine Xbox Series S, zog mich schnell in die Welt der nächtlichen Gaming-Sessions. Besonders beeindruckt hat mich “Red Dead Redemption 2” (RDR2). Es ist ein Open-World-Spiel, das es ermöglicht, die Spielwelt frei zu erkunden, ohne feste Aufgaben erfüllen zu … Read more
Yoshua Bengio, a pioneer in the research of artificial neural networks and deep learning, warns about potential dangers that artificial intelligence (AI) might pose in the future. Bengio suggests that if AI systems continue to be trained as they are now, they could eventually turn against humans. Some powerful individuals might even want humanity to … Read more
Nvidia has become a key player in the tech industry due to the growing demand for AI technologies. The company’s revenue surged by 94% compared to the previous year, reaching $35.1 billion. The profit also more than doubled to $19.3 billion. However, investors were hoping for an even better forecast for the current quarter, leading … Read more
The Minds Mastering Machines conference will take place on May 20 and 21, 2025. Until November 28, 2024, the organizers, iX and dpunkt.verlag, are looking for presentations for this conference focused on Machine Learning and AI. The main focus is on practical applications of Machine Learning rather than the AI hype. In companies, AI still … Read more
Microsoft has released AI Shell as a public preview version. This project enhances the command line shell with AI capabilities, providing interaction options with Azure OpenAI and Copilot in Azure. It can be used as a standalone application or with Microsoft’s open-source shell, PowerShell 7. AI Shell includes a command-line shell interface, a framework for … Read more
Cybercriminals promised a free, AI-based video editor in a social media campaign. However, those who fell for the offer ended up installing info-stealer malware. On social media, the campaign organizers advertised the supposed AI video editor with such posts. IT security researchers from Malwarebytes analyzed that instead of the expected video editor with AI features, … Read more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can take over many boring tasks, providing acceptable results. Tasks like answering simple questions, describing images, and analyzing PDFs are some examples. However, the whole process usually happens online, requiring the user to visit a website and input prompts. Often, there is little room for customization. Google’s AI, Gemini, can be used … Read more
For two years now, there has been Copilot, the AI coding assistant from GitHub. GitHub conducted an extensive study on code quality, showing that code created with AI assistance passes more unit tests and has fewer errors. Reviewers also rated it as more readable and reliable. GitHub tasked 202 Python developers, each with at least … Read more
The Heise Group has been successfully using generative AI in their daily work for two years. In a webinar on December 10 at 4 PM, experts will provide exclusive insights into how AI technologies, especially Large Language Models (LLMs), are used in practice. In 2024 alone, more than two person-years have been freed up by … Read more
The AI boom has become a goldmine for the chip company Nvidia, and the business continues to grow. In the last quarter, revenue jumped by 94% compared to the previous year, reaching $35.1 billion. Profit more than doubled to $19.3 billion. However, investors had hoped for an even better forecast for the current quarter, causing … Read more
Abbey is a tool that allows users to gather various types of content, such as documents, websites, notes, and videos, into one place and use AI to ask questions about them. This tool is particularly useful for students who want to collect all their course materials and notes in one place and search through them … Read more
