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In a guest article in the FAZ, Alexander Pretschner, Eric Hilgendorf, Ute Schmid and Hannah Schmid-Petri explore the question of what follows from the language AI ChatGPT.

Data can be understood as an economic good in its own right, shared and traded much like any other commodity. However, the bold prediction that data would become a ‘new asset class’ has yet to materialise.

Can an algorithm help youth welfare workers to act ethically? Michael Reder and Christopher Koska examine this question using the example of child welfare endangerment.

A conversation with Ute Schmid about the success factors and limits of AI and why it is worth looking into the black box of artificial intelligence – from medicine to art.

With its digital strategy, the coalition government is following up on previous efforts to coordinate digital policy across ministries. An assessment by Thomas Hess and Christoph Egle.

A conversation with Julia Gundlach from the Bertelsmann Foundation and Dr Roland A. Stürz, head of the bidt think tank, about the use of AI and algorithms, knowledge building in the population and opportunities for public…

A bidt-funded project has investigated how data-sharing options affect the willingness to use and pay for online services.

The bidt project “Responsibility gaps in human-machine interactions” investigates the appropriate trust in machines for medical decisions.

Dr. Andreas Wenninger is research coordinator at bidt. In his role, he combines different perspectives from research and science management.

What do experts think about digitalisation? What questions and challenges do they deal with? And how do they themselves deal with modern means of communication? We asked Christoph Bornschein, member of the bidt Advisory Board,…