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When AI Becomes “Smarter than Its Developers”
Art & DesignIn one of his last interviews, the late German author, filmmaker and philosopher Alexander Kluge explores Artificial Intelligence and its ability to reveal hidden truths in unexpected ways.
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Opportunities of a Sustainable Economy
BusinessAhead of DLD Munich 2026, Stientje van Veldhoven (World Resources Institute) highlights the many benefits of shifting from extractive business models to sustainable ones.
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Photonic Chips: Computing at Lightspeed
DLD26Michael Förtsch, Founder and CEO of Q.ANT, explains how optical computing can give AI a boost at much lower energy needs – and open up a whole new world of supercomputing.
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How AI and Robots Help with E-Waste Recycling
Technology is coming to solve a problem it has created itself: AI expert Greg Ameyugo explains how robots can automate many steps of a tricky process.Read the Article - Social & Politics
“Europe Has All It Needs to Become a Digital Superpower”
Keegan McBride, digital governance expert at the Tony Blair Institute, explains how Europe can catch up to China and the U.S. – and find strength in its diversity of cultures.Read the Article - Entrepreneurship & Innovation
How Ecosystems Power Progress
Innovation is a global competition, and many regions try their best to win. But what does it take to create future champions? These DLD23 expert talks give answers.Read the Article - Art & Design
When AI Becomes “Smarter than Its Developers”
In one of his last interviews, the late German author, filmmaker and philosopher Alexander Kluge explores Artificial Intelligence and its ability to reveal hidden truths in unexpected ways.Read the Article - Life & Science
Turning Cancer Against Itself
Californian startup Earli aims to outsmart one of the world’s deadliest diseases by combining biology, engineering and software. CEO Cyriac Roeding shares details with DLD.Read the Article
“Software has eaten the world, and now it’s AI’s turn. AI is now eating software.”
“I had faith in this idea that chess could give a child from the slums and poverty an intellectual identity. And I picked up a chess board and I put it in front of them.”
“Over half of the world’s GDP is dependent on nature and the services it provides. Yet our human activity is pushing ecosystems towards irreversible tipping points.”
“We treat the future like a distant colonial outpost where we can freely dump ecological degradation and technological risk as if there was nobody there.”
“We have done studies that show that people, when they have AI at their fingertips, are less creative. They come up with fewer different solutions to problems than when they don’t have AI available.”
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