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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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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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Europe’s Path to Becoming a “Digital Superpower”
Society & PoliticsThe Old Continent has everything it needs to reinvent itself and become a technology leader of tomorrow, Tony Blair Institute analyst Keegan McBride argues in conversation with DLD.
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AI Trends to Watch in 2024
From wearable intelligence to business applications, open source, transparency and regulation – find out what’s next for this game-changing technology.Read the Article - Social & Politics

How to Make Sustainable Products “the Easiest Choice for Everyone”
There are smarter ways to do business than exploiting the planet. WRI expert Stientje van Veldhoven highlights the many benefits of rethinking the economy, for all of us.Read the Article - Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Circularity: “The Biggest Obstacle Is Managing Radical Change”
Joe Iles, Programme Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, explains how the circular economy can gain traction – in business and our personal lives.Read the Article - Art & Design

Meet “The Promptah”, DLD’s People Magazine for Curious Minds
It’s hard to make sense of all the buzz around AI and a world in constant change. So we asked experts from various disciplines for guidance. Take a look –…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
“The bigger the change that’s possible, the less we’ll understand it. And the less we’re even able to conceive of what would happen.”
“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 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.”
“As technologists and as digital leaders, we have a responsibility to use our technology for good.”
“This is not just about AI. This is an industrial revolution. We see all paradigms shifting.”
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