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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 to Make Sustainable Products “the Easiest Choice for Everyone”
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Radical Innovation: “I’m Not Giving You Money So You Can Succeed”
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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
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“As technologists and as digital leaders, we have a responsibility to use our technology for good.”
“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.”
“What kind of AI do we actually have now? I would argue that we have an AI that is both technically and morally inadequate.”
“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.”
“We’re seeing more and more scale-ups, more and more unicorns coming out of Europe, more and more companies really shaping the global stage.”
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