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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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Good or Evil? How AI Is Transforming Life, Work and Society
Will artificial intelligence turn out to be a blessing or a curse? DLD speakers from science, business and technology share expert opinions.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

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

AI in Medicine: “This is a Pivotal Moment”
Award-winning researcher Fabian Theis of Helmholtz Munich explains why the next leap in understanding biology and curing diseases will from Artificial Intelligence and big data.Read the Article
“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’re seeing more and more scale-ups, more and more unicorns coming out of Europe, more and more companies really shaping the global stage.”
“Rethinking the cruise industry starts with rethinking the tool. So we built a human-sized ship that is powered by nature, the wind and the sun, thanks to solar sails.”
“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.”
“Computers and human beings speak entirely different languages. Generative AI is changing this profoundly. In a way, English, German, Bavarian dialects have become the programming language of the day.”
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