August 23, 2023. As a driving force, the BMBF has consistently expanded the German AI landscape. Now the AI ecosystem is getting new impetus. Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger presented the AI Action Plan on August 23, 2023.
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From voice assistants to human-sounding chatbots, artificial intelligence has long been part of everyday life. AI is also increasingly being used in research or in the workplace. The potential for further developing and improving these systems is to be expanded and increasingly exploited in the future. With the AI Action Plan, the BMBF is taking its commitment to the next level. This is because the already highly dynamic development in the AI field will accelerate even further.
Technological AI sovereignty
“AI is a key technology,” says Bettina Stark-Watzinger, “it brings enormous opportunities for science, growth, prosperity, competitiveness and social added value in our country.” Artificial intelligence is also firmly anchored in the Future Strategy for Research and Innovation. Germany and Europe are to take a leading position in a world “Powered by AI” and achieve technological AI sovereignty. The BMBF considers the provision of AI tools, AI competencies and AI infrastructure as part of basic services. The AI Action Plan, as an update of the BMBF’s contribution to the German government’s AI strategy, is intended to improve the framework conditions.
Targets and fields of action
The BMBF sets three overarching goals in the AI Action Plan:
“We have created an excellent basis for the AI ecosystem in Germany,” explains Stark-Watzinger. German AI research is among the world’s best, the number of AI experts is increasing and the startup landscape is active. Nevertheless, Germany needs to take targeted action due to the rapid pace of development. The BMBF has therefore identified eleven fields of action in which the most urgent need for action exists.
New impetus
The AI Action Plan provides new impetus for artificial intelligence in particular and develops it further on an ongoing basis:
The BMBF is currently funding research, development and application of AI within the framework of 50 ongoing measures. These will now be supplemented in a targeted manner by at least 20 further initiatives. In the current legislative period, the BMBF will invest over 1.6 billion euros in AI.
The AI Action Plan of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) identifies eleven specific fields of action in which the most urgent need for action exists:
The action plan contains empirically based facts on this, develops concrete political goals and clarifies how the BMBF’s measures are already addressing these and what should and must follow in the coming months and years.
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👉 Executive Summary: Artificial Intelligence Action Plan of the BMBF
Photo: BMBF/Hans-Joachim Rickel
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