Bavaria's digital minister calls for more commitment to AI security

In view of the rapid development of new AI applications, Digital Minister Florian Mehring (Free Voters) is urging more commitment from the Free State. “Whoever is at the forefront of AI must also build the guard rails,” said the minister to the “Augsburger Allgemeine” (Monday). "Bavaria wants to use the opportunities of this technology more resolutely than others - then we must take responsibility for its risks just as resolutely."

This Monday, Mehring invited people to an AI summit in his ministry. Together with leading representatives of the AI ​​industry as well as experts from science, ethics and society, the safety and responsible development of artificial intelligence will be discussed.

Can AI be controlled?

“Especially when it comes to artificial intelligence, we cannot separate technological progress and the question of its controllability. Anyone who creates new opportunities also bears responsibility for understanding risks and keeping them under control,” said Mehring.

Security incidents in which AI models escaped from test environments and penetrated third-party systems recently caused a stir.

“We are not just experiencing the next software update, but rather a disruptive technological leap,” said the minister. “Agentic AI creates systems that no longer just provide answers to people’s questions, but can increasingly plan independently, use tools on their own and carry out tasks without human intervention.”