
Conference opens with over 1,000 guests, featuring Chancellor Friedrich Merz and talks on military cooperation.
Germany's 19th digital summit opens in Berlin, focusing on AI uses, safety, and digital infrastructure with over 1,000 guests, including digital ministers and Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
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The National IT Summit has been held 19 times since its inception in 2006.
A two-day conference in Berlin that will look at ways of enhancing Germany's digital infrastructure, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), is to be opened by the minister for digital affairs, Karsten Wildberger, on Monday morning.
More than 1,000 guests, including digital ministers from Europe and Canada, are expected to attend the summit, which this year will focus largely on the uses and safety of AI and new developments in the field.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz is scheduled to hold a speech in the afternoon and to meet with a robot from the German company Neura Robotics.
The company develops robots that can see, hear and feel and are potentially utilizable in both industries and households.
The event is being held for the 19th time since its inception in 2006 as the National IT Summit. It did not take place in 2021, an election year in Germany.
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Meanwhile, an annual digital summit in Berlin that will look at ways of boosting the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in Germany and Europe is also kicking off.
It is set to bring a hopefully friendly encounter between Chancellor Merz and a humanoid robot from the German company Neura Robotics.
AI will also be on the agenda at afternoon talks between Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and his UK counterpart Wes Streeting, as the two discuss enhancing German-British military cooperation.
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