The promises are big and varied and range from conquering diseases to considerably lengthening our lives on the basis of digital technologies. British gerontologist Aubrey de Grey believes a socie…
Potential uses of A probed at "Disrupt Now! AI for Hamburg" Future Summit
"Hamburg - good place for turning hobby into profession," says Tschentscher at opening
A network of cosplayers welcomed visitors to Hamburg’s latest games fair, the Gamevention on Saturday (November 23,2019). Characters from Marvel and Star Wars ming…
"AI Space for intelligent Health Systems" awarded EUR 10 million
The German Ministry of Economics and Energy is putting EUR 10 million towards the AI Space for Intelligent Health Systems” (KI-SIGS) to promote the north German competence centre for artificial i…
Hamburg News is introducing young entrepreneurs through its events series "Hamburg meets...". Part 2: Hamburg's first medical AI network
The initiators of the first Hamburg-based company network for artificial intelligence (AI) in the health sector were aiming high. They have alr…
AI-assisted candidate screening proving double-edged sword, says Professor David Scheffer
The use of artificial intelligence is still in the early stages and gradually spreading to diverse fields of application including personnel recruitment. Professor David Scheffer of Nordakad…
Acceptance of AI increasing - humanization rejected
Around 83 per cent of Germans over 58 per cent in 2018 can imagine communicating with artificial intelligence, according to a by Statista conducted on behalf of nextMedia.Hamburg and published in August. This…
Universities in Hamburg, Lübeck, Kiel and Bremen apply for EUR 10 million in research funds
A north German research association including Hamburg is laying plans for an artificial intelligence competence centre in medicine, a press release said Thursday (August 15, 2019). The con…
Intelligent apps for first-level support grow - Xing and Dräger opt for knowhere chatbots
Automated customer communication is spreading amid rising demand for intelligent chatbots such as that of knowhere GmbH. The Hamburg-based start-up now counts well-known companies …
Artificial intelligence paving the way to medical revolutions?
Hamburg News spoke to Petra Margaritoff, Professor of Medical Data Systems at the Life Sciences Faculty of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), especially ma…
Cognitive systems like IBM's "Watson", chatbots, avatars and AR gaining pace
“Yes, I’m definitely enthusiastic about AI,” said Dr. Wolfgang Hildesheim at an event in the Evangelische Akademie der Nordkirche in Hamburg in early April. However, such a reply from the head of IBM’s A…
Focus on "Creative Intelligence" at Art Directors Club (ADC) - but can AI be creative?
What does our future look like? Will artificial intelligence (AI) push us out of our jobs? This is one of the questions currently being asked among creative people. “Creative Intelligence” is t…