Germany's Prospects in AI - Vodafone Institute

Is Germany losing ground in the increasingly strategic field of Artificial Intelligence? Germany is still Europe's most powerful economy. However, many observers fear that in the on-going digital revolution, it is being left behind by its competitors. The increasingly crucial field of Artificial Intelligence is no exception. When chancellor Angela Merkel showed up at an event organised by the newspaper WirtschaftsWoche in late June in Berlin, the nation's public discourse was dominated by two topics: the unexpected and fully deserved demise of the German football team in the FIFA World Cup, and the looming government crisis initiated by one of Merkel's closest allies on the topic of immigration.