How AI orients to the real world
The latest issue of our magazine focuses on current research questions surrounding the perception, understanding, and agency of AI systems.
Andreas Dengel about Altman's singularity debate
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says: 'We are now in the singularity'. What he means by this – and why that picture is deceiving – deserves a sober assessment.…
DFKI at IJCAI-ECAI 2026
The next edition of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) – one of the world’s leading conferences in artificial…
Milestone for Europe's Digital Sovereignty: DFKI and Inria Establish French-German Center on AI
Paris/Berlin, 18 June 2026 – The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the French National Institute for Research in Digital…
DFKI4Space: AI for space technologies
Space exploration is much more than a scientific adventure – it is a key issue for the future. At the German Research Center for Artificial…
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