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With the aim of securing the AI functions in highly automated vehicles in the best possible way, automotive manufacturers, suppliers, technology companies and research institutions, including Fraunhofer IAIS, have been working together since summer 2019 in the "KI Absicherung" project. Now the project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, is completing its work as the first of four projects in the "AI family" of the VDA flagship initiative for autonomous and connected driving. The research results will be presented in Berlin on June 23.

For the design of trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI), companies can now access Munich Re's "CertAI" offering. The validation service enables companies to develop, use or acquire trustworthy AI systems for their business success. The Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS supports CertAI as a technical partner in the development of the offering and contributes its expertise in AI assurance and AI certification.

Ready for quantum technologies: Fraunhofer IAIS supports companies in preparing for the challenges and the changes of the quantum age. For this purpose, the scientists have developed the "IAIS Evo Annealer" with which companies, e.g. from the field of logistics, finance or production, can already use the potential of quantum technologies today without having to access a quantum computer. The technology will be presented for the first time at the "Laser World of Photonics 2022" from April 26 to 29, 2022. The Fraunhofer IAIS exhibit can be found at the joint booth of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in the special area "World of Quantum". Interested companies are invited to bring their own mathematical problems and issues and have them computed on site.

Data protection, risk or compliance management: New AI technologies present companies and developers with new challenges. The Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS has now published a study, which compares the draft of the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) standard for AI management systems and current guidelines.

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS received the "Most Influential Scholar Award" in the annual ranking of the online e-magazine AI 2000. By using computer algorythms, the AMiner system generates rankings based on citation frequencies of over 250 000 renowned scientists in the most important publications.

The participating partners met virtually for the kickoff, where they officially launched their speech assistance platform – a platform that is »made in Germany«.

The SPEAKER project for the development of a language assistance platform "made in Germany" was awarded in the innovation competition "Artificial intelligence as a driver for economically relevant ecosystems" of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi).

With the help of artificial intelligence, media content can be systematically analyzed. At IBC 2019, taking place September 13 – 17 in Amsterdam, Fraunhofer IAIS and Fraunhofer IDMT will be presenting various tools for content analysis at Fraunhofer’s booth B80 in hall 8.

From telecommunications to road traffic, from healthcare to the workplace – digital technology is now an intrinsic part of almost every area of life. Yet how can we ensure that developments in this field, especially those that rely on artificial intelligence (AI), meet all our ethical, legal and technological concerns? In a project led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS, and with the participation of Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), an interdisciplinary team of scientists from the Universities of Bonn and Cologne are drawing up an inspection catalog for the certification of AI applications. They have now published a white paper presenting the philosophical, ethical, legal and technological issues involved.

Artificial Intelligence for Europe – the AI Night on April 18 in Paris is the first public event of the AI4EU project and an important step towards establishing a European AI community.