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1 Measures for the Future of the Innovation Country Germany: 60 billion Euros for Education, Research and Innovation—2 billion Euros for AI h t t p s : / / w w w. b m b f . d e / d e / z u k u n f t s p a k e t - f u e r d a s - i n n o v a t i o n s l a n d - d e u t s c h l a n d - 1 1 8 2 5 .html#: ~ :text = K%C3%BCnstliche%20Intelligenz%20 (KI)%20ist%20eine,auf%20f%C3%BCnf%20Milliarden%20 Euro%20erh%C3%B6hen. The German Ministry for Education, Research and Innovation (BMBF) has announced that 60 billion EUR of the investment package of the government to support Germany’s economy and research during and after the COVID-19 crisis will be allocated to education, research and innovation. More specifically, about 2.5 billion EUR will be allocated to education, including full-time schooling and digitalization of schools. 13.75 billion EUR are allocated to research and innovation from which the vast majority of 9 billion EUR is being dedicated to hydrogen research for a climate friendly energy strategy. 2 billion EUR will be used to increase the budget for AI research till 2025 from 3 to 5 billion EUR. The third area of investment addresses the innovation place Germany with about 1 billion EUR for non-university research organisations such as Max-Planck or Fraunhofer Institutions. The BMBF website remains silent about the remaining 42.75 billion EUR of the package.
2 EU Consultation on Artificial Intelligence Ended—Preliminary Findings Published by EU https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/white -paper-artifi cial-intelligence-public-consultation-towardseuropean-approach-excellence EU consultations are an important means for citizens as well as institutions and organisations to have a voice in European policy. The EU Consultation on Artificial Intelligence has raised considerable interest in academic as well
as non-academic institutions and organisations and has received over the period of 4 months (19. February till 14. June 2020) over 1200 contributions. It was composed of a questionnaire based on a White Paper and the possibility to upload position papers. A first summary of the quantitative results of the questionnaire is now available online. An analysis of over 450 position papers is still being carried out. The questionnaire targets three topics: (1) specific actions for the support, development and uptake of AI, (2) options for a future regulatory framework on AI and (3) safety and liability aspects of AI. With respect to specific actions for the support, development and uptake of AI—not surprisingly—90% of the respondents rated skills as (very) important. In contrast, the support of public private partnerships (PPP) and small and mediums sized enterprises (SMEs) received less support (rated by 72% and 69% respectively as (very) important). Another divide of the respondents’ opinions concerns the actions to strengthen AI research and innovation i
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