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Over the course of two days, we took a deep-dive into real-world industrial use-cases. #BAS21 addressed the ethical and societal challenges of human-machine interaction. The extensive international programme was filled with around 70 presentations, panels, and workshops from more than 120 speakers on two stages. This gave more than 3,000 participants the chance to learn and network with like-minded AI enthusiasts and Big Data experts. We are also grateful for the support of our 21 partners.

Anyone who wants to develop and use artificial intelligence in a company must train it with suitable data. According to a survey of 503 companies with 50 or more employees commissioned by the digital association Bitkom, two-thirds (64 percent) of those who deal with AI state that personal data must be used so that the AI provides usable analysis results. "Anyone working with personal data must meet data protection requirements," says Dr Nabil Alsabah, Head of Artificial Intelligence at Bitkom. "Developers have two important tools at their disposal to disguise or completely remove the reference to persons: they can pseudonymise or anonymise the data."  The digital association Bitkom shows how this can be done in practice in a new guide "Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation of Data for Machine Learning Projects".

Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence and data analysis - but many companies lack ideas on how to use the technologies. The digital association Bitkom has therefore compiled twelve concrete application examples for AI and Big Data in the industry in a guide now published, which were presented at Bitkom's Big-Data.AI Summit last year. "The public debate on AI and Big Data is far too often dominated by science fiction scenarios that have little relevance to the day-to-day business of companies," says Dr Nabil Alsabah, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Big-Data.AI Summit at Bitkom. "The guide brings together examples from very different industries that show how these innovative technologies can be used to very concretely improve results or reduce resource consumption."

Artificial intelligence could soon be standard technology in start-ups. Currently, almost every second start-up in Germany (47 percent) states that they use AI. In addition, more than one in three (35 percent) are planning to use it or are discussing it. This is the result of a survey commissioned by the digital association Bitkom among 206 start-ups. By comparison: a year ago, only 39 percent of the startups had AI in use, 38 percent were planning to look into it. In the economy as a whole, just 6 percent of companies with 20 or more employees use AI technologies, while another 22 percent are looking into it. "Artificial intelligence is a key technology. The future competitiveness of the German economy will depend on its use," says Bitkom President Achim Berg. "Startups play a prominent role in the further development of AI technology and its practical use in completely new business models."