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There is a fundamental problem with how we build AI systems. AI needs to change direction.

Israel's Coordinator for the Captives and the Missing, Gal Hirsch, talks about the most difficult challenge of his life: Freeing the hostages in Gaza.

Educator Wolfgang Beckmann has been working with delinquent children for almost 40 years. In this interview, he explains why education is crucial in preventing children and young people from committing crimes.

Probably the most modern factory in the world is located in the German countryside. By building it Rittal International has started a revolution.

Despite newly introduced exemptions for e-fuels, Ola Källenius no longer wants to stick to the combustion engine. The Mercedes boss considers the electric drive to be technically superior. An interview.

German economists are among the best in their profession. However, many turned their backs on their home country long ago.

ChatGPT does not yet understand Akkadian. But artificial intelligence is already beginning to help in the exploration of cuneiform texts.

Turkey had tightened its building laws after the 1999 disaster. But were these standards actually observed?

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Three siblings support their elderly parents' wish to end their lives jointly. Almost a year later, they take stock: Was it the right thing to do? The case discloses the dilemma in which the Germans are caught trying to come to terms with assisted suicide.

Jakob Falkner has built up a winter empire in Tyrol. Now climate change and high energy prices are calling his business model into question. What's next for him?

Russia's schoolchildren are to be taught "right thinking" about the war against Ukraine. The unwilling are threatened with a visit from the youth welfare office. But some secondary schools preserve safe spaces for critical thinking.

In the 1970s, nine Nigerian students founded a fraternity to fight racism and oppression. Today, its name is associated with criminal activities all over the world. What happened?

Lurking behind all the excitement about AI, there is a problem. Despite being trained on immense amounts of data and often showing uncanny abilities, current AI systems make bizarre, lamebrained mistakes.

The new Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala talks about her will to reform, the role of the WTO in the Corona crisis – and things that scare her.

Brexit marks the chance for a new beginning. The chairmen of the Foreign Affairs Comittes of the Bundestag and the House of Commons make the case for a German-British Friendship Treaty. A guest column.

Is Youtube a gateway drug for conspiracy theories? Youtube-Manager Neal Mohan talks about Trumps dangerous Covid-19-tips, the fight against fakenews and Youtube’s new factchecking-tool.

As never before, the manifest value of the information processing and sharing Internet must be preserved to respond to the global challenges we collectively face.

The annihilation of the Jews in Auschwitz was perpetrated by Germans and Austrians. But it also happened because Europe und the United States did not care. What does this mean for the fight against Anti-Semitism today?

The biggest disadvantage for European tech companies compared to their Chinese and American competitors is the absence of a large-scale domestic market. A guest contribution.

These are early days in quantum technologies. It is clear, that this field will have a significant impact on a wide range of economic sectors.

The killing of General Soleimani once again raises the question of the division of powers between the President and Congress when engaging in and initiating military conflict with other nations.

According to calculations, 70 percent of the world's population will live in cities in 2050. Will cities be able to solve international political problems? A guest article.

A new study revealed substantial evidence that anti-Semitism is on the rise in Germany again. What is fuelling this dangerous trend?

Apple's CEO allows a glimpse into his Munich design lab. Tim Cook swears by his German engineers, his upcoming streaming offer Apple TV+ and has certain starting difficulties with only one more thing in Germany.

While my country is about to build new walls, Germany looks back on the fall of the Berlin Wall thirty years ago. But some things remain unsaid.