Shared vision for the site

According to media reports, plans include better pay for AI specialists and legal changes to facilitate access to large amounts of data (big data).

The German government's plan is an important step towards ensuring that Germany retains its economic supremacy as an industrial nation in the future. Artificial intelligence will be the decisive driver of growth and productivity worldwide in the future.

However, new technologies only become dynamic and contribute to a company's profitability if they are developed under conditions that take account of the new digital age.

It remains to be seen what the government's key issues paper, which is to be presented in the fall, actually contains. As representatives of SAP users in Germany, we have a good basis in SAP's innovation products.

Nevertheless, it is essential that small and medium-sized enterprises in particular receive more support from the state when using new technologies such as artificial intelligence.

In general, industry representatives believe that a dialog between all stakeholders from politics, business and civil society is desirable in order to develop a common vision for Germany as an AI location.