National Research Center for cutting-edge AI research in Tübingen celebrates inception

On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, the Tübingen AI Center held a symposium to celebrate its permanent establishment as a national AI center. Since July 1, 2022, it has received 20 million euros a year in funding from the federal government and the state. Around 250 guests from the fields of science, industry and politics took part in a varied program which included speeches from politicians, researchers and AI start-ups as well as initiatives introducing children and young people to Artificial Intelligence.

The President of the University of Tübingen, Professor Karla Pollmann, opened the program alongside the directors of the Tübingen AI Center, Professor Matthias Bethge and Professor Bernhard Schölkopf. ...