No. 111/2020

33 HUMBOLDT KOSMOS 111/2020 FOCUS ON GERMANY The Berlin region is an AI hotspot. According to a study conducted by the Technologiestiftung Berlin, some 60 professors currently conduct research on various aspects of artificial intelligence at universities and non-university research institutions. One of the region’s academic highlights is the “Science of Intelligence” cluster of excellence. “We come from different disciplines and want to understand what intel- ligence is,” says Oliver Brock , professor of robotics at TU Berlin and spokesman for the cluster. The special thing about it is that the insights gained are immediately implemented, for example in extremely versatile robotic hands based on the human model. “Robots are embodied intel- ligence and thus a core element of AI,” says Brock. Now, many national and international AI companies have also established themselves in the region, including mar- ket giants like Google. And fifty percent of German AI start-ups have settled here, according to the Platform #AI–Berlin. BERLIN HOTSPOT OF AI RESEARCH “Fifty percent of German AI start- ups are based in Berlin.” SELECTED AI-HOTSPOTS IN GERMANY: AN OVERVIEW BERLIN