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      “Europe must invest in AI – now”

      Humboldt Professor Holger Hoos is one of the signatories to an open letter from the Future of Life Institute in which AI experts call for a six-month moratorium on the development of artificial intelligence. In this interview he explains his motivation and his hopes for the future of AI research in Europe.

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    • Magazine Humboldt Kosmos

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      Who actually does what at Humboldt headquarters? Who are the people behind the scenes making sure that everything runs smoothly? This page is devoted to the colleagues at the Humboldt Foundation, their lives at work and beyond. TODAY: DANIELA NIES.

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    • Magazine Humboldt Kosmos

      How precisely can supercomputers forecast heavy rainfall, Mr Stevens?

      Using computer simulations, researchers can both predict the climate in the coming decades as well as produce short-term weather forecasts for specific regions. But so far, they are not as precise as they might be. In order to calculate the complex processes in the atmosphere and identify local extreme weather events such as heavy rain at an early stage, enormous computing capacity is required. New supercomputers could provide it. The atmospheric physicist Bjorn Stevens is working on it.

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      How precisely can supercomputers forecast heavy rainfall, Mr Stevens?
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      How can you treat dangerous co-infections, Mr Elmowafy?

      It is one of the complications of operations like organ or stem cell transplantations that everyone dreads: a simultaneous infection by various pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi, known as a “co-infection”. A patient’s weakened immune system is often unable to fight back.

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      How can you treat dangerous co-infections, Mr Elmowafy?
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      How are you improving genetic scissors, Ms Madariaga Marcos?

      You’re banned! With the help of CRISPR/Cas systems, bacteria protect their genome from mutations or destruction caused by pathogens. Biotechnology has adopted the mechanism of the bacterial defence system – also known as genetic scissors – using it to specifically modify the genome by deleting or inserting certain DNA sequences.

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      How are you improving genetic scissors, Ms Madariaga Marcos?
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      2023 Konrad Adenauer Research Award for Queer History expert

      Jennifer Evans, an acknowledged expert in the area of European Queer History, has been chosen to receive this year’s research award for strengthening scientific and cultural relations between Canada and Germany.

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    • Vincent C. Müller

      Both as one of the pioneers of the young discipline of the philosophy and ethics of artificial intelligence and an intermediary between topics in the humanities and technology, Vincent C. Müller is invited to help develop a guiding vision for “humane AI” in Germany.

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      Vincent C. Müller
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      “The 2023 elections will be the most important in Turkish history.”

      The year 2023 − the centenary of the founding of the Turkish Republic – has been dominated by the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections. We’ve asked two researchers from Turkey about these elections’ long-term meaning for Turkish society.

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