#7: Germany aims for sovereign AI

Freeing yourself from US software ain't that simple

Nov 22, 2025

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© BMDS / Woithe. EU-Vizepräsidentin Henna Virkkunen begrüßt Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz und den französischen Präsidenten Emmanuel Macron. Im Hintergrund sind Bundesdigitalminister Karsten Wildberger und sein französischer Amtskollege Roland Lescure zu sehen.

Germany hosted the European Digital Sovereignty Summit on Wednesday. A thousand people from tech, politics and business put their heads together to figure out how to make the EU less independent on US and Chinese technology.

So, what is digital sovereignty?

Joanna Bryson, Professor of Ethics and Technology at the Hertie School in Berlin, says: “What dig…

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#7: Germany aims for sovereign AI

Freeing yourself from US software ain't that simple

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Maurice Frank.