MISSION KI is setting the pace
for ‘AI Made in Germany’
MISSION KI - National Initiative for Artificial Intelligence and Data Economy is a project of acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering, funded by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV ) in the amount of €32 million. The project aims to strengthen digital competitiveness and, as a lever project of the digital strategy, serves two of the fields of action: it supports the development of uniform standards and improves the availability and findability of data.
MISSION AI pursues three objectives: the project aims to expand the database for AI innovations and to network data spaces across sectors and national borders. MISSION KI aims to develop and test transparent AI quality and testing standards in accordance with German and European values. To this end, AI innovation and quality centres, contact points for founders, start-ups and SMEs as well as public experience spaces will be established. The initiative also aims to support the growth of AI innovations. To this end, instruments are being developed to strengthen the transfer and scaling of AI applications in economic value creation.
A cooperative approach is being pursued in all of this. On the one hand, this is done by networking and complementing the many good approaches and foundations in Germany and Europe. For example, there is close cooperation with the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the IPAI (AI Innovation Park) in Germany as well as the Data Spaces Support Center (DSSC
The initiative comprises three pillars:
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Pillar – 1Improving theLearn more about Pillar 1
data foundation
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Pillar – 2Strengthening theLearn more about Pillar 2
development of
Trustworthy AI -
Pillar – 3SupportingLearn more about Pillar 3
the growth of
AI innovations
„I would like to strengthen the development of artificial intelligence in Germany. For that we need the sensible regulation of AI in Europe: openness to innovation instead of technology bans, as well as standards that are internationally compatible.
In parallel, we need to create a better environment for digital innovation in our own country. We aim to contribute to this by supporting the development of high-quality AI products through the MISSION KI project. The slogan ‘AI made in Germany’ can offer a competitive advantage internationally if we make it easier for our domestic AI businesses to bring high-quality, secure, high-performance AI applications onto the market."
Dr. Volker Wissing
„MISSION KI aims to create the conditions and growth opportunities necessary for trustworthy and competitive AI ‘made in Germany’. The result must be usable, proportionate, and adaptable; it should promote an AI ecosystem of trust and excellence in Europe. Being a leader (in the area of regulation as well) means creating opportunities, taking risks, learning, and adapting rapidly.
t is therefore important to establish a fair balance between innovation and regulation. For this, we are bringing together leading players such as the AI Quality & Testing Hub, CertifAI, Fraunhofer IAIS, PwC Germany, the TÜV AI Lab, and the VDE. Together they offer a comprehensive palette of expertise: Welcome aboard MISSION KI!“
Manfred Rauhmeier
„Germany and the European Union must achieve strategic sovereignty by strengthening security, resilience and sustainability to equal extents. To do this, we need an economically successful and socially useful digital transformation.
Our continent has a strong research base, a diverse industrial sector and well-educated people with plenty of ideas. With the data spaces, we are creating an infrastructure for the fair exchange of data. We want to build on that. We want to foster trust and promote cooperation so that we can become faster in applying and scaling up new business models.“
Jan Wörner
