Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESEAn open initiative on the topic of “Artificial Intelligence in Municipalities”
With the KoKI project, Fraunhofer IESE is presenting an open initiative on the topic of artificial intelligence in municipalities.
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Reference Project: KoKI
Municipalities are also dependent on innovative technological possibilities such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve the quality of life, location, and work for people efficiently and sustainably. The question of the political, legal, and social regulatory framework for AI has become a central issue of our time. Gerald Swarat, head of our Fraunhofer IESE Contact Office in Berlin, has therefore founded the open initiative #KoKI, which deals with AI in municipalities, together with the Kommunale Gemeinschaftsstelle für Verwaltungsmanagement (KGSt) and the Innovators Club of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities (DStGB).
Following the initiative’s kick-off in Berlin on 19 December 2019, experts from society, business, science, as well as public administration and government will come together every now and then in a classic think-tank style until May 2020 to discuss challenges and opportunities of AI in municipal sector. The goal of KoKI is to develop strategies for the approx. 12,000 municipalities in Germany for using Artificial Intelligence in a meaningful way and for the benefit of the people, thus turning this technology into an opportunity for our country.