Konferenz zu Künstlicher Intelligenz in Paris der "AI Action Summit" / Blick in den Veranstaltungsort aus Vogelperspektive (Larger version opens in new window) Source: Judith Litvine/ MEAE

From 6 to 11 February, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community joined with international partners at the AI Action Week in Paris to develop joint standards for artificial intelligence (AI) in the interest of progress and the public good.

Under the leadership of France and India, the event brought together experts from government and business who are involved in developing the scientific basis, solutions and standards for artificial intelligence (AI) in the interest of progress and the public good. Heads of state and government met on 10 and 11 February 2025 at an AI Action Summit to discuss how to manage artificial intelligence. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz represented Germany at the summit.

Hackathon with German participation

More than 100 participants from France, Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom took part in the GenAI for Public Good Hackathon, one of many events during the AI Action Week. Employees of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI), the Federal Information Technology Centre (ITZBund) and the data lab of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) also participated. The most important aspect for Germany was the release and publication of data, requested, for example, under Germany’s Freedom of Information Act (Informationsfreiheitsgesetz, IFG).

Using different language models, the prototype “TrustRelease” is to check documents and data for certain criteria – for example whether they contain personal or other sensitive information. This will help employees decide whether certain information may or may not be released. The source code is already publicly available (Open Source). This means it can be developed further and used to facilitate the access to information and to optimise administrative procedures.

Heads of state and government consult with researchers and business representatives

During the final two days of the action week, heads of state and government discussed the potential and the risks of AI with leaders of international organisations and of large and small companies, as well as with researchers, non-governmental organisations, artists and other civil-society actors. The need for European solutions was identified as a priority. An alliance of more than 60 businesses is to invest 150 billion euros in European AI.

The Advisory Centre for Artificial Intelligence to introduce AI into public administration

AI in public administration can create added value. The Advisory Centre for Artificial Intelligence (BeKI), which is currently being set up, will act as a central point of contact for the public administration and enable it to use AI competently and in a safe, transparent and coordinated manner. The aim is to transform administrative processes sustainably. In addition, the BeKI will direct the interministerial coordination of AI topics. This includes coordinating interministerial guidelines and further developing the AI Opportunity Market (MaKI) as well as setting up an interministerial AI portal (KIPITZ) together with the Federal Information Technology Centre. Using various large open-source language models, KIPITZ will provide applications which can be used, for example, to create texts and summarise documents.