Only 10% of respondents to the eco Industry Pulse – a recent survey of IT decision-makers* conducted by the market and opinion research institute Civey on behalf of eco – Association of the Internet Industry – believe that Germany is well prepared for upcoming AI developments. Germany also receives poor marks as a digital location: 72% of IT decision-makers in Germany rate the state of digital transformation as poor to very poor. One third even give it a grade of 6.

Open-source AI models, without training with customer data, hosted on European servers and individually tailored to the needs of SMEs. These are ways to use AI in companies in a manner that complies with data protection regulations and is legally compliant.Andreas Bachmann, CEO and co-founder of eco member Adacor, shares...