Press reports about the Robotics Law Research Centre

The Bavarian AI Network reports on the call for a pause in the development of artificial intelligence and also quotes Professor Dr Dr Eric Hilgendorf.

Taking note of criminal offences in the research process is a research ethics dilemma and harbours uncertainties for researchers. A new handout by the Council for Social and Economic Data (RatSWD) now provides guidance.

Eric Hilgendorf, together with Alexander Pretschner, Ute Schmid and Hannah Schmid-Petri, wrote a guest article for the FAZ on the language AI ChatGPT, which is currently being talked about by everyone.

Wolfgang Janisch reports in the SZ on the Lawyers' Conference 2022 "Artificial Intelligence - Challenges and Opportunities" and mentions contributions by Eric Hilgendorf and Susanne Beck.

Benjamin Stahl reports in the Mainpost with reference to projects of the research centre on the use of artificial intelligence in the justice system.

Juliane Glahn from Zeitgeister, part of the Goethe-Institut, interviewed Max Tauschhuber about autonomous driving.

The Tagesschau reports on the decision of the Osnabrück Regional Court on the criminal liability of presenting a forged vaccination card in a pharmacy and the comments of criminal lawyers on the judgement.

The Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung reports on the European Commission's draft AI regulation and its impact on the logistics industry.

Newspaper article and press release of the Bamberg Higher Regional Court about the symposium on 08 October 2021.

The press office of the Bamberg Higher Regional Court reports on the upcoming joint symposium, at which the results of the project work will be presented, which were developed in the two appointed working groups on the topics of "Technology and its Acceptance" and "Law and Ethics". This will be followed by stimulating lectures.

The Handelsblatt reports on the new law on autonomous driving, which is aimed at mobility service providers.

Die Welt published an opinion piece by Prof. Dr. Dr. Eric Hilgendorf together with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Julian Nida-Rümelin, former Minister of State, on data protection and the Corona-Warn-App.

The press office of the Bamberg Higher Regional Court reports on the joint project, in which the fields of computer science and psychology are participating in addition to the field of law.

Die Welt published an opinion piece by Prof. Dr. Dr. Eric Hilgendorf, together with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Julian Nida-Rümelin, on the "absolutisation" of a single fundamental right, resulting in the shutdown of entire regions.

In 2020, our research assistant Dr. Vogel was cited by Kathrin Burger for the Taz on the data-based market power of companies.

The Bauernblatt reported on the 40th annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Informatik in der Land-, Forst- und Ernährungswissenschaft (GIL) at which our associate Paul Vogel spoke on the issues of data sovereignty and data ownership.

Self-learning systems can streamline production processes, shorten waiting periodes and eradicate mistakes. Ideally. When ERP-solutions and machine software intertwine e.g. the process of ordering is automated, this can lead to not wished results. But who is liable and for what?

On December 26, 2019 Prof. Hilgendorf attended a conference in the Taiwanese capital Taipei and gave a presentation on the topic "New European legal framework for artificial intelligence". The invitation was based on the intensive cooperation between the Robot Law Research Center and the local Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Law under the direction of Prof. Liching Chang.

Robots are being used more and more in Germany's workplaces; some robots even work in close quarters with employees, i.e. without physical barriers to separate them. But what happens in case of an accident? Can a robot be "responsible" for an accident? Or must the employee bear full responsibility? Nicolas Woltmann from the Robotrecht Forschungsstelle at the University of Würzburg, provides answers to these and other questions about the current state of human-robot cooperation.

Industry of Things reports on the "robot rights activist Eric Hilgendorf".

"Whether on the factory floor or in the operating room, robots with artificial intelligence are increasingly being used in the working world. Who bears the responsibility if they make mistakes?" An interview by Spiegel Online with Christian Haagen.

"In the future, artificial intelligence will be as commonplace as electricity and telephones - whether it's an automated car, a robot surgeon or a thinking factory machine. But what if autonomous machines make fatal mistakes?" A Deutsche Welle contribution with excerpts from an interview with Nicolas Woltmann and Susanne Beck.

The Süddeutsche reports on an interview with Eric Hilgendorf on causing an accident by a vehicle in autopilot mode.

Will robots in the future be liable to pay civil compensation or even incur criminal liability? And how can their increasing autonomy be reconciled with occupational health and safety concerns? Nicolas Woltmann, an employee of the Forschungsstelle, asked himself these and several other questions in the May 2018 issue of the magazine Sicherheitsingenieur.

Nicolas Woltmann, a member of the Forschungsstelle, gave an interview to the magazine Maschinenmarkt on legal issues raised in connection with the new European General Data Protection Regulation. The interview not only dealt with the latest Facebook data leak, but also with data protectionism and secure cloud computing.

How do we bring the issue of "ethics and AI" to civil society? This was the central question of the panel discussion of the HumanlThesia Congress on 28 October 2017 at the Global Ethics Institute in Tübingen.

The NZZ Format – the power of machines

Ju-RAMI legal reference framework goes online.

Robots on the advance.

What rights and duties do robots have?

Industry 4.0 – legally quite complex

Data collection mania: On the way to knowing everything about car drivers

Which decisions do we want to leave to machines to make? 22nd DVR (German Road Safety Council) Forum "Safety and Mobility":

Automated Driving and Ethics

Report on the 4th conference on technology law

Radio interview on 16.5.2016 with Prof. Hilgendorf on legal questions related to automated driving

Who is liable when artificial intelligence fails?

Die Welt - Special Edition "Networked Worlds": Crash by Remote Control

Whom should the automated car rather run over?

"When the robot goes crazy" - A prize from the initiative "Excellent Places in the Land of Ideas" goes to the university this year

Recording of an interview on the topic "vehicle automation"

VGT (German traffic law conference) 2015: Focus on technologies

Autonomics for Industry 4.0 & the Law

The end of exceeding speed limits

Computers in court – the technology is way ahead of the law

Beyond the human: mind and machine merge

Possible solutions for the liability problem

Who is liable if no one is driving the car anymore?

Legal questions regarding service robots: Who is liable?

Criminal law for automobiles

Are computers better drivers?

Who is liable for automated vehicles?

Liability for automated cars is still unsolved - Allrad-News

Liability for automated cars is still unsolved - Auto.de

Vehicle technology: Who is liable for automated cars?