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Five centers at universities and the DFKI form the network of German Competence Centers for Research on Artificial Intelligence. They represent the central core of the German AI research ecosystem, helping to ensure that this research remains visible on an international scale.

At the high-tech and start-up trade fair Viva Technology in Paris (June 11 – 14, 2025), the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the French computer science institute Inria will present their cooperation for a European AI, perspectives for the transfer of AI technologies to the economy and a groundbreaking joint research project in the field of brain-computer interfaces at the French-German Tech Lab (Hall 1, Stand D11).

Saarland University is establishing a new Center for Quantum Technologies (QuTe) with over €53 million in funding from the Saarland state’s Transformation Fund. Supplemented by additional infrastructure investments and expected federal contributions, this represents one of the most significant research initiatives in the region’s history.

First Fully AI-Dubbed Film Launched in U.S. Theaters Dubbed films often suffer from mismatched lip movements and audio, which can disrupt the viewing experience. An internationally operating UK-based startup has now developed a solution to this problem—inspired by research from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany: using artificial intelligence, the system retroactively adjusts the actors’ lip movements in movies to match new target languages. The first [...]

The Saarland Ministry for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy, in collaboration with the Saarland Informatics Campus (SIC), has awarded the 2024 Journalism Award for Computer Science. The German Informatics Society serves as an institutional partner.
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