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New Research Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence


 

The US company Facebook is supporting the efforts of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to investigate the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence with 6.5 million euros. Facebook’s support for the new TUM Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence was confirmed to Vice President Prof. Thomas Hofmann and Project Coordinator Prof. Christoph Lütge (Chair of Business Ethics) at the "Digital-Life Design" conference in Munich by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.

TUM´s commitment to the culture of value-based technologies led to the establishment of the Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS) as part of Germany´s Excellence Initiative 2012. The financial gift from Facebook to support the new Institute contributes to accelerating the implementation of the strategy. "Innovation cycles relevant to society are not possible without an ethical, legal and political overview," says Vice-President Prof. Thomas Hofmann. Due to the long-term importance of the topic, TUM founded the new research institute under the direction of Prof. Lütge within the MCTS.

Prof. Christoph Lütge, holder of the Peter Löscher Endowed Chair of Business Ethics at TUM, defines the overall goals: "We want to supply guidelines for the identification and answer of ethical questions of Artificial Intelligence for society, industry and legislators". Lütge was recently appointed to the Ethics Commission of the Federal Government on Autonomous Driving and to the European Expert Commission "AI4 People". For more information, please click here.