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🚀 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗞𝗜: 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗤𝗭 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻   🤖 The newly opened Innovation and Quality Center (IQZ) for AI at the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin makes AI tangible for society. The exhibition demonstrates how AI works, where it can be applied, and what makes it trustworthy. At the opening, Federal Digital Minister Dr. Volker Wissing emphasized that trust and an innovation-friendly mindset are crucial to keeping Germany competitive. As part of the MISSION KI initiative, the IQZ promotes knowledge transfer between research, industry, and society.   💡 CertifAI is proud to be part of the MISSION KI initiative by acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften, which is funded by the Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr with 32m €. Within the initiative, we are promoting the development of trustworthy AI with a quality standard. This framework also aligns with the EU AI Act’s principles for high-risk AI applications, fosters trust among users and provides a competitive edge for AI providers. 🔗 Press release: https://lnkd.in/eg-67BuK

📢 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗘-𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗔𝗜   🤝 We are proud to announce our partnership with GenAI E-Learning startup Elephant Company. Our partnership ensures reliability and EU AI Act compliance of Elephant Company’s AI applications are further enhanced based on CertifAI’s state-of-the-art testing approach.   💬 Co-Founder of Elephant Company, Maurice Zomorrodi says „The collaboration with CertifAI is a seal of quality for our product and supports us improving it. We can now provide L&D managers an even more trustworthy and reliable AI training and learning solution that they can implement to unlock the full team potential.”   💬 CertifAI CEO, Dr. Robert Kilian adds “External testings do not only support companies to overcome regulatory challenges they are facing, in particular in highly regulated environments. We believe a software- and evidence-based testing approach is essential to guarantee state of the art software quality assurance.”   🔗 Check out the full press release attached to this post.

📝 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗘𝗢, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻, 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗣𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 Robert had the pleasure to contribute to the IPAI magazine „IPAI Impact“, which was released in December 2024 and brings together manyfold perspectives of 20+ experts on trustworthy AI in just under 80 pages.   🤖 The Innovationspark Künstliche Intelligenz (IPAI) is building the biggest ecosystem for AI in Europe. It is a place where companies, applied research and science, future talents and public sector players come together to work on AI-based software products and solutions, to network, and exchange expertise. CertifAI is glad to be part of such a vibrant expert community.   💡 In his contribution, Robert highlights that quality testing can not only ensure regulatory compliance but also strengthen trust in AI systems. He argues that certification upon state-of-the-art testing by an independent testing entity is the best way to bolster the trust of companies and consumers in AI systems and comply with the respective testing obligation from the EU AI Act.   🔎 At CertifAI, we are championing a four-stage approach to reliable AI development and testing, consisting of a robust development process, targeted risk analysis, Operational Design Domain (ODD)-based edge case tests, and statistical proof of error rates. Upon a successful pass, we are issuing a certificate to attest the quality of the AI system. 🇬🇧 https://lnkd.in/gCVuy9ic 🇩🇪 https://lnkd.in/eGmh8z-J

Trustworthy AI for Agriculture: CLAAS Cooperates with CertifAI   To drive the development of trustworthy #AI in agriculture, #CLAAS has entered a strategic partnership with CertifAI, a leader in AI testing and compliance. This collaboration aims to address technical and regulatory challenges, ensuring our AI applications meet the highest standards. CertifAI's unique expertise, supported by PwC, DEKRA, and the City of Hamburg, makes them the ideal partner for aligning with regulatory requirements while fostering innovation.   Dr.-Ing. Torben Töniges, Head of AI / Analytics Products at CLAAS, highlights the significance of this partnership: "At CLAAS, we are committed to maintaining the highest development standards for our agricultural machinery. Partnering with CertifAI enhances our ability to uphold these standards in an AI-driven future." This cooperation not only ensures legal compliance but also strengthens customer confidence in the safety and quality of our AI products.   As AI's role in agriculture grows, CLAAS is paving the way for a digitalized #future, reaffirming our commitment to safe and innovative technologies that benefit customers worldwide.   #Agriculture #Innovation #SustainableFarming #DigitalTransformation #ArtificialIntelligence

*We advised leading manufacturer CLAAS on testing its product based AI systems Since bringing CertifAI operative 1.5 years ago, we‘ve had the opportunity to advise all types of exciting clients – from automotive suppliers to European defense companies to financial service providers, all seeking a deeper understanding of how to mitigate risks from AI system malfunction, ultimately protecting end users. However, here is a client project I am particularly proud of: We supported leading agricultural machinery manufacturer CLAAS in its AI development efforts. Thanks to Torben Töniges and the stellar team members involved. AI systems play a huge role in agricultural industry in particular by enabling data driven precision farming, optimizing equipment performance and predicting maintenance needs. Check out the full press release below. Jan Zawadzki Nico Schmidt Stephanie Jonkers Alicia Schildhauer Dominik Ebel Sebastián Torres Linke Weronika Kulesza Marija Majer Philipp Kürth Janis Kassing CertifAI

📢 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗔𝗦 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗔𝗜 🤝 We are proud to announce our partnership with global agricultural machinery manufacturer CLAAS. AI will play an increasingly important role in many areas of agriculture in the future. Our partnership ensures that CLAAS’s AI-driven applications adhere to highest testing standards, promoting our commitment to fostering innovation, quality, and trust in AI. 💬 Head of AI / Analytics Products at CLAAS, Dr.-Ing. Torben Töniges, says “We are committed ensuring that our machinery meets the highest development standards. Through our collaboration with CertifAI, we can reinforce this commitment. Quality has been the foundation of our brand promise for over 100 years, and testing as well as ensuring compliance of our AI applications is vital to maintaining this promise in an AI-driven future.” 💬 CertifAI CEO, Dr. Robert Kilian adds “We are proud to support CLAAS in its AI development efforts. AI testing and adherence to regulatory technical requirements are not just legal obligations, they also provide a competitive advantage by ensuring that customers can trust in the safety and quality of AI-based products”. 🔗 Check out the full press release attached to this post.

🇪🇺 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Last week, our CEO, Dr. Robert Kilian, was invited to the 10th European AI Forum, once again bringing together recognized experts to deliver a keynote on one of the core themes of AI compliance. In his speech, Robert was diving deeper into the role of harmonized technical standards as a basis for innovation-friendly AI regulation under the EU AI Act, focusing on: 📌 Harmonized standards will be the key to EU AI Act product safety and compliance, if done right, by translating the abstract legal text into more specific threshold-based requirements technical teams are able to implement. 📌 These standards provide for legal certainty of affected companies, easier market access to the European Single Market, and promoting international trade by globally aligning AI quality practices. 📌 However, we need to foster industry (esp., SME's) participation in the CEN and CENELEC standardization process. This will help making technical standards balanced and lead to broader acceptance. 📌 Additionally, we must make sure to speed up the standardization process to ensure delivery of the technical standards in time before application of the EU AI Act high-risk requirements. Otherwise, this will lead to huge legal uncertainty. Afterwards, Robert joined a panel on the status quo of EU AI Act implementation together with esteemed fellow panelists Franziska Weindauer and Matthias Koehler.  The key issues identified were upskilling in implementing, legal certainty in interpreting the EU AI Act and necessary standardized AI assessment procedures through technical testing. Thank you to the KI Bundesverband team for organizing such a stellar event and all fellow panelists and participants for the engaging and insightful exchange!

🧬 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱: 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 🌐 CertifAI is glad to be part of the "AI Meets MedTech" cross-cluster project, a joint-project between the Bavarian Medical Technology Cluster (supported by Bayern Innovativ GmbH and Medical Valley EMN e. V.) and the Bavarian AI agency BAIOSPHERE. 📄 Together, we published a policy paper addressing challenges and possible solutions for the medtech sector regarding the EU AI Act and a corresponding guideline for the product approval for medtech SMEs. The policy paper highlights the challenges arising from the complex regulatory environment of the EU AI Act, MDR and IVDR and their relationship for medtech companies: 📌 There is a lack of clarity regarding definitions of the products covered by the EU AI Act and their classification as well as the relationship and delimitations between the legal acts (esp., regarding responsibilities, monitoring, harmonisation of standards). 📌 There is uncertainty about the development stage at which the regulatory requirements of the EU AI Act start to be applicable to AI-supported medical devices, which hinders the transition of AI innovation from research to clinical application. 📌 There is a lack of infrastructure and experimental spaces (e.g., real laboratories) for processing patient data for the development and approval of AI-based medical devices. 🛠️ For CertifAI, Philipp Kürth contributed to the development of the policy paper with our regulatory expertise on the EU AI Act and its operationalization through technical standards. We are happy to offer expertise to the medtech sector and help make AI compliant and responsible through technical testing along AI quality frameworks such as the EU AI Act.

🎤 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗧𝗢, 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝗭𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗱𝘇𝗸𝗶, 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗔𝗜 𝗠𝗟𝗢𝗽𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 – 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗰𝘁 Our CTO, Jan Zawadzki, was happy to contribute a presentation on operationalizing the EU AI Act at appliedAI Initiative GmbH’s Ecosystem Meetup AI Act in Munich yesterday. 🔩 Jan argued for us to not focus too much on the literal interpretation of the EU AI Act, but rather on what the law actually wants to achieve – more trustworthy and reliable AI applications. He shared why AI-based applications should be considered “loose screws”, and what to do technically to make them more robust and reliable. 🔧 This can be achieved best by integrating technical testing into your MLOps workflow to already during product development ensure the quality of the AI component. This is exactly the objective of the software we are building to provide companies with a one-stop solution for compliant, safe and reliable AI development leading to high-quality products. 💬 Thanks to the whole appliedAI team around Regina Straub, Alexander Machado, and Dr. Philipp Hartmann for the opportunity to give a presentation and network with interested individuals afterwards!

🇸🇬🇩🇪 𝗔𝗜 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗔𝗜 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 Yesterday, our CEO, Dr. Robert Kilian had the pleasure to welcome Shameek Kundu (Executive Director at AI Verify Foundation) from Singapore in Berlin at the Merantix AI Campus. Thank you for your visit and the engaging discussion on promoting reliable and compliant AI. Especially, the exchange around the importance of international technical standardization efforts for digital regulation was insightful. Therefore, it is crucial that CEN and CENELEC fulfills the European Commission’s standardization request in support of the EU AI Act in time. The Singapore-based AI Verify Foundation was founded to harness the collective power and contributions of the global community to develop AI testing tools. It comprises around 60 members, such as IBM, Google, and Microsoft. CertifAI is always happy to connect to partners following the same mission of making AI safe, reliable and compliant.