Thomas Gebhardt is an innovation consultant with a focus on digital transformation at the Stuttgart Region Chamber of Skilled Crafts. It supports craft enterprises and skilled tradespeople in transferring innovations from research and teaching into the skilled crafts – including the research project Service-Meister. In an interview he talks about how artificial intelligence (AI) could soon support craft enterprises.

Whether autonomous vehicles or smart chatbots – cyber attackers can trick artificially intelligent software models. “Hackers can manipulate neural networks and lead them astray,” says Nurullah Demir, an expert in cybersecurity and AI. How algorithms can be sabotaged and protected.

Service-Meister relies on open platforms and an AI-based ecosystem. Now a workshop for the development of the first data products has begun. we will be accompanying the experts as they exchange views in a two-part series. Part 1: Why platforms need success stories.

Companies often lack an overview of their data landscape. The main remedy is a clear data strategy, says Jörg Bienert, chairman of the KI Bundesverband e.V. and partner at the data science consultancy Alexander Thamm. We asked him how to create added value with data, and what role data plays in the Service-Meister project..