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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.

🎤 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗘𝗢, 𝗗𝗿. Robert Kilian, 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗸𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗞𝗜-𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗞𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗔 🇩🇪 *Note that this post is in German because the event will be held in German only.*   Am Dienstag, den 19. November 2024, von 9:30 bis 18:00 Uhr findet die DigiKon 2024, ausgerichtet von der Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA), unter dem Motto “Daten nutzen – KI fördern” in Bonn statt.    Robert wird im Panel, moderiert von Dr. Daniela Brönstrup (Vizepräsidentin BNetzA), mit Evelyn Graß (Referatsleiterin KI Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz), Iris Plöger (Geschäftsführung BDI - Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.) und Susanne Dehmel ( Geschäftsführung Bitkom) diskutieren, wie innovationsfreundliche KI-Regulierung gelingen kann und welche wichtige Rolle Testing dabei spielt.   Ein zweites Panel, moderiert von Andrea Sanders-Winter (Leiterin Abteilung Digitales BNetzA), diskutiert die Förderung von KI in KMU. In Breakout Sessions wird behandelt: 1) Daten für KI – Innovationspotenziale von Data Act und Data Governance Act, 2) State of Play – Normen für vertrauenswürdige KI, 3) KI-Innovationsförderung: Reallabore.   𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗞𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝘂𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗻 – 𝗞𝗜 𝗳ö𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 📍 BNetzA, Tulpenfeld 7, 53113 Bonn 📅 19.11.2024, 9:30 bis 18:00 Uhr 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eUaBE9XQ

🎤 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗘𝗢, 𝗗𝗿. Robert Kilian, 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰   🤖 Under the theme “New Utopias,” Ada Lovelace Festival 2024, taking place on November 6 and 7, emphasizes the transformative impact of AI. As AI technologies rapidly advance, the need for robust frameworks and practically implementable measures to ensure their trustworthiness and quality is more urgent than ever. Thank you for having us and organizing such a stellar event!   💬 Yesterday, Robert was taking the stage joining a panel discussion on 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. On the panel moderated by Paula Cipierre (Director of Data Ethics and Innovation @ ada), Robert had a lively exchange with esteemed co-panelists Kai Zenner (Head of Office and Digital Policy Advisor to MEP Axel Voss) and Rebekka Weiß, LL.M. (Head of Regulatory Policy, Senior Manager Government Affairs @ Microsoft Germany). The discussion explored the challenges and opportunities that arise from implementing the EU AI Act, the role of testing and certification in validating AI technologies and how these measures are striking a balance between fostering innovation and ensuring trustworthiness.   💡 The panelists agreed that while the 𝗘𝗨 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀, it also creates challenges when navigating 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘆 and presupposes an 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 between regulators, companies and civil society. This is especially true for the development of technical standards expected by late 2025/early 2026, which will specify the provisions of the EU AI Act.

🤖 CertifAI sponsoring the 3rd digital regulation conference at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin   Last week, the third Humboldt University of Berlin Symposium on digital business models in highly regulated industries brought together industry leaders, scholars and interested students. CertifAI was proud to sponsor this event, which also focused on the impact of the EU AI Act, AI business models and AI testing and certification.   ⚖️ The panel on 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 was moderated by our CEO, Dr. Robert Kilian. On the panel, Paula Cipierre (Director Data Ethics & Innovation ada), Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dierker (General Manager CELA Microsoft Deutschland), Dr. Jens Schefzig (Partner Osborne Clarke) and Prof. Dr. Herbert Zech (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Director Weizenbaum-Institut) exchanged thoughts on excessive EU digital regulation and the opportunity to set a European AI standard.    📊 One core theme of the European AI standard with the EU AI Act is the 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀, such as fairness, accuracy, robustness, etc. For AI providers, it is recommended to bring in external expertise to receive a thorough assessment of their product from an independent perspective. At CertifAI, we are providing a risk-based testing service to ensure the trustworthiness and compliance of AI applications.