Berlin Briefing host Michaela Küfner unpacks the Pope’s call for responsible AI regulation and asks what Germany’s plans are to avoid a sell-out to big tech interests. She is joined by tech regulation expert Matthias Kettemann from the Leibniz Institute for Media Research and DW’s very own tech policy correspondent Maximiliane Koschyk. Big announcements by German Chancellor Merz on European tech "sovereignty" and plans for a platform tax are still just words, not yet active policy. This week’s Berlin Briefing explores how Germany and Europe are navigating tense ties with the US and hard realities about who gets to influence the AI race. Matthias, Maximiliane and Michaela unpack together, why the Pope’s intervention may be coming at just the right time to impact EU policy.
00:00 Intro
01:14 The Pope and AI
02:08 Why regulation works
03:53 US interference
05:27 Merz’s mixed messages
07:44 Platform tax?
10:23 German struggle
12:15 European divisions
14:10 Consumers need to know
16:09 Death of regional media
18:00 AI and defense
19:35 Have it all?
20:53 Democratic debates
21:50 AI newsrooms
22:37 Investing in chips
24:11 Germany focus
26:16 Pope’s AI manifesto
27:50 Christian party
29:57 Palantir questions
30:42 Altman in the chancellory
32:03 AI battle underway
34:26 Farewell
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