A Berlin startup, 2023. The team spent three months training their own classification model—curating datasets, evaluating architectures, monitoring training runs. The result: 74 percent accuracy, expensive, fragile. Then someone decided to try using GPT-4 and three targeted few-shot examples. Accuracy: 89 percent. Development time: two days. This story is currently repeating itself millions of times…
By the end of the year, each Member State must make available to its citizens at least one digital identity wallet recognized throughout the EU. Subscribe to Must-Read News The European Digital Identity Wallet has been a long time coming. In June 2021, the European Commission presented the EU Digital ID Wallet (EUDI) as an…
Imagine using a tool every day that you consider fundamentally unreliable. It sounds absurd—but it’s the reality for hundreds of millions of people worldwide who work with AI systems on a daily basis. Usage figures are skyrocketing, while trust levels remain stagnant at a low point. This paradox is not a temporary phenomenon, a measurement…
In recent months, medtech startups have been securing funding rounds at a rapid pace. This phenomenon illustrates both the sector’s dynamism and its lack of maturity. Subscribe to Must-Read News It’s almost becoming a habit. In recent months, medtech has consistently emerged as the most active sector within French tech when it comes to fundraising….
What Happened This week, a figure was released that should give us pause: 51 percent of Americans use AI for research. Only 21 percent trust AI-generated information. The Quinnipiac survey from April 2026 thus confirms what various studies have been suggesting for months: We have collectively adopted a tool that the majority of us distrust—and…
A lack of connection to the executive committee or an ill-defined reporting structure are among the warning signs that should prompt a CISO to avoid a position. Subscribe to Must-Read News Applying for a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) position means accepting a major challenge: fulfilling your duties under constant pressure, which can include overwhelming…
Somewhere in the server rooms behind OpenAI’s firewall, an experiment has been running since September 2025 that is fundamentally changing software development. No human developer has written a single line of code there. No human reviewer has checked a single commit before it landed on the main branch. Instead: one million lines of code, 1,500…
Recruitment often fails due to a lack of time to properly evaluate candidates. AI enables large-scale analysis and improves decision-making, thereby strengthening the recruiter’s role. Subscribe to Must-Read News One recruitment in two ends in failure within the first 18 months. This figure, established by American researcher Marc Murphy after tracking more than 20,000 new…
The AI landscape has undergone a fundamental transformation over the past two years. Open-source AI models, which once lagged significantly behind proprietary systems like GPT or Claude in terms of performance, have closed the gap to such an extent that the question is no longer: “Can I even use open source?” — but rather: “When…
AI improves and automates media relations, but it also standardizes messaging. The difference lies in trust, networking, and human connections, which have become essential in the face of constant solicitations. Subscribe to Must-Read News Artificial intelligence is making its mark across all sectors of the economy, but the more tools improve, the more the value…