“Enlightenment is the process by which humans leave behind their self-imposed immaturity.” In 1784, Immanuel Kant formulated this famous sentence, defining the core idea of the European Enlightenment. Today, more than two centuries later, Europe finds itself in a paradoxical situation: politically and economically, the continent plays a leading role, but in the digital sphere, […]
AI-supported Warehouse and Route Optimization with Clustering and Value Stream Analysis
Intralogistics increasingly faces challenges such as rising customer demands, shorter delivery times, and labor shortages. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Lean methodologies offer significant potential for making processes more efficient and sustainable. This article explains how clustering algorithms (K-Means, DBSCAN) combined with value stream analysis can effectively optimize warehouse layouts and internal routing. Basics of […]
Why AI Implementation Requires Expertise: A Personal Journey
In spring 2025, I successfully completed the Hugging Face Agents course and received the corresponding certificate. I developed an AI agent based on open-source technologies that ensures GDPR compliance and can be deployed as an on-premises solution. The agent uses Mistral-Large as its primary model and is equipped with EU AI Act-compliant open-source tools. An […]
The New Sputnik Moment: How China is Revolutionizing the AI World with Manus
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully placed the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. This milestone marked a turning point in technological development and triggered an unprecedented race for supremacy in space travel. Today, almost 70 years later, we are experiencing a new “Sputnik moment” in AI development – and once again, the wake-up […]
Hannibal ante Portas – The EU AI Act in Conflict with US Tech Giants
The phrase “Hannibal ante Portas” – “Hannibal is at the gates” – once shook ancient Rome and became a symbol of imminent existential danger. The Carthaginian general Hannibal achieved the seemingly impossible: he crossed the Alps with his war elephants and threatened Rome right at its gates. Today, more than 2000 years later, Europe is […]
Make-or-Buy? A Step-by-Step Model for AI Skills in Companies
The new EU AI Act presents companies with a key challenge, as Article 4 obliges them to ensure that employees have sufficient AI skills. Many companies are confronted with fundamental questions: Which AI skills are really necessary? How can the complex AI ecosystem be structured? Above all, which skills should be developed internally, and where […]
AI and Statistics: A Critical Look at The BBC Study
The supposed Churchill quote “Don’t trust statistics that you haven’t falsified yourself” is an example of the manipulation of information. Although it is often attributed to the British Prime Minister, historical research points to a propagandistic origin in the Third Reich. Joseph Goebbels’ strategy to portray Churchill as a liar included the instruction that “one […]
AI in The Company: Container-based Language Models as a Secure Alternative to The Cloud
The next generation of business laptops is already being delivered with special AI accelerators. But you can already use your existing hardware for powerful AI applications today – without monthly cloud costs. The revolution in local AI usage The landscape of AI language models is evolving rapidly. While cloud services like ChatGPT and Claude […]
AI Agents 2025: Revolution in Corporate Automation
Today, an Airport Agent that automatically generates boarding announcements in multiple languages, a Financial Advisor Agent that carries out market analyses in real-time, and a Medical Assistant that processes patient inquiries in multiple languages are already a reality. Dr. Maryam Miradi’s AI Agents Mastery course provides the knowledge required to apply these technologies professionally today. […]
AI Race 2025: Global Interdependencies and Strategic Dependencies
In reporting on artificial intelligence, headlines are often dominated by American and Chinese companies. While OpenAI and other US companies together are investing around 1 trillion dollars in AI, DeepSeek has developed a competitive AI model with only 6 million dollars in development costs and 2,000 NVIDIA chips (instead of the usual 16,000). This increase […]









