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When Fettes Brot decided in the mid-90s that they were no longer just “Nordic by nature” and a little later musically summed up the German reluctance to make decisions with “Jein”, two young men from southern Germany had much more concrete plans. There was no “yes, uh, no” and no “maybe” either. The project was

Trust is bad, control impossible? The big AI summit in Paris is in full swing – an event that brings together the brightest minds from science, politics and business to talk about the big issue of our time: How do we tame the AI that we ourselves have unleashed? It’s a bit like holding a

*if it represents an unacceptable risk Bots & money Artificial intelligence is once again a big topic in the media these days. You read about it everywhere and there is more bad news everywhere. But this time it’s not about the end of human creativity or the supposed dangers posed by the various entities, but

Every now and then, something appears on this blog that doesn’t have much to do with digitalization or IT. Today, for example. Robinson Crusoe vs. your password February 1 is Change Your Password Day. Or Robinson Crusoe Day. Which one do we want to celebrate? A brief reflection full of cynicism and irony – just

When renunciation brings profit Sometimes it only takes a small impulse to make a big difference – be it in everyday life or through joint commitment. This is exactly what we achieved with our fundraising campaign for the Förderverein zur Unterstützung der Onkologischen Abteilung der Kinderklinik Karlsruhe e.V. (FUOKK). At the beginning of the year,

How is AI revolutionizing the open access market? PANTER turns data chaos into clarity: an innovative tool for transparent decisions and free access to knowledge.

Perhaps no one is interested in how we at virtual7 are shaping the world for the better, even beyond national borders. I’ll tell you anyway. And I’ll start with a truism: healthy eating is the key to a long life! Grapefruit of Death Well, at least one of the many things you need to become

The end of the year is just around the corner, and we are not only hopefully throwing a few snowballs in our minds and taking a look at projects and successes, but also at what really defines us: our values. One of these, “Live the Spirit“, could easily be dismissed as a buzzword. But especially

The uncomfortable truth about change Imagine this: You enter your office in a German government agency, equipped with your favorite coffee, ready to face the challenges of the day. The smell of coffee lifts your spirits and you know that today is going to be a good day. No sooner have you opened your laptop

Our current corporate value is “Shape Ahead” and describes above all how everything around us is constantly changing and we are adapting accordingly and shaping the future with foresight. What better story to tell than the story of the internet in its infancy and how a handful of people invented the future with bits and

Let’s start with a brief excursion into the history of science, because we shouldn’t claim that we can’t learn anything useful here: are you familiar with Thomas Henry Huxley, the British biologist who is particularly famous for coining the term “agnosticism”? According to him, an agnostic is someone “who denies the complete knowability of objective

In this year’s Year of Values, we are currently still in the warm and safe hands of “Inspire Growth” and I have already described how important sustainable growth is for a company these days. But the value has so much more to offer – for example, we are also focusing on the personal development of