He wrote a book on AI in the courtroom 8 years ago. It is still relevant today what is a rare event in today’s fast pacing of technology advancement. Jordi Nieva-Fenoll is professor of procedural law at the University of Barcelona. In this episode of Today & Tomorrow we talk with him about risk and opportunity of using AI in legal procedures, what legislators should be aware of either when using AI or regulating the use of it. Either has tremendous impact on our democracies.

“Made in Germany” or “Habibi, come to Dubai” are known brandings of a nation. However, Nation Branding is often mistaken for marketing, but in reality it goes much deeper, says Haya Mvita, who leads this field at the Diplomatic World Institute in Brussels. It is about building long-term trust, not only in a country’s external relations, but also within the nation itself. Especially in times of global transformation, further accelerated by technological progress, nation branding is becoming increasingly important. In conversation with Dieter Brockmeyer and Alexander Pinker, she explores the full spectrum of what this concept entails, including the role of AI and innovation as new soft- or smart power. She proposes the term Structural Power as new category instead. Potentially transformative and not without risk for International Relations are big tech-companies developing a kind of competitive sovereignty of their own.

Ferdi Alici and his Ouchhh studio connect AI with art and create stunning installations reaching millions of people worldwide. His approach at the nexus of arts, technology and science is that project comes first and this determines what AI tolls are needed. This approach can serve as a blueprint on how to use AI without losing control and keep mankind on the creative driver’s seat. However, the Ouchhh process is complex since they do not use common tools like ChatGPT. They create their individual project tool boxes and compile specific data. Alici, considered an AI world star is very optimistic about our future and shows a path for the sustainable use of AI for the planet’s bright future