The First Grand Challenge took place in July 2023!
On 18-19 July 2023, the First University of St. Gallen Grand Challenge: The EU A.I. Act 2023 took place at Square. Eleven teams of experts assessed eight A.I. applications in the light of the upcoming A.I. Act of the European Union. The A.I. applications were provided by Ascento, Deltia AI, Deutsche Telekom, Gopf, Gravis Robotics, Ovom Care, Mercedes-Benz, and Swiss-Mile. Two teams won the competition and shared the prize of 100'000 CHF. Now we are considering what to do next…
«This was not like any other event
I've been part of.»
Erika George (Univ. of Utah), Team AIPI
Media coverage…
SRF Tagesschau, Swiss national prime time news, 19 July 2023
NZZ, 21 July 2023
Blick, 22 July 2023 (paywall)
Der Standard, Austria, Philippe Narval, 24 July 2023
University of St. Gallen, 20 July 2023
Armasuisse S+T, 26 July 2023
Emmie Hine, Ethical Reckoner, 28 July 2023
Univ. Luxembourg, 17 August 2023
Jesse Dinneen et al., Montreal AI Ethics, 21 August 2023
Some posts on LinkedIn: Y. Yousefi, D. Mataciunas, R. Jungo Brüngger, Gopf, M. Valero
«The quality was really superb.»
Renata Jungo Brüngger (Mercedes-Benz), member of Jury
«We were exposed to fascinating A.I. applications.»
Dirk Brand (Stellenbosch Univ.), Leader Team LegalAIzers, co-winner of the Grand Challenge
«We will treasure our memories of the Grand Challenge forever.»
Mario Lopez (AINEAR), Leader Team Conformity Mavericks, co-winner of the Grand Challenge
«The Grand Challenge was very good to jointly reflect in more concrete terms.»
Teresa Scantamburlo (C'a Foscari Univ. Venice), Leader Team Synergy4AI