Overview
- A representative Kompass study of 2,013 people reports 96% awareness of AI and a shift in public association from robotics to generative systems like voice assistants and AI-made images and video.
- Self-assessed competencies remain uneven, with lower confidence among respondents with less formal education and many women, and female skepticism labeling AI a societal danger rising from 15% to 29%.
- Respondents call for simpler technology design, stronger user-rights protections through regulation, and more accessible media-literacy offerings, especially in rural areas.
- The Museum für Kommunikation in Frankfurt will fold outcomes from its Dec. 7 ideas forum into a new video unit titled “20 Perspektiven und Deine” within its exhibition.
- ARD alpha confirms a Jan. 12–15, 2026 programming focus on AI at 21:00 each night, featuring documentaries on animal communication research, AI avatars of deceased people, generative deception, and an expert discussion with Sabine Pfeiffer and Frauke Kreuter.