German-French Dialogue: Is Artificial Intelligence Gender Biased? How Women Reshape AI

ChatGPT, autonomous driving, DeepSeek, chatbots, deepfakes: artificial intelligence is omnipresent. But does AI produce discriminatory results? How do gender bias effects occur? How can these be prevented? What technical and political solutions exist or should be demanded?

Experts from France and Germany will answer these questions in order to shed light on the ethical challenges of AI and at the same time take a look into the future.

Program

Panel "Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence: An Overview and Ethical Challenges" |

• Prof. Dr. Ute Schmidt, Professor of Cognitive Systems at University of Bamberg (Germany), director of the Bamberg Center of AI (BaCAI) and on the board of directors of the bidt
• Dr. Alina Gales, Head of Diversity & Inclusion at TUM, PhD in Gender Studies in Engineering & Science
• Auxane Boch, Research associate at the Technical University of Munich's (TUM)

Moderated by: Noha Salama, Germany Chapter Director, Women in Tech Global

Panel "Tackling Bias and Risks for Discrimination in AI: Steps Towards a More Inclusive Future" |

• Prof. Dr. Sara Bouchenak, Professor of Computer Science, INSA Lyon, Director of the Federation of Computer Science Research Laboratories in Lyon - Saint Etienne
• Pia Sombetzki, Policy & Advocacy Manager AlgorithmWatch
• Kathleen Ziemann, Co-Lead FAIR Forward, Artificial Intelligence for all, German Society for International Cooperation

Moderated by: Dr. Niina Zuber, Research Coordinator State, Regulation, Infrastructure, bidt

This English-language event is open to the public and offers space for questions to the speakers and for personal exchange.