What do people in Baden-Württemberg think about AI and what would they like to tell politicians and researchers? The University of Tübingen established the "AI and Freedom" citizens' council to answer precisely these questions. In this interview, Anika Kaiser and Patrick Klügel from the project team discuss what the council can achieve but also the limits of its influence.

Skepticism about the use of AI systems is widespread. Many say the systems are too opaque. Professor for Explainable Machine Learning Zeynep Akata wants to change that - and has made the user’s perspective the focal point of her research.