This week, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's largest technology trade show, takes place in Las Vegas. As part of his trip to America, State Secretary Florian Tursky took part in a round table on the electronic administration of the future.

The electronic government of the future

During the second week of January, the Secretary of State for Digitalization, Florian Tursky, visited Canada and the United States to hold working meetings with government representatives such as the Canadian Minister of Development economist Victor Fideli and German Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Volker Wissing on the subject of regulation. of Artificial Intelligence, as well as visits to companies in the field of quantum technology and the e-health sector. In Canada, we visited, among other things, the Mila Institute. The institute is known for its expertise in the field of generative AI models and machine translations.

In addition, Secretary of State Tursky visited like last year (LEADERSNET reported) the world's largest electronics fair, CES, and spoke about the e-government of the future and Austrian exhibitions during the panel discussion “How global governments and startups are creating the smart cities of the future “.

At CES, companies including manufacturers, developers and hardware providers for modern (consumer) technologies will be present, including seven Austrian technology suppliers, such as Swarovski with its “smart binoculars” (LEADERSNET reported). In addition, CES also offers a conference program during which the world's leading technology companies will address the most important topics in the sector, such as further developments in artificial intelligence or electromobility.

Florian Tursky © BMF

“Can bring a variety of positive aspects”

“Artificial intelligence has been around for a long time, but thanks to apps like ChatGPT, people have seen what can be done with this technology. That's why this year's CES is all about artificial intelligence. many new innovations. However, it is also clear that we must exploit opportunities while minimizing risks. This is why we created the AI ​​Law at European level, which will regulate the technology in a meaningful way. great interest in technology worldwide “I look forward to the many meetings and discussions in Canada and the United States,” Tursky said.

CES started on January 9 and will continue until January 12, 2024.

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