Ursula von der Leyen

Präsidentin der Europäischen Kommission, die die Auslöschungswarnung der KI-Wissenschaftler zitiert, verbindliche Leitplanken und unabhängige wissenschaftliche Prüfungen fordert und die EU-KI-Verordnung als erstes umfassendes KI-Gesetz der Welt bezeichnet.

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17. Dez. 2013 – 17. Juli 2019Federal Minister of Defence, Government of GermanyQuelle →
1. Dez. 2019 – heutePresident of the European Commission, European CommissionRe-elected by the European Parliament on 18 July 2024 for a second five-year term.Quelle →

Im Verzeichnis

12. Mai 2026 · Rede · European Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Children, Copenhagen
With the rapid advance of artificial intelligence, these risks are multiplying fast.
President of the European Commission, European Commission zu jener Zeit
Same speech: "Children are not commodities, and no tech company in the world should be allowed to treat them as such."
Keynote address by President von der Leyen at the European Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Children →
11. Feb. 2025 · Rede · Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, Paris
AI needs competition but also collaboration. And AI needs the confidence of people and has to be safe. This is the purpose of the AI Act – to provide for one single set of safety rules across the European Union.
President of the European Commission, European Commission zu jener Zeit
The same speech launched the EUR 200 billion InvestAI initiative.
Speech by President von der Leyen at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit →
2. Nov. 2023 · Rede · AI Safety Summit, Bletchley Park
Guardrails are not barriers – they allow the traffic to keep to the road and proceed safely.
President of the European Commission, European Commission zu jener Zeit
Same speech: "The greater the AI model's capability and attendant risks, the greater the responsibility" and a call for "a system of objective scientific checks and balances".
Remarks of President von der Leyen at the Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit →
13. Sept. 2023 · Rede · European Parliament, State of the Union address
AI is a general technology that is accessible, powerful and adaptable for a vast range of uses - both civilian and military. And it is moving faster than even its developers anticipated. So we have a narrowing window of opportunity to guide this technology responsibly.
President of the European Commission, European Commission zu jener Zeit
In the same passage she quotes the CAIS statement verbatim ("Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war") and proposes a global framework built on guardrails, governance and guiding innovation.
2023 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen →