Author: Joachim Fox

  • We’re Officially Recognized as a Nonprofit!

    The final step toward the official recognition of the &ai Foundation has been taken: The Koblenz Tax Office has officially recognized our status as a nonprofit! We are delighted to finally be able to get started as a foundation and to begin initial discussions with potential grant recipients. And, of course, we can now issue…

  • &ai at the Creative Futures Forum

    May 12th 2026, Musikpark Mannheim L’art pour l’art or l’art pour l’algo? That was one of the hot debates at the Creative Futures Forum, organized by the Cluster Creative Economy in Mannheim (moderator: Dr. Matthias Rauch). A great mix of expertise and perspectives: Dr. Dorothea Winter shared scientific research about the impact AI has on…

  • &ai at GEMA’s panel: AI and Creativity

    May 6th, 2026, Berlin, Atelier Gardens Laura represented &ai at the panel “AI and Creativity – Who Owns the Music of Tomorrow?” during the GEMA GEMA General Assembly on May 6th in Berlin. It was a great opportunity for networking: our mission to use AI responsibly and keep human creativity at the center naturally finds…

  • We are officially recognized as a foundation

    Effective April 29, 2026, &ai has been recognized as a foundation by the Supervision and Service Directorate (ADD) of Rhineland-Palatinate! This makes us official, and we will immediately apply for non-profit status with the tax office (which has already been positively reviewed in advance).

  • AI can do Art – Panel Discussion

    April 28th 2026, 6pm, Microsoft Berlin What a start! Our first public appearance by &ai took place on April 28 at Microsoft in Berlin. Moderated by Andre Hansel (Microsoft), our board member Joachim discussed how AI is changing the definition of art, the new possibilities it brings, and the risks associated with it, alongside Ornella…

  • Conference “Managing the AI Transition”

    June 26.-28., 2026, Berlin, Schwanenwerder With support from the Alumni Association of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), the conference “Managing the AI Transition – From Hype to Action” will take place in Berlin at the end of June. &ai will deliver a keynote speech on the disruptive shifts that AI is…

  • Successful start of our presentations: “The Disruption of Meaning – Music, AI, and Ethics” at TU Munich

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    On May 28, 2026, we celebrated our first public presentation at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). As part of a Knowledge Sharing Session hosted by Munich Music Labs, Joachim spoke on the topic “The Disruption of Meaning – AI, Music, Ethics.” It was a highly interactive event, with intense engagement from both the in-person…