{
  "id": 18875138,
  "title": "Beyond the obvious: Regulated to the sidelines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/beyond-the-obvious-reguliert-ins-abseits",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-08T05:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/audio/bto/beyond-the-obvious-reguliert-ins-abseits/100268177.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Artificial intelligence can boost productivity, enable new business models, and fundamentally change companies. According to economic historian Dr. Werner Plumpe, societies that have openly adopted new technologies, despite short-term negative consequences for old companies and jobs, have benefited disproportionately. Dr. Plumpe, a former professor at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, discusses the implications of past technological revolutions for the AI revolution with Daniel Stelter. A recent survey by the Digitalverband Bitkom found that for the first time, the majority of companies are using AI.",
  "summary": "A look back shows why we need to allow for profound change in order to benefit from artificial intelligence.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}