{
  "id": 4148063,
  "title": "Künstliche Intelligenz: Deutschlands jüngste KI-Professorin räumt mit den größten Mythen auf",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/kunstliche-intelligenz-deutschlands-jungste-ki-professorin-raumt-mit",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-29T08:18:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/ki/technologie-wie-deutschlands-juengste-ki-professorin-den-ki-boom-bewertet/100188740.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "<AI Professor Debunks Biggest Myths>\n\nAlicia von Schenk, a young professor in Germany, is challenging common misconceptions about artificial intelligence. Born with an early talent, she began her education at the age of four and later earned a 1.0 grade in her school leaving exam at 15. She studied mathematics and economics at Frankfurt and Heidelberg universities, graduating with a summa cum laude degree and the highest distinction in economics, focusing on the impact of AI. At just 30 years old, she became a professor on a lifelong tenure track, a position typically taken at nearly 44 years old in Germany.\n\nToday, von Schenk heads the chair for \"Economics of AI and Human Behavior\" at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg, one of the few programs in Germany that explicitly focuses on the economic and behavioral effects of AI. Recognized as a national prodigy, von Schenk explains how she achieved such early success and her perspective on the current AI boom.\n\n1. There is not just one AI\nDespite the overwhelming hype, von Schenk clarifies that there is not a single AI. She describes AI as a collective term encompassing various technologies, ranging from simple statistical tools to complex neural networks in machine learning. \"We call all of that AI,\" she says, emphasizing that this broad categorization can be too simplistic.",
  "summary": "Mit gerade mal 30 Jahren hat Alicia von Schenk den Lehrstuhl für „Economics of AI“ an der Uni Würzburg gegründet. Sie rät hinter den aktuellen Hype um die Technologie zu schauen.",
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    "outlets": 3,
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
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        "published": "2026-08-25T12:59:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Politico EU",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/wie-verandert-kunstliche-intelligenz-den-krieg-mit-sven-weizenegger",
        "published": "2026-08-25T14:57:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}