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All green doesn´t automatically mean resilient.
As our last post demonstrated using a classic example.This question becomes even more important when it comes to AI-generated tests. Many IT teams are hoping that AI will ease their testing...
Green tests. Blind spot.
AI is writing more code. Often, more tests as well. But that doesn't mean the effort just disappears. He moves on to the review, debugging, and the question of whether the tests are effective. The...
“How AI systems are expanding the toolkit for software architects and what that means in practice.”
As an ASQF member, we came across an interesting article on the website of the Arbeitskreis für Software-Qualität und -Fortbildung e.V. (ASQF) in early February, which we would like to recommend. Er...
ISTQB Certified Tester – Testing with Generative AI: Curriculum Published
On July 25, 2025, the ISTQB General Assembly approved the new curriculum for the “ISTQB Certified Tester – Testing with Generative AI (CT-GenAI)”. The German-language edition has been available...
EU initiative “8ra” to improve European “Digital Sovereignty” in the area of cloud and edge technologies
The topic of “digital sovereignty” is becoming increasingly important. In this context, there are now numerous efforts to develop large European language models in the field of AI. This...
OpenEuroLLM-Project
In recent weeks, the R1 model from DeepSeek has made the headlines. This is a very powerful open source solution which, according to the Chinese manufacturer, could be developed with comparatively...
The European research project OpenGPT-X recently published a large language model called “Teuken-7B”
The European research project OpenGPT-X recently published a large language model called “Teuken-7B”. The model comprises seven billion parameters and was trained from scratch with the 24 official...
Managing emergencies
At our regular meetings of the “IT Security” working group at the "Unternehmensverbänden für Dortmund" and the surrounding area, we regularly deal with the exciting topic of cybercrime.At the...
Bitkom study on IT security and AI published
The Bitkom association published a revealing study on IT security on August 28, 2024. According to this study, more companies will once again be affected by cyber attacks in 2024. The attacks are...
Framework for artificial intelligence in the EU is in place
According to press release by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the Federal Ministry of Justice dated 02. February 2024, the member states of the European Union in the...