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Illustration of a two-tone orange and pale yellow poster with a browser window outline.AI chain letter: chatbot for individual conference documentation

The "AI chain letter" is a chatbot that makes the documentation of workshops, meetings and conferences more interactive and sustainable. It creates individual and factual summaries based on the event documents provided and visualizes results as mind maps or tables. This allows participants to actively work with the content and access relevant information more quickly. The AI chain letter was developed by our employees Andreas Sexauer and Matthias Bandtel.

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German text overlay about digitalization; robot face in background.Digitization Day: Recordings are ready!

Our Digitalization Day on digital teaching took place at KIT at the beginning of December. Current trends, innovative didactic concepts and technical possibilities were presented, discussed and many impulses for our own teaching were given.


The recordings of all presentations are now available for flexible viewing.

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Advent calenderThe ZML Advent calendar 2025 is back!

Every day, a new door opens with insights into our services and exciting topics relating to artificial intelligence and digital teaching. Look forward to the latest AI developments at KIT, interviews from the ZML's areas of work, practical tips for your teaching and much more.

 

We wish you a wonderful Christmas season and lots of fun with our Advent calendar!

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KI-ToolboxThe KI-Toolbox is here!

The KI-Toolbox gives all KIT employees access to various local and external language models (LLMs). To make it easier for you to get started, you will find practical instructions and an accompanying webinar on our website.

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you can see a picture with a laptop and a sign with "chatbot"Custom chatbots for teaching, research and administration

How can chatbots be created for specific use cases in teaching, research and administration? And how can they be integrated into existing systems such as ILIAS, websites or the intranet?

The first prototypes were developed in several workshops. It became clear how versatile chatbots are and what potential they offer in the university context - they support everything from exam preparation to orientation on websites. With the experience gained so far, further concepts for the use of chatbots at KIT are now being developed.

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KI in der Visualisierung-2Visualization with AI: support for teaching and science

AI can be used to visualize content quickly and in a structured way - for example in the form of mind maps or flowcharts. The use of Mermaid code is particularly simple: instead of a finished image, a code is created that can be further modified in the next step and visualized as a graphic. These visualizations can be adapted, expanded and integrated into teaching materials or presentations - without any special programming or graphics know-how.


 

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Illustration of letters and a megaphone on a purple background.The new newsletter is here!

What do future-proof learning spaces look like? What opportunities do AI tools offer for the visualization of complex content? And how can chatbots be meaningfully integrated into teaching, research and administration?

In this issue, we present current projects on new learning concepts, AI-supported visualizations and chatbot applications. We also report on creative formats in the Digital Maker Space, the new Mastodon instance at KIT and offers for young people such as the Makeathon for Science Week.

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Strategy fund project: Innovation space for generative AI at KIT

In the joint project of the Scientific Computing Center (SCC), Digital Office (DO) and ZML, concrete use cases for generative AI at KIT are being identified and implemented on local infrastructure in explorative approaches. Since the beginning of the year, a development framework has been created to advance both the technical basis and practice-oriented applications.

A first milestone: the newly developed AI competence module, which helps KIT employees to acquire the necessary skills for the responsible use of AI.

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The new ZML newsletter is here!

In the latest issue, we present the project "Innovation space for generative AI at KIT", in which a new AI competence module was developed for all KIT employees. We also offer practical tips, such as a PowerPoint guide for time bars. An interview with Prof. Annette Leßmöllmann from our "Digital People" series provides insights into science communication in the digital age. Other topics: new dates for the FO>KI training series and upcoming events such as LEARNTEC in May and our Science Camps.

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