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Rupprecht Podszun, a director of the Institute for Antitrust Law at Heinrich Heine University (HHU), addresses a press conference on the conclusion of the expert commission 'Competition and Artificial Intelligence' in Berlin on April 28, 2026. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Co-CEO of Schwarz Digits, the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group, Rolf Schumann addresses a press conference on the conclusion of the expert commission 'Competition and Artificial Intelligence' in Berlin on April 28, 2026. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Co-CEO of Schwarz Digits, the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group, Rolf Schumann addresses a press conference on the conclusion of the expert commission 'Competition and Artificial Intelligence' in Berlin on April 28, 2026. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Digitalization and State Modernization Karsten Wildberger addresses a press conference on the conclusion of the expert commission 'Competition and Artificial Intelligence' in Berlin on April 28, 2026. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Co-CEO of Schwarz Digits, the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group, Rolf Schumann addresses a press conference on the conclusion of the expert commission 'Competition and Artificial Intelligence' in Berlin on April 28, 2026. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Digitalization and State Modernization Karsten Wildberger looks on during a press conference on the conclusion of the expert commission 'Competition and Artificial Intelligence' in Berlin on April 28, 2026. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

(LtoR) Co-CEO of Schwarz Digits, the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group, Rolf Schumann, German Economy and Energy Minister Katherina Reiche, German Minister for Digitalization and State Modernization Karsten Wildberger, and Rupprecht Podszun, a director of the Institute for Antitrust Law at Heinrich Heine University (HHU, R), address a press conference on the conclusion of the expert commission 'Competition and Artificial Intelligence' in Berlin on April 28, 2026. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)