# Strategie Künstliche Intelligenz der Bundesregierung (AI Strategy of the Federal Government, 2018, updated 2020)

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Germany
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Federal Government of Germany (BMBF, BMWK, BMAS)
- **Adopted**: 2018-11-15

## In brief

AI Strategy of the Federal Government is a non-binding national strategy of Germany, issued by the Federal Government of Germany (BMBF, BMWK, BMAS). It was adopted on 15 November 2018. Applies to federal government action: research funding, transfer programmes, skills, infrastructure and public-sector use.

## Summary

The federal AI strategy, adopted in November 2018 and updated in December 2020, sets out how Germany intends to make AI research, transfer and use competitive while anchoring AI in fundamental rights and the common good. The 2020 update raised planned federal funding to around EUR 5 billion to 2025 and added priorities on pandemic response, sustainability, health, mobility and AI in the public sector. It commits to a European approach to AI regulation and to trustworthy-AI standards.

## Scope

Applies to federal government action: research funding, transfer programmes, skills, infrastructure and public-sector use. It creates no obligations for private organisations.

## Key dates

2018-11-15: strategy adopted; 2020-12-02: update published.

## Notes on dates

Adopted by the federal cabinet on 15 November 2018; update published 2 December 2020.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0079 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0079; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/germany-ai-strategy-of-the-federal-government
- **Official source**: https://www.ki-strategie-deutschland.de/
- **Source document**: Strategie Künstliche Intelligenz der Bundesregierung
- **Published by**: Die Bundesregierung
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Strategie Künstliche Intelligenz der Bundesregierung (AI Strategy of the Federal Government, 2018, updated 2020)" [AIPT-POL-0079, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0079 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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