Dr Stefan Brink begins by briefly introducing his new non-fiction book, *AI and the Future of Our Society: Understanding Artificial Intelligence*, which he co-authored with the artist Florian Mehnert and which addresses precisely this question.
From minute (03:48), Prof. Niko Härting and Dr Stefan Brink discuss Apple’s voice assistant “Siri AI”, which is not initially due to be launched on the European market. Apple cites the DMA (Digital Markets Act) in this regard.
Subsequently (10:52), the discussion turns to the use of bodycams by the police. The Police Commissioner for the State of Berlin was unsuccessful before the Berlin Administrative Court in his request to inspect bodycam footage from the Berlin police (judgement of 16 June 2026 – VG 1 K 377/24 and VG 1 K 68/25).
Finally (18:42), Härting and Brink turn their attention to the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruling of 3 June 2026 – I ZR – concerning passenger transport law. A hire car company operating on behalf of Uber had breached the obligation to return to base as set out in Section 49(4) of the Passenger Transport Act (PBefG). This provision obliges hire car companies to return to their place of business immediately upon completion of the journey. Härting assumes that this provision is contrary to the Constitution and European law, and sees this as an example of the Federal Court of Justice’s refusal to refer the relevant questions to the Federal Constitutional Court or the European Court of Justice.