Hasso Plattner's Billionaire Blow for Potsdam and Ermahgerd AI! 🤖🇩🇪
Wealthy Individual Plattner Finances University Campus and AI Warfare Initiative - Wealthy tycoon Plattner funds university campus and artificial intelligence counter-offensive
Hey there! 👋 Here's a juicy slice of news about our pal, software bazillionaire Hasso Plattner pumping millions into Germany's AI research scene! The guy's foundation's gonna fund a swanky university campus in Potsdam town by 2035, and grow his IT research institute, the Hasso Plattner Institute, in the same city!
"We're aiming to break into the top computer science faculties in Germany," Plattner said at a shindig at the University of Potsdam. He didn't drop any specific numbers, but hey, the foundation's checkbook can just about afford anything, mate! 💰
Now, old Hasso's been a patron of science and art for a long time in Potsdam, famously founding the Museum Barberini with a sexy impressionist art collection and bankrolling the reconstruction of that snazzy city palace that now hosts the state parliament.
Potsdam's Minister-President, Dietmar Woidke (SPD), reckons the entire region's gonna see some sweet benefits from this move! A bunch of smart folks from the task force led by Woidke and Plattner will get to work on making the plans a reality.
Ape-tize your brains on these plans for 2025:
- The Brauhausberg - a prime location in Potsdam - will become a university campus with loads of modern buildings. The goal's to create a new location for the University of Potsdam with around 5,000 to 6,000 students. The law and social sciences from the Campus Griebnitzsee, located between Potsdam and the berry-icious city of Berlin, will move there.
- University President Oliver Günther thinks this new campus will be fantastic, mate! And you know what's nearby? Cool research joints like the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) on the Potsdam Telegrafenberg!
- Old Hasso's all about expanding his IT research institute, you see. He thinks there's a golden opportunity to catch up in the AI game. With the university faculties moving to the Brauhausberg, the Hasso Plattner Institute can expand, and they expect the student count to double to around 2,000. Studying there will still be as free as a bird, according to Plattner!
Now, the things happening in the USA under Prez Donald Trump are bonkers, right? Plattner reckons it's sorry state of affairs, and he's planning to entice more international professors to his institute. It looks like a hearty helping of global talent's gonna be headed to our dear friend Hasso's pad!
The US gov'ment's putting a spanner in the works for elite uni Harvard by trying to block them from admittting international students and tightening visa issuance. Yikes! 😲
Germany's needs better schools and unis, said Plattner. And he's stoked that his foundation can now oversee the growth of the uni! Plus, he's been harboring dreams of founding his own uni for years, so this is like a dream come true for him.
So let's get this party started, shall we? Construction should kick off as soon as possible, and everything's moving ahead full speed ahead! A joint declaration was also signed to that effect.
Fun fact: The Brauhausberg earned the nickname "Kremlin" in the DDR, as it housed the SED district and county leadership back in the day. The plot's had a wacky history - old Hasso helped the wound heal in Potsdam by renovating the terrain, and this move should put the city firmly on the global map for tech and innovation!
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- The employment policy at Hasso Plattner Institute, a leading IT research institute in Potsdam, Germany, is anticipated to double with the influx of international professors and students, making it a hub for artificial intelligence and technology.
- As part of the plan for a new university campus in Potsdam by 2035, the finance from Hasso Plattner's foundation will cater to the education-and-self-development sector, with a focus on computer science and law, transforming the region into a global hub for tech and innovation.
- In light of the current political climate in the United States, particularly the restrictions faced by universities like Harvard for international students, Hasso Plattner's institute and university in Potsdam aims to foster a welcome environment and contribute to the growth of the business and finance sector in the region through cutting-edge technology and artificial-intelligence research.
