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The Center for AI and Ethics (Europe), also known as CAIE, is a non-profit association based in Vienna, founded in March 2026. Its founding team combines expertise in AI ethics and philosophical grounding, enterprise transformation and training practice, AI in media and defence advisory, as well as EU AI Act compliance, ISO 42001 and agentic AI. Beyond the founders, the association works with a growing network from science, business, law, public administration, defence and civil society — anchored in Vienna, oriented towards Europe.

CAIE brings together individuals and institutions from science, technology, business, culture, film, law, defence, ethics, public administration and civil society. Its work ranges from orientation on the EU AI Act and ISO 42001 through ethical guidance for concrete AI projects to training, networking and position papers on European AI regulation. The goal is AI deployment that is lawful, traceable and human-centred.

The Board of Directors has been working with AI in practice for years across their respective fields. David Mirga, author of multiple AI books, has written the first major German-language AI lexicon with over 5,000 technical terms and publishes on LinkedIn on AI workflows and multi-agent orchestration. Jeremy James Wilhelm is a certified AI trainer at WIFI Vienna and has led 25+ years of IT transformations for adidas, Lindt & Sprüngli, METRO and SPAR. Frederik Füssel brings 30 years of media and film experience — founder of Filmstadt Baden — and advises various institutions on AI in defence and security. Patrick Casey Prager is a master’s student in Interdisciplinary Ethics at the University of Vienna with a focus on technology, medical and war ethics. Core field: education around artificial intelligence.

Yes. CAIE is a non-profit association, not aligned with any political party and not dependent on any single vendor or manufacturer. Positions are developed from sources, editorially reviewed internally and published under real names. Funding and cooperations are made transparent; the association is registered in the Austrian Central Register of Associations (ZVR).

A dedicated training programme is in preparation. Individual founding members have for years been active as trainers at established educational institutions. CAIE itself will launch a curated programme from the second half of 2026 onwards — carried by its own network and methodologically aligned with established adult education.

The focus is on orientation and guidance: classifying AI systems within the risk classes of the regulation, building robust governance structures, preparing for conformity assessment and documentation, providing ethical guidance for concrete projects and the interfaces with ISO 42001 and the GDPR. The scope is agreed individually with each organisation.

CAIE is the point of contact for organisations deploying AI in practice — from orientation on regulation and standards to ethical guidance for concrete projects, contemporary AI education and networking. The Board has been working with AI themselves for years; knowledge and advisory are prepared so they hold up in day-to-day operations. Addressed are small and medium-sized enterprises, larger companies, public bodies, educational institutions, media, NGOs and organisations from the defence and security environment that want to deploy AI responsibly — as well as individuals and teams in the middle of an AI project who are asking whether they are doing the right thing, and for the right reasons. The regional focus is Vienna and Austria, extending into the German-speaking region and Europe.

Please write to us at office@caie.at. Enquiries are answered personally, on average within one to two working days. A short subject line indicating the topic — such as Advisory, Training, Research or Press — helps with internal routing.