A greater everyday understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) is needed in business and society, according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “What AI is has not become common knowledge either in management or in society,” Scholz told a meeting of the Alliance of Opportunities business network in Berlin on Friday. As a result, opportunities are not being sufficiently utilized and these gaps are being filled by US companies. “It would be important to me that we promote something of this importance in such a way that it is also linked to companies from Germany and Europe,” said Scholz. As in m…