According to a survey conducted by the “Handelsblatt,” federal ministries currently employ Artificial Intelligence (AI) only in a supportive capacity when creating speeches, guest contributions, and other texts. Their primary uses include conducting research, making linguistic revisions, and summarizing documents. Ministeries uniformly state that they reject texts that are written wholly or predominantly by AI.
The Federal Ministry of the Interior views the application of AI as “very sensible and productive,” noting its value for industry, private citizens, and, naturally, for a modern administration and political affairs. Within the ministry itself, AI applications are only utilized “in individual cases” for research. The Ministry of Labour maintains that the drafting of speeches and texts is “a process of human intelligence, which is merely punctually supported by Artificial Intelligence.” Furthermore, any resulting materials are “always critically questioned,” and never are fully AI-generated text blocks adopted.
The Ministry of Construction emphasized that AI plays only an “auxiliary role” in the creation of speeches and guest contributions. They report having “no texts that were written mostly or almost completely by AI.” The Ministry for the Environment indicated that employees can use an internal AI assistance system for text summaries, refining phrasing, and linguistic improvements. A spokesperson noted, “The use of AI can be a sensible support tool.” They added that no texts by federal ministers that were entirely or predominantly written by AI have yet been published.
Similarly, the Ministry of Transport states that it uses AI merely as a working tool, for instance, for linguistic inspiration or simplifying existing content. The Ministry of Justice explained that AI has been used merely to provide “support in processing already created drafts” for Ministerial speeches.
