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Keynote SpeakerJay Tuck

Investigative Journalist, Best-selling Author and Well-known War Correspondent

The New York born journalist Jay Tuck launched his career with the US Department of the Treasury in Washington DC and CBS News in New York. He later moved on to a distinguished career in international news. In Germany, he produced over 500 investigative segments for network television, including NDR-Panorama... Read more

Biography

The New York born journalist Jay Tuck launched his career with the US Department of the Treasury in Washington DC and CBS News in New York. He later moved on to a distinguished career in international news. In Germany, he produced over 500 investigative segments for network television, including NDR-Panorama and WDR-Monitor. He served as combat correspondent on the battlefields of Kuwait, Iraq and Ukraine, as well as on aircraft carrier USS Truman in wartime. He has military clearances in eight countries. Jay Tuck writes for Focus, Le Point, Stern, Welt, Time Magazine and Die Zeit. He was employed for many years as Executive News Director at ARD and has significant expertise in defense, espionage and weapons technology.

He is author of acclaimed books on defense. His investigative book on Russian espionage, High-Tech Espionage (St. Martin’s Press, New York) was published in fourteen countries. His book on artificial intelligence, Evolution Without Us (Plassen Publishing) is a best-seller in Germany, also published in China. The German Ministry of Defense purchased 10,000 copies for distribution to their armed forces. His current work, “AI and Modern Warfare,” (Econ Publishing) examines battlefield experience with AI in the Ukraine War.

Jay Tuck is also an internationally acclaimed speaker on artificial intelligence. He is booked regularly by private banks and financial institutions, media and medical events, law enforcement and armed forces, such as the Officers Academy of the German Army in Hamburg or the World Bank. His TED-Talk on artificial intelligence reached more than five million views in the internet.

In his recreational time, Tuck is a runner. He was the first American ever to complete the Siberian Ice Marathon in Omsk.

"Extremely entertaining, extremely competent.” Hamburg @ Work
"Be prepared for shocking surprises on humanity’s chances in the Age of AI.” High-Tech Press Club Hamburg
"Humor did not come up short. Feedback from our investors was very, very good." Aramea Asset Management
"Jay Tuck is among the top tier of internationally recognized keynote speakers.“ Alster Business Club, Hamburg
"It will take AI a long time to replace an inspirational speaker like this." Viactiv Health Insurance

Popular Talks by Jay Tuck

  • Where Have All The Brokers Gone? AI And The Stock Market

    For the most part, global financial markets are now automated. The hum of high-speed computers has replaced the shouting and volume of human brokers. AI is the better broker. Intelligent software is capable of monitoring millions of trades worldwide in real time. Only with AI is it possible to analyze...

  • A Touch of Pesticide: AI on the Farm

    With artificial intelligence, individual plants can be treated with pesticides instead of spraying massive amounts of poison over entire fields. LettuceBot, for example, is a weed-removing machine mounted behind a tractor. However, before spraying, each plant is individually examined. Only infected plants are treated. Others receive no pesticide. The manufacturer...

  • Fighting Fake News: How to Recognize It. How to Combat It.

    Jay Tuck was Executive News Director at the renowned German news program Tagesthemen for many years. There, he was responsible for preventing the broadcast of fake news. He knows how to identify it. He knows how to combat it. He is also familiar with the methods of the US news...

  • AI and Health: Saving Millions of Lives.

    Today, a simple doctor’s visit can generate vast amounts of big data. Until recently, we had no idea what lifesaving information lay hidden within. Artificial intelligence can dig through the masses of information and uncover unexpected, lifesaving correlations. A retinal examination, for example, can reveal the first hint of leprosy....

  • Facial Recognition, Forensics and Refugees: Artificial Intelligence in Police Work.

    We know from television programs that police often use ballistics to identify a murder weapon. Investigators often spend hours searching crime scenes for the bullet. This is no longer necessary. With AI, micromarkings on the casing are enough for identification. Facial recognition is also known to be a useful tool...

  • The New Balance of Power: AI and Modern Warfare.

    Drones with swarm intelligence collect strategic intelligence for the armed forces. Over Ukraine, 15,000 special forces operate surveillance and suicide drones. At sea, submarine drones pose a serious threat to the Russian Navy. In the Gaza Strip, current high-altitude images are compared with historical images to identify tunnel construction sites....