5 current election programs in Hamburg have points on this topic.
Their points are shown side by side, summarized and placed. The quote and page number for each point are on the party's topic page.
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Program for the 2025 Hamburg state election
The AfD supports careful use of artificial intelligence wherever it makes processes more efficient and improves quality of life. Regulation should ensure that humans stay in control, and AI should be used cautiously in schools.
AI means artificial intelligence. The AfD wants to use AI. AI should make work easier. But people must stay in control. Rules are needed for that. Schools should use AI carefully.
The AfD wants all of Hamburg connected to fiber-optic internet and wants to promote digital government services, while keeping in-person contact with authorities possible. Digital technology in classrooms should also be promoted, without displacing handwriting and basic arithmetic.
All of Hamburg should get fast internet. This needs fiber-optic cables. Public offices should work more digitally. But people should still be able to talk to staff in person. Schools should use digital tools. Kids should still learn to write and do math.
The AfD supports private ownership of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and wants trading and research in this field to stay legal and be promoted. It rejects a central bank digital currency issued by the European Central Bank, seeing it as a threat to civil liberties.
Bitcoin is a digital currency. The AfD likes such currencies. People should be allowed to own and trade them. The European Central Bank plans a digital euro. The AfD is against it. It sees a danger to freedom.
Program for the 2025 Hamburg state election
The CDU wants to make the rollout of high-capacity data networks such as fiber and 5G a priority with firm deadlines. Businesses should also get more help against cyberattacks.
The CDU wants to expand fast internet in Hamburg. That includes fiber and 5G. There should be clear deadlines for the rollout. The police should give companies more help against attacks from the internet.
The CDU wants to offer every government service digitally by 2030 and, where data protection law allows, handle it automatically without an application. Artificial intelligence is to support high-volume procedures and relieve staff, and legal hurdles to this are to be removed.
By 2030, people should be able to do all government errands online. Some things should happen automatically, without an application. Artificial intelligence should help the administration. This is a computer program that does tasks by itself. But a person always makes the final decision.
Program for the 2025 Hamburg state election
The Greens want to continue and expand the "Urban Digital Twin," a digital model of Hamburg used for planning and public participation. More agencies and partners are to be connected, and the work is to be coordinated centrally.
Hamburg has a digital model of the city. It helps with planning the city and traffic. The Greens want to expand this model. More city offices should work with it.
The Greens want to offer all government services digitally as quickly as possible and design them from the citizen's point of view. In the long run, the administration is to tell people on its own initiative which benefits they are entitled to; those who do not go online are still to get help in person.
The Greens want to put all city services online. Later, the city offices should contact people on their own. People must agree to this first. People who do not use the internet still get help in person.
The Greens want to tie schools' technical equipment to the social index and assign every school a specialist for network support. A legally sound framework for the use of artificial intelligence is to be drawn up quickly.
Schools should get good technology. Schools in poorer areas should get special attention. Every school should get an expert for its computer networks. There should be clear rules for artificial intelligence.
The Greens want to tighten the rules protecting children's privacy and intimate sphere on social media. For children who earn money as influencers, youth employment protection is to be adapted to digital work.
The Greens want to protect children better online. The rules for social media should become stricter. Some children earn money with online videos. There should be clear protection rules for this work.
The Greens want to strengthen artificial intelligence research in Hamburg and set up an AI service center. A high-performance computing cluster for the metropolitan region is also planned. The platform justifies this with the growing role of AI and data science in all disciplines and in business.
The Greens want to strengthen research on artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is called AI for short. A new center should help everyone use AI. There should also be very fast computers for the region.
The Greens want to push ahead with fiber and 5G rollout and close remaining coverage gaps. Digitalizing administrative procedures is to be a priority. The platform sees digital infrastructure as a prerequisite for business, work and less red tape.
The Greens want fast internet all over Hamburg. Places without a good network should get it too. Government offices should work more digitally. This should happen quickly.
The Greens want to set up a data protection competence center that advises the administration, companies and citizens. The Bürgerschaft (Hamburg's state parliament) is to get its own committee for digitalization and data protection. The party wants data protection to become a matter of course rather than being seen as an obstacle.
The Greens want to found a center for data protection. Government offices, companies and citizens can get advice there. Hamburg's parliament should get its own committee. It deals with digital issues and data protection.
The Greens want the software and hardware of public bodies to be independent and sovereign. To that end, open source, open standards and matching procurement are to be promoted and a long-term strategy drawn up. Critical digital infrastructure is to be protected.
The government should be independent when it comes to computers and software. The Greens want to use more open software. Anyone can check and change open software. There should be a long-term plan for this. Important digital systems should be well protected.
The Greens want to make it easier for victims of digital violence to enforce their rights. At the federal level, they push for a statutory cease-and-desist form and lower costs for victims.
Some people are insulted or threatened online. They should be able to defend themselves more easily. The Greens want a simple form set out in law. With it, victims can send a formal warning themselves. Costs for victims should also go down.
The Greens want to close gaps in consumer protection online. They call for stricter rules on in-app and in-game purchases, consumer-focused implementation of the AI Act, and a ban on AI-based facial recognition in public spaces that also applies to private actors.
The Greens want to protect people better online. Purchases in games and apps should have a spending limit. Private companies should also not be allowed to recognize faces in public with AI. AI means artificial intelligence.
Program for the 2025 Hamburg state election
The Left wants to introduce a right to internet access in Hamburg and pay subsidies to people whose welfare benefits do not cover digital participation. In the platform's view, the internet should be open to everyone regardless of income.
The Left wants a right to internet access in Hamburg. People with little money should get extra help. The internet should be there for everyone. It should not depend on money.
The Left demands that all city services remain accessible without the internet, by phone or in person. The same should apply to transit tickets and ride services.
Some people have no internet or no cell phone. The Left wants all city offices to help by phone or in person too. People should also be able to buy tickets without an app.
Program for the 2025 Hamburg state election
The SPD pursues a "Digital First" goal: as many government services as possible are to be available digitally from start to finish, where possible without an application. Artificial intelligence is to help under clear data protection rules, and the fiber-optic network is to keep growing.
The SPD wants people to handle city paperwork online. A smartphone should be enough. Some services should come automatically, without a form. People who need help get it at the service center. AI should help, but personal data stays protected.
The SPD wants to invest in top AI research and in training researchers; handling AI is to be part of every degree program. For the IT security of scientific institutions, it calls for binding nationwide standards.
Artificial intelligence is becoming more important. The SPD wants to spend more on research in this field. All students should learn how to use it. Universities should be better protected against attacks on their computers. There should be fixed rules for this across Germany.