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GEMA ruling triggers tremors on tech stock markets, AI discovers antibiotic, digital tutor for schools
Thursday, November 13, 2025
The day after the bombshell ruling in Munich on copyright law: Investors react nervously, sending tech stocks into a tailspin. At the same time, there are groundbreaking success stories from the scientific community and heated debates in the education sector.
Here are the most important AI news stories of the day:
“Training Data Liability”: Tech stocks under pressure after GEMA ruling
Yesterday’s ruling by the Munich Regional Court, which obligates OpenAI to license training data from GEMA (the German performing rights society), triggered a tremor on global stock markets today.
The reaction: Share prices of companies heavily invested in generative AI (including Microsoft, Alphabet, and chipmaker Nvidia) fell sharply in pre-market trading.
The problem: Analysts are coining the new term “training data liability.” Investors are beginning to factor in the potential for billions of euros in retrospective licensing costs for large AI models. The GEMA ruling is seen as a blueprint for similar lawsuits from publishers, photo agencies, and the film industry worldwide.
Breakthrough in medicine: AI identifies new antibiotic against superbugs
A Swiss research consortium (including EPFL Lausanne) has achieved a breakthrough in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria (MRSA) using AI.
What happened? The researchers used a generative AI model to design millions of potential molecular structures and simulate their effectiveness. The AI identified a completely new class of compounds that human researchers had previously overlooked.
The result: In just six weeks, the AI found an active ingredient that proved highly effective against the dreaded “superbug” MRSA in initial laboratory tests. The researchers emphasize that a human would have needed years or even decades for this discovery.
“Elias” – the adaptive AI tutor for schools – is dividing opinions.
The German EdTech company LearnPerfect today unveiled its new AI tutor, Elias, which is slated for widespread use in schools starting in 2026.
The Function: Elias is a personalized learning assistant. It analyzes students’ errors in real time and individually adjusts the difficulty level and explanations to the child’s learning pace (adaptive learning).
The Debate: While the developers emphasize that this is the solution to the teacher shortage and a path to genuine equal opportunities, teachers’ associations are sounding the alarm. They warn of an “industrialization of learning,” social isolation in the classroom, and excessive reliance on technology. The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs announced an immediate ethical review.
The costs and benefits
November 13, 2025, highlights the discrepancy in AI development: While the financial world reassesses the enormous costs and risks of the technology (Story 1), science demonstrates its invaluable benefits for humanity (Story 2). Simultaneously, a societal debate begins about how we want to handle these powerful tools in sensitive areas such as education (Story 3).
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