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Artificial intelligence: future heroes for the lives of older people!
Students at the University of Hildesheim are developing AI solutions for older people as part of the LINGA Weeks 2025 in Lower Saxony.
Artificial intelligence: future heroes for the lives of older people!
A special event took place in Lower Saxony on June 5, 2025. The focus was on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) for the everyday life of older people. This initiative, known by the Low German word “Brägenplietschmaschin”, was organized by the Lower Saxony State Initiative for Generation-Equitable Everyday Life (LINGA). The aim was to sensitize students to the potential of aging and to actively involve older people in the innovation process.
A total of 34 students from six departments at four universities in Lower Saxony took part in the LINGA weeks, which were held under the motto “How can artificial intelligence help older people in everyday life?” stood. The event began with impulses on the topics of AI and generational dialogue, with particular emphasis on co-creation and participation.
Interdisciplinary collaboration and projects
The students were divided into interdisciplinary groups to work on specific ideas. Important skills such as conflict resolution, collaboration and self-organization played a central role. After a two-week self-learning phase to develop ideas, all three award-winning projects were significantly helped by Hildesheim students.
- Dritter Platz: MIRA – ein sprachgesteuerter, KI-basierter Alltagsassistent in Form eines Wandspiegels.
- Zweiter Platz: BertrugsRadar+ – eine App zum Schutz von Senior*innen vor Betrugsversuchen.
- Erster Platz: Smarter Huus – ein KI-gestütztes Monitoring-System für die Wohnumgebung.
These projects not only offer promising approaches to supporting older people, but also the opportunity for further development and subsequent market launch.
AI for aging well
The event is part of an even larger effort supported by the AI for Well Aging project. This aims to familiarize older people with artificial intelligence and its application. Learning opportunities range from imparting an understanding of machine learning to practical experience with AI-based devices and addressing ethical issues.
The aim of this initiative is to give older people access to digital technologies and to promote their active participation in the discourse about AI. An important aspect is also the development of learning modules that deal with ethical issues such as age discrimination through AI. This is particularly relevant as a recent survey by Bitkom shows that the use of AI for older people is at the top in the desired areas of application.
Despite the successes, however, there are hurdles: Older people and their interest groups have so far hardly been involved in the development of AI systems, which makes access to data for research projects more difficult. A central goal is therefore to strengthen cooperation between business, science and civil society.
With a view to the future, the motto of the LINGA Weeks 2026 has already been decided: “Caring relatives between work and care” – another topic of high relevance for the generation of older people and their support.