PEN Berlin at the Leipzig Book Fair 2025

AI and Literature – Exploring Possibilities
Friday, March 28, 11 am
Halle 5, Stand D 301, Forum Mensch und KI
With: Jan Cornelius (author), Jonas Lüscher (author) und Sara Wegmann (writer)
Host: Dana Grigorcea (writer, Board PEN Berlin)
Artificial Intelligence – Blessing or Curse for Literature? Can AI find a new language between nations and generations? We talk about the hopes that AI raises among multilingual authors.

AI Stories – From Subversion to Dictatorship
Friday, March 28, 1 pm
Halle 5, Stand D 301, Forum Mensch und KI
With: Robert Schwartz (Head of the Romanian editorial team, Deutsche Welle) and Simon Roloff (media researcher)
Host: Dana Grigorcea (writer, Board PEN Berlin)
Using the example of Romania’s rigged presidential elections, we talk about AI-generated stories on social media and the implications for our democracies.