The 8th AI for Media Meetup on May 12 at Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) will focus entirely on vibe coding: we will look at examples from U.S. newsrooms, present concrete vibe-coding use cases from German media organizations, and provide a hands-on introduction to how to do targeted vibe coding.
When and where
Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 1–6 p.m., Event hall of Bayerischer Rundfunk, Arnulfstr. 42–44, 80335 Munich
Preliminary agenda
- Welcome by Uli Köppen, Chief AI Officer, Bayerischer Rundfunk
- In her keynote, media journalist Ulrike Langer will show how newsrooms in the United States are experimenting with vibe coding, what successes, failures, and prototypes have resulted, and what the German media landscape can learn from this for day-to-day newsroom use.
- Afterwards, Markus Knall and Patrick Kuolt from Ippen Digital will explain how they developed the compliance-check tool “Editorial Guard” with vibe coding in just one weekend, and how this tool can now be permanently integrated into the newsroom CMS.
- “Can’t AI do that?” In a compact introduction, Nils Erich, Product Manager at BR’s AI + Automation Lab, will outline in which situations vibe coding can be usefully deployed, and which skills, tools, and setups are needed for effective vibe coding.
- Jonas Schützeneder (Bundeswehr University Munich) and Michael Grassl (Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences) will then present key findings from the survey “What do we need, how do we work together?” on AI adoption in German media organizations and on future collaboration within the AI for Media network.
- Problem pitch: A network member can present an unsolved problem related to an editorial AI use case and gather feedback from the AI community in attendance.
- AI lightning talks: Up to three network members can each present one AI project in three minutes.
- 4:40–6:00 p.m.: Networking in the foyer
- In parallel, a vibe-coding workshop (with prior registration) will be held, led by Nils Erich and other experts. Participants will have the opportunity to try out and deepen their own vibe-coding setups in a practical setting.
- Moderation: Bernd Oswald, Project Manager, AI for Media Network
- Additional program items and speakers to follow.
From 6 p.m. onwards, we will meet for an informal dinner and networking at a restaurant near BR (not an official program item, attendees pay their own expenses).
Registration
You can register for the meetup using this form. There are 100 spots available. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.