Summary # Handelsblatt examines how the shift by major model providers to usage-based billing turns tokens into a resource that companies must actively manage, much like labor, energy, and capital. The trigger, among others, is GitHub Copilot moving to token-based billing. The article shows how companies are responding to the cost pressure through budgets, model selection, and new platforms.
Artificial Intelligence has moved from research labs into boardrooms, but too often it is surrounded by hype, inflated promises, and misguided investments. Many organizations rush to “do something with AI” without considering trust, data confidentiality, or the actual problems they are trying to solve.
Summary # At the 10th edition of the FRANKFURT FUTURE TALKS, a partner event by Wirtschaftsinitiative, F.A.Z. and Momentum held at Massif Central, Dr. Sarah Jourdan (Genow.ai), Romano Roth (Zühlke) and Prof. Dr. Peter Buxmann (TU Darmstadt) discussed Agentic AI. Moderated by Daniel Schleidt (F.A.Z.), the panel asked: Where does the hype begin, what is reality, and how is value created?
This interview was published on June 2, 2026 in IT-Markt, conducted by Coen Kaat. Translated from German.
Digital sovereignty is forcing IT leaders to rethink. With AI too, companies want to reduce their dependence on large foreign corporations. Romano Roth, Chief of Cybernetic Transformation at Zühlke, explains when a local AI infrastructure pays off and what to consider.
Welcome to the first issue of The CAIO. The newsletter you knew as The Cybernetic CxO has a new name, and the reason is on the cover of this issue. From 1 May, I am Group Chief AI Officer at Zühlke. The job is the same work I have been doing for years: getting AI past the pilot phase through transformation across organisation, process, and technology, not by tuning the model alone. The newsletter title now says that out loud.
Where ChatGPT cowboys ride the hype, we need a clear look at AI:
It is a pattern recognition machine. It has no brain. We still need to use our own. It does not replace humans, it complements them. Why we should start thinking in feedback loops.
Artificial Intelligence does not decide Europe’s future. Human decisions do. In this talk, I show what you can do differently starting tomorrow: which skills to build, how to choose AI tools, and how to reduce dependencies. No moral finger-wagging, just straight talk.
Imagine it is 2046. And your most important conversation is not with a human. What remains of autonomy, responsibility, and purpose? A look into the AI future, in three scenarios.
AI portfolios rarely fail because leaders lack ideas. They fail because too many initiatives are funded before anyone proves they can move a business metric, fit into a real workflow, or survive enterprise constraints.
I joined Emily Erker on her show Lady Sunshine Live for a German-language conversation about building future-ready organisations through what I call a cybernetic enterprise: the integration of people, processes, technology, and AI in continuous feedback loops. The full video is embedded below; what follows is my English summary of the key ideas we covered.
Header photo: Romano Roth (left) and Raphael Reischuk. Source: Zühlke (zVg), via inside-it.ch.
Effective 1 May 2026, the Zühlke Group has introduced two new roles at group level: a Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and a Group Chief AI Officer (CAIO). I have taken on the Group CAIO role; my long-time colleague Raphael Reischuk has been appointed Group CTO. Both of us were already partners in the group.
Welcome back to The Cybernetic CxO, a monthly newsletter for CTOs, CIOs, and digital transformation leaders navigating the AI era.
April delivered the most-read post in this newsletter’s history: a Swiss medical professional vibe-coded a patient management system, put it on the open internet, and an engineer needed thirty minutes to get full read and write access to every patient record. The post travelled because the story is concrete, the legal damage is real, and the lesson applies to almost every organization I talk to.
